Wednesday, January 23, 2008
All of Austen's Works
I thought that choosing this book was a good idea seeing as it was about a book club reading the novels of one of our most beloved authors. Now I'm wondering if we should have read Austen first! It's a little worrisome to have Chris be reading along and look up and ask, "Which one is Emma?" and then still not know even though I tried to describe it (it being the movie as he hasn't read the book!) Oh well! For anyone who isn't quite as up to date on their Austen novels and wants a quick refresher, Masterpiece Theater is doing a mini series on PBS called the complete Jane Austen. It's on Sunday nights at 9:00 pm. Last week was Persuasion and this past Sunday was Northanger Abbey. This upcoming Sunday is Mansfield Park. Pride and Prejudice is Feb. 10, 17 & 24, Emma is March 24, and Sense & Sensibility is March 30 & April 6. I hope that is helpful to anyone who wants to brush up on the stories. The first two have been pretty good and even Chris found Northanger Abbey amusing, which is by far the strangest of Austen's works.
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In my copy of the book, there are summaries of Austen's books for those who haven't read them yet (or who only remember the movies!).
Yeah, PBS don't exist over here, but i think i know enough to work it out. :)
Northanger Abby rocked! Don't worry they're on dvd (so one day you can watch them, in the mean time go to pbs.org and check out the trailer/clips--they're fun and you'll get the general idea), Persuasion is in the mail to me because I missed it on tv.
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