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I am so excited that PBS is doing a series on Masterpiece Theater called The Complete Jane Austen. Last Sunday was the first in the series - Persuasion. Then on Jan. 20th Northanger Abbey - Jan. 27th Mansfield Park - Feb 3rd Miss Austen Regrets (The biopic Miss Austen Regrets is based on Jane Austen's own letters and other contemporary sources) - Feb 10th, 17th and 24th Pride and Prejudice - March 23rd Emma - March 30th and April 6th Sense and Sensibility.
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I recorded and watched Persuasion last Sunday and it was wonderful. Except for the fact that my husband kept pausing the show and asking questions - about Jane Austen - her life - about the story - her other writings - etc. OK, I'll admit it was a lot of fun sharing all of this with him since he knows almost nothing about Jane Austen - even though I'm sure I have gone on about Pride and Prejudice about a million times. Our conversation reminded me of one of our favorite movies to watch together "You've Got Mail" (which is Pride and Prejudice-esque). Meg Ryan's character is explaining all about the intricacies of Mr. Darcy, and Elizabeth Bennett, etc. and Tom Hank's character is completely lost. --- Maybe it's just a girl thing!
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Be still my heart - men in cravats and waistcoats!!
I couldn't agree more!!
Hooray it's tonight!!!
Glad to find a fellow Janeite. I am so mad that I missed Northanger Abbey the other night. Hopefully it will be on again. It is one of the few I have neither read nor seen the adaptation.
I hadn't seen it or read it either - so the suspense was killing me.
The dialogue - as in all of Jane Austen's writing - was just brilliant!!
Hello! I just stumbled upon your (quite lovely) blog and HAD to comment to thank you for this PSA - I'll be sure to tune into PBS the next several Sundays!
Thanks JD - I'll check out your blog as well.
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