Best of friends
Lydia and Kitty, Charlotte and Lizzy: best of friends Both relationships change dramatically by the end of the…
Read article →Mr Wickham creates rumours
Lizzy learns rumours of Mr Wickham’s behaviour in a letter from Darcy after his first disastrous proposal. She has a wee…
Read article →Book Review: Being Mary Bennet
A novel by J.C. Peterson My introduction to Jane Austen was the 1995 BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice (you know the…
Read article →Searching For An Empty Seat
This scene in the 2022 Netflix adaptation of Persuasion is extremely awkward, intended to be funny, no doubt. It’s…
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Book Review: Most Ardently
Novel by Gabe Cole Novoa The dedication alone made me want to cry, the first chapter repeated the feeling. As an aim…
Read article →Lizzy searches for Mr Wickham and learns he never cared
Till Elizabeth entered the drawing-room at Netherfield, and looked in vain for Mr. Wickham … a doubt of his being…
Read article →Modern Persuasion (2020)
Summary This truly terrible Hallmark-esque movie stars a wooden Alicia Witt (who I recognise from Cybill) as Wren, a New…
Read article →Why do Darcy and Lizzy never kiss?
In the 2005 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, the main couple doesn’t kiss. Why? Even Mr and Mrs Bennet kiss! (Do not…
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