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Your Sunday Austen Meditation
We keep singing “Church of Austenology” in our head to the tune of “Cult of Personality” by Living Colour, which is cool because that song slaps. Today’s lesson is from the book of Pride and Prejudice, Volume I, Chapter 10. When that business was over, he applied to Miss Bingley and Elizabeth for the indulgence of some music. Miss Bingley moved with alacrity to the piano-forte, and after a…
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REVIEW: Persuasion (2022)
It has been said that each generation gets its own film adaptations of Jane Austen’s novels. It’s been 15 years since the last adaptation of Persuasion, so we suppose it’s time for a new one. The latest adaptation of Persuasion is very much a thing of its time. Whether or not that is a good thing is up to the viewer. (more…)
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Thoughts on the Persuasion (2022) Trailer
It will probably surprise no one to learn that I have Opinions on the upcoming Persuasion film from Netflix.
Firstly, we’ve all been waiting for it, and it’s here: There’s a lot to like here, and a lot that makes us wary. The teal deer, lo, they run freely throughout this blog post, so get your snacks beforehand. (more…)
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Netflix Adaptation of Persuasion to Air July 15
We have a date for the Netflix adaptation of Persuasion. (The tweet says “this summer” but the first response gives the exact date.) No trailer yet though. #WheresTheTrailerNetflix https://twitter.com/NetflixFilm/status/1517129016192516098 Our friends across the pond won’t have to wait, either. https://twitter.com/NetflixUK/status/1517131076073926656 Our apprehensions about this film remain,…
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A Conversation with Stephanie Barron
A Conversation with Stephanie Barron
Stephanie Barron We started reading Stephanie Barron’s Jane Austen Mysteries series around the time the fifth book, Jane and the Stillroom Maid, came out in 2000, though being a completist naturally we read the first four first, in order. It made perfect sense to us then, and does now, that Jane Austen would be a dab hand at solving mysteries, and we were happy to suspend disbelief to allow that…
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REVIEW: Jane and the Year Without a Summer by Stephanie Barron
REVIEW: Jane and the Year Without a Summer by Stephanie Barron
AustenBlog is delighted to be a stop on the blog tour for Jane and the Year Without a Summer, the latest entry in the Jane Austen Mysteries series by Stephanie Barron. We have long been delighted by Stephanie Barron’s Jane Austen Mysteries series, though as it continues and the timeline grows closer to the fateful year of 1817, we find ourself wondering, how will it end? For end it must, as Jane…
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The State of Persuasion on Film
The State of Persuasion on Film
We’ve seen some discussion and questions about this around the World Wide Web so we thought we would have our share in the conversation. Many online Austen commentators, including the Editrix, marveled at the sudden spate of Persuasion film adaptations of various kinds under which Hollywood is/soon would be groaning. First to the gate was Modern Persuasion to provide a bit of levity to the…
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Happy Birthday, Jane Austen!
Happy Birthday, Jane Austen!
“By the bye, as I must leave off being young, I find many Douceurs in being a sort of Chaperon for I am put on a Sofa near the Fire & can drink as much wine as I like.” – Letter from Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra, November 6, 1813 Today is Jane Austen’s 246th birthday, and we are delighted as always to celebrate Jane Austen Day with our Gentle Readers. We didn’t bake a cake, and frankly we…
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Henry Golding to Play Mr. Elliot in Netflix Adaptation of Persuasion
Henry Golding to Play Mr. Elliot in Netflix Adaptation of Persuasion
Deadline reported further casting in the upcoming Netflix adaptation of Persuasion. Henry Golding, one of the leads of the delightful Crazy Rich Asians, will play Mr. Elliot. (Much of Janeite Twitter rejoiced at first at the idea of him playing Captain Wentworth, but oh well. The article reports, “I hear what attracted Golding to the role was the opportunity to play against type; Mr. Elliot being…
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Sanditon to Return for Second and Third Season
Sanditon to Return for Second and Third Season
As the headline says… https://twitter.com/Sanditon/status/1390305348687388674?s=20 There are a lot of members of a certain campaigning sorority congratulating themselves all over Twitter because “WE BROUGHT IT BACK” but it is our considered opinion that they would do better to thank Shonda Rhimes, for it is much more likely that the success of Bridgerton revived this series than the fan…
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Persuasion Adaptation in Development at Netflix
Persuasion Adaptation in Development at Netflix
Dakota JohnsonPietro Luca Cassarino, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons We who love Persuasion are wallowing in adaptations these days! Variety reports that Dakota Johnson is set to star in an adaptation of Persuasion currently in development for Netflix. It is unclear if this is meant to be a period-set adaptation or a modern day-set adaptation, and in either event is a bit of overkill as we’ve…
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Your Sunday Austen Meditation
Your Sunday Austen Meditation
Today’s lesson comes from the book of Pride and Prejudice, Volume III, Chapter XVIII. ELIZABETH’S spirits soon rising to playfulness again, she wanted Mr. Darcy to account for his having ever fallen in love with her. “How could you begin?” said she. “I can comprehend your going on charmingly, when you had once made a beginning; but what could set you off in the first place?”“I cannot fix on the…
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Joel Fry to Play Captain Wentworth in New Adaptation of Persuasion
Joel Fry to Play Captain Wentworth in New Adaptation of Persuasion
We previously reported on a new adaptation of Persuasion in development, and things seem to be moving along nicely as we now have our Captain Wentworth to go along with our Anne Elliot. The Hollywood Reporter, er, reports that Joel Fry has been cast opposite Sarah Snook as Anne Elliot. No information about when filming will take place or a release date, but this seems to be a real thing. Shall…
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REVIEW: Modern Persuasion
When we first reported the development of this film last year, it engendered a bit of discussion about a perplexing problem with modern adaptations of Persuasion: why would a 21st-century woman feel obligated to give up on a relationship as Anne Elliot did in the novel, as a modern woman has more choices than a woman of the early 19th-century gentry? Could an adaptation of the novel succeed when…
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Happy Birthday, Jane Austen!
Happy Birthday, Jane Austen!
Mr. Woodhouse and the Bateses model socially distant celebration. Frank and Jane need to get with the program, however. Stay in your bubble! Once again, the calendar turns to the end of the year and we gather to celebrate the anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth. Here in Anno Domini Two Thousand and Twenty, well, it’s a little different from usual. To say the least, this year has been deeply…
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Modern Persuasion Gets Digital Release in December 2020 Gentle Readers! Remember the tidbit about a modern-set adaptation of Persuasion (creatively called Modern Persuasion) starring Alicia Witt being in pre-production?
Free Virtual "Lady Susan" Play Reading, November 14
Free Virtual “Lady Susan” Play Reading, November 14
As the title says, there is a free reading of a new play by Lynn Marie Macy, “Lady Susan or The Captive Heart: A Jane Austen Bodice Ripper,” will be held via Zoom on Saturday, November 14, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. From the website:
Manipulative, callous and cruel – the beautiful widow Lady Susan Vernon is on a manhunt. To restore her broken fortunes the greatest coquette in England sets out…
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