????????????? Forgive my lapse, dear Janeites, as I took a little break due to some Spring Break travel with my elder daughter. I have at this point moved on from P&P and am now working my way through (slogging through) Mansfield Park and yet there's something that has always gotten under my nails when it... Continue Reading →
It's a real joy that part of my job involves watching films that I have already watched eight dozen times beofre and will watch again (one assumes) eight dozen more. All hyperbole aside (and it's not that far a stretch, actually), I truly do enjoy watching these films and having now a new frame of... Continue Reading →
No, no literal bodies. Sorry. The only actual death belongs to poor Mr. Dashwood at the beginning and, one assumes, a very dear wish amongst a fair number of characters that Mrs. Ferrars will not be long in following. A great many people engage with Jane Austen via Hollywood. I mean, how many of us... Continue Reading →
A Life in Austen 