Jane Austen

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 4:39 am

I like Emma. Especially when Gwenyth Paltrow plays her.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 8:02 am

Post by **aliantha** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 9:39 pm

When we were in London over Christmas (OMG, how pretentious is that? "When we were in London over Christmas...") (anyway, carrying on now...), we visited the Galleries at the British Library. It's got, y'know, the Magna Carta and Shakespeare's Folio and Da Vinci's notebook and a Gutenberg Bible and a bunch of illuminated manuscripts and old maps and whatnot. But they *also* had on display the original manuscripts for books by some of England's best-known authors: Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf, and, OMG, the original manuscript for Jane Eyre. It was open to the page where Mr. Rochester proposes. I just stood there and stared, went round the room to look at other stuff, then came back and stared some more. It was awesome.

Oh, yeah, there was also a display of Beatles stuff, including the scrap of paper upon which Paul wrote the lyrics to "Yesterday".

This was probably my favorite stop on the whole trip!

Post by **Eugen Razvan** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 10:15 pm

I will enter no discussion with Ur-Vile. Not because I am cowardly, but simply because for the want of affability and proper behaviour among human beings it is best I do not provoke his pride and prejudices.

Post by **Ermingard** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 12:54 pm

Post by **Revan** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:09 pm

Post by **Tulizar** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 10:43 pm

I was checking out T.C. Boyle's website and stumbled upon this little comic he wrote about Jane Austen.

www.tcboyle.com/public_htm/cartoons.html

Post by **danlo** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 3:27 pm

bump-(move me to Gen. Lit)

Post by **Loredoctor** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 10:20 pm

bump - move to Classics forum please?

Post by **Myste** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 7:03 pm

"What do we live for, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?" --Mr. Bennett

Genius, genius, the woman was a genius! Has anybody read "Who Betrayed Elizabeth Bennett?" It's a book of essays about literary puzzles. This particular essay focuses on

Spoiler

who might have told Lady Catherine de Bourgh that Darcy was going to propose to Lizzie--news which sent Lady C on a visit to Longbourne to give Lizzie whatfor.

Anyone have a theory?

Post by **Loredoctor** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 12:33 am

Mr Collins?

Post by **Myste** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 4:50 pm

You're half right....

Post by **Loredoctor** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 10:05 pm

Mrs Collins (aka Charlotte Lucas)?

Post by **Myste** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 3:30 pm

Bingo!

She's the most well-connected to the Longbourn family, knew Elizabeth best, and probably guessed what was happening between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. She lets something slip, or reads a letter from home, in front of Mr. Collins, who of course tells Lady Catherine.

In the essay about this, the writer suggests that Charlotte Collins (née Lucas) did it out of spite, because (being stuck with the odious Mr. Collins) she resented the possibility of Elizabeth's happiness with Darcy. I don't know if I buy that, but I certainly agree that the news must have come from her.

Post by **Eruanne** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 1:26 pm

seems to me as though i should read these books instead of just watching the movies if only to know half as much as u all know about miss Austin but i'm afraid that they put all the best bits in the movies lol

Post by **BerryGirl** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 4:09 pm

I just LOVE Jane Asuten. She was such a intelligent and witty woman - this is obvious from her books. My favourite is Pride and Prejudice - I've read it hundreds of times! Closely followed by Persuasion - the BBC adaptation some years ago with Ciaran Hinds and Amanda Root was such so beautifully done - it really captured the essence of love lost and found. Wonderful!

Post by **Loredoctor** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:18 am

Great post, BerryGirl!

Completely agree with you!

Post by **dANdeLION** » Tue May 03, 2005 11:59 am

I liked Jane a lot as the Bionic woman, but Steve Austen's Bionic man was even better!

Post by **Loredoctor** » Tue May 03, 2005 11:06 pm

As long as I live, I will never forgive you for that joke

Post by **CovenantJr** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:25 pm

BerryGirl wrote:I just LOVE Jane Asuten. She was such a intelligent and witty woman - this is obvious from her books. My favourite is Pride and Prejudice - I've read it hundreds of times! Closely followed by Persuasion - the BBC adaptation some years ago with Ciaran Hinds and Amanda Root was such so beautifully done - it really captured the essence of love lost and found. Wonderful!

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