Mansfield Park is Jane Austen’s least-popular novel. I recently re-read it, and I think it has this undeserved rap because of one major misconception, that it’s a romance. It’s most emphatically not. And read with that understanding in mind, I had a new appreciation for this work. I’ve come to love Austen less for the Marriage Plot and more for the glimpse into the world of early 19th century England. She was a cultural anthropologist Read more…
Who said: i’m a recent fan of JaneAusten (i know, the horrors!!!), but at least i’m a fan, right???? i enjoy how as classic as her stories are, they are just as timeless…………i’m just fascinated how Jane inspired other writers to continue or put their own spins on her thoughts……” Cyn, send me your snail-mail address via the contact form and I will send out a copy of Miss Bennet at once. Thanks everyone Read more…
Warning: This post contains discussions of plot points up to and including the most recent episode, which aired February 11 in the US. What is happening to the writing on Downton Abbey? Julian Fellowes has committed some major storytelling sins, and only the general strengths of the production — the actors, the setting — are able to carry it through. It’s frustrating, because there is a glimmer of the really fantastic work that went into Read more…