Marianne is Better Off On Her Own
..than being with Willoughby “who didn’t know what he had when he had it.” I had no other intention …than to pass my…
Read article →Book Review: The Unexpected Past of Miss Jane Austen
Novel written by Ada Bright and Cass Grafton There’s something meta about this book mentioning truth is stranger than…
Read article →Lizzy and Charlotte are the best of friends
It’s painful to read (later) about the friends drifting apart. There is a “restraint” and Lizzy is sure there can…
Read article →Write for the rubbish bin
First drafts should be “long and incoherent and hideous” according to Anne Lamott (Bird By Bird). She talks about any…
Read article →Mr Bingley is Enchanted to meet Jane
Mr Bingley has real Labrador energy which comes through so clearly in this adaptation. His watching Jane like an…
Read article →Austenism: A Loss Can Be a Gain
…a loss may be sometimes a gain” Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey C28 Austenism: Life Advice from Jane Austen Catherine had…
Read article →Catherine is worried Mr Tilney loves someone else
Catherine is briefly worried Mr Tilney loves someone else (only in the adaptation, not in the book) In the novel when…
Read article →Willoughby Thinks About Marianne
Willoughby could not hear of her marriage without a pang… he long thought of Colonel Brandon with envy, and of…
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