08.28.07

Jane Austen Ad Infinitum

Posted in Uncategorized at 4:37 pm by delipics

I did it . ..

. . . I saw Becoming Jane. I was worried it was going to have a high cheese factor, but for what it is, I thought the director did a good job with it. You have to let yourself go with the whole story. Yes, it is fictional, but if you have a romantic soul, you’ll enjoy it. (Personally, while James McAvoy is a fine actor as Tom Lefroy , I don’t know if he’s the guy who would make my heart thump. Now Joe Anderson, who played Henry Austen, hmmmm . . .)

. . . I bought the A&E production of Pride and Prejudice on DVD. I happened to be walking to the subway after work, took a detour into Best Buy and ended up in the video section. I watched it all the way through over three nights and now I periodically pop the DVD in the player and watch about 20 minute segments for pure enjoyment. It’s an illness, I know.

And . . .

. . . I’m so glad not martha mentioned Austenland - possible new end-of-summer-fun-read.

. . . if you follow the links, you get to Shannon Hale’s letter to Colin Firth - witty!

Austen Ad Infinitum continues - I thought I had a copy of Pride and Prejudice in my house and, gasp! I do not! I have all her books except Mansfield Park (I read it and threw the book out because I was so very angry with the heroine’s character.) Now I must go and obtain a copy!

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