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Sense and Sensibilty Bicentenary Reading Challenge ~ Senes & Sensibility, 1995

This is one of my most favorite movies to watch. I believe that Emma Thompson did a wonderful job with the adaption of this Jane austen novel.

I can not read the printed words of Ms. Austen without seeing the characters from this 1995 film. The casting was perfect for the roles. I believe that Alan Rickman will forever be Colonel Brandon for me.

The story of the Dashwoods, Elinor, who is sensible and Marianne, who is full of passion for life find themsleves in a poistion doomed by no fortune as their father dies. They find themselves a new home and hope for a new life. We see them learn that sense and some sensibility must mix for their dreams to come true.

This is a must for all fans of Sense and Sensibliy to see.

Anne & Captain Wentworth - Best I ever had (Persuasion)

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Writing Jane Austen by Elizabeth Aster

I have just finished reading, Writing Jane Austen, by Elizabeth Aster. Writing Jane Austen was full of new friends to read about, and places to see as Georgina learns about Jane Austen through the people around her. Aster has given us a sequel that is refreshing as a story to stand alone, not a sequel or a what might have happened after the man in possession of a good fortune has found his wife.

I hope that you will take a journey with Georgina.

PS: I wished I could have shopped at DARCY'S!

From bn.com:

writing jane austen by Elizabeth Aster

http://www.elizabeth-aston.com/

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AND AWARD-WINNING-but hardly bestselling-author Georgina Jackson can't get past the first chapter of her second book. When she receives an urgent email from her agent, Georgina is certain it's bad news. Shockingly, she's offered a commission to complete a newly discovered unfinished manscript by a major nineteenth-century author. Skeptical at first about her ability to complete the manuscript, Georgina is horrified to learn that the author in question is Jane Austen.

Torn between pushing through or fleeing home to America, Georgina relies on the support of her banker-turned-science-student roommate, Henry and his quirky teenage sister, Maud-a serious Janeite. With a sudden financial crisis looming, the only way Georgina can get by is to sign the hugely lucrative contract and finish the book.

Happy 198th Birthday, Pride & Prejudice!

January 28, 1813, Pride and Prejudice was published anonymously by Jane Austen.

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." This is one of the most known quotes of a story ever written. It sums up the whole story.

Pride and Prejudice, describes the conflict between the high spirited daughter of a country gentleman and a wealthy landowner.

This classic tale has not only sold some 200 million copies world wide, it has inspired movies, plays, and sequels.

The Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Challenge 2011

Jane Austen's first published novel in 1811 was Sense and Sensibility. Laurel Ann at Austenprose has announced The Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Challenge 2011. It began on January 1, and will go through December 31, 2011.

I am going to try to reach the goal of Aficionada: 9 - 12 selections

Here are the selections I am committing to in no particular order:

• Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen


• The Three Weissmanns of Westport, by Cathleen Schine


• Colonel Brandon's Dairy, by Amanda Grange


• Elinor and Marianne, by Emma Tennant


• The Cookbook Collector, by Allegra Goodman


• Sense and Sensibility (Marvel Illustrated), by Nancy Butler and Sonny Liew


• Willoughby's Return, by Jane Odiwe


• The Dashwood Sister's Secerts of Love, by Rosie Rushton


• The Dashwood Sisters Tell All, by Beth Pattillo


• From Prada to Nada 2011, movie


• Scents and Sensibility 2011, movie


• Sense and Sensibility 1971, movie


• Sense and Sensibility 1995, movie


• ???

I am looking forward to the challenage..and sharing it with you.

...but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it to short. ~ Jane Austen