Bel Ami by Guy de Maupassant
Reading Maupassant reminds me why I love Jane Austen. To be fair, I’ve only read one of the numerous short …
Category Archives: Jane Austen
Cut! Costume and the Cinema: An Exhibit
This is the closest I could get to a movie set. The actual costume worn by prominent screen actors in …
A Jane Austen Education by William Deresiewicz
I’ve been following William Deresiewicz’s articles in The American Scholar for a few years. His idea of solitude has inspired …
Which Jane Austen Heroine Was Jane Most Like?
A while ago due to a glitch on my blog, I lost all the visual images on my side bar, …
Can a movie adaptation ever be as good as the book?
The more I watch movies and read books, the more I see the two as totally different art forms. They …
Austen Inspired Acceptance Speech
2011 is the 200th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen’s Sense And Sensibility, her first published novel. And since …
Upcoming Books Into Films
Looking for book suggestions for yourself or your book group in the coming year? The following is a list of …
Bath’s Persuasion
Solution to Arti’s Cryptic Challenge #2: Bath From London’s Paddington Station we took the 90 minute train ride to Bath …
Emma (2009, TV): Episode 3
The final instalment of Emma has a major challenge, to reveal the hidden agendas, and to tie up all the …
Emma (2009, TV): Episode 2
‘An authentic human being’ is how the host of Masterpiece Classic Laura Linney describes Emma. Jane Austen’s characters have no …
Emma (2009, TV): Episode 1
Previously on Masterpiece Classic… Yes, treat this post as a recap to prepare you for Episode 2 in just a couple …
Why We Read Jane Austen
The first challenge you face when writing about Pride and Prejudice is to get through your first sentences without saying, “it …
