A novel by J.C. Peterson My introduction to Jane Austen was the 1995 BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice (you know the one, it has Colin Firth in a wet shirt) on Montana Sunday Theatre. The family, like the rest of the world, was obsessed. We recor...

This scene in the 2022 Netflix adaptation of Persuasion is extremely awkward, intended to be funny, no doubt. It’s likely that people would have allocated places at the dinner table, either according to rank or as directed by the hostess. No one woul...

Novel by Gabe Cole Novoa The dedication alone made me want to cry, the first chapter repeated the feeling. As an aim (romances that sweep trans people off their feet) it’s a noble one and it is my humble belief that the author achieves it. There are...

Till Elizabeth entered the drawing-room at Netherfield, and looked in vain for Mr. Wickham … a doubt of his being present had never occurred to her… She had dressed with more than usual care, and prepared in the highest spirits for the conquest of al...

Summary This truly terrible Hallmark-esque movie stars a wooden Alicia Witt (who I recognise from Cybill) as Wren, a New Yorker working for a PR/Advertising/Events firm run by rich siblings who’ve never had to work a day in their life. She is the rea...

In the 2005 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, the main couple doesn’t kiss. Why? Even Mr and Mrs Bennet kiss! (Do not get me started on their relationship in this movie.) The English-Bollywood modern adaptation, Bride and Prejudice, didn’t include a...

..than being with Willoughby “who didn’t know what he had when he had it.” I had no other intention …than to pass my time pleasantly … Your sister’s lovely person and interesting manners could not but please me… at first I must confess, my vanity onl...

Novel written by Ada Bright and Cass Grafton There’s something meta about this book mentioning truth is stranger than fiction; Jane Austen appears at the museum dedicated to her, characters are linked across time and bloodlines. If you missed the fir...

It’s painful to read (later) about the friends drifting apart. There is a “restraint” and Lizzy is sure there can never be “real confidence” between them once Charlotte accepts Mr Collin’s proposal. They maintain contact after the marriage: ..their c...

First drafts should be “long and incoherent and hideous” according to Anne Lamott (Bird By Bird). She talks about any writers greatest fear is being hit by a bus and leaving an awful draft behind for people to discover. I think her book is also where...