a fair maiden

melancholic

[gusvanscant]

'Picnic at Hanging Rock' (dir. by Peter Weir) [1975]

[avictorianwannabe]

oh if I could live in a film :/

[henk-heijmans]

The winged swan, ca. 1940 - by Josef Klíma, Czech

[avictorianwannabe]

thinking about anna akhmatova’s writing desk

[mournfulroses]

Emily Dickinson, from a letter to Susan Gilbert featured in The Selected Letters of Emily Dickinson

[helenvaughans]

[period-drama-blog]

ANYA TAYLOR-JOY AS EMMA WOODHOUSE EMMA. (2020)

[gifshistorical]

REGENCY ERA + bonnets with lace decorations

[frodo-sam]

EMMA. (2020) dir. Autumn de Wilde

[ladybirdwithoutdots]

Till now that she was threatened with its loss, Emma had never known how much of her happiness depended on being first with Mr. Knightley, first in interest and affection. - Satisfied that it was so, and feeling it her due, she had enjoyed it without reflection; and only in the dread of being supplanted, found how inexpressibly important it had been.  — Jane Austen

Anya Taylor Joy as Emma Woodhouse | EMMA. (2020)

[perioddramasource]

EMMA WOODHOUSE in EMMA.

[ladybirdwithoutdots]

I wouldn’t say ‘When Harry Met Sally’ is my favorite movie in the world, but it pinpointed something that everyone connects to: the I-didn’t-know-I-was-in-love-with-my-best-friend thing. That obviously comes from Emma. Jane Austen pinpointed it in the Emma-Mr. Knightley relationship. It’s been used successfully as a thematic problem in two people’s lives in a lot of stories, and that’s really a testament to Jane Austen’s observation of the romantic human condition. /… / I think everyone has had that best friend where you just argue, you do everything together, and years go by and you wonder if you should have kissed that person. And I think that’s why ‘When Harry Met Sally’ exists, because of Knightley and Emma—and ‘Reality Bites’ with Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke. That’s a totally Mr. Knightley/Emma relationship. /… / The movie is very much supposed to play into everyone’s memory of that best friend that maybe they should have kissed. — Autumn De Wilde

Anya Taylor Joy & Johnny Flynn | EMMA. (2020)

[period-drama-blog]

EMMA., 2020 Director Autumn de Wilde

[flightlessartist]

handsome, clever, and rich.

(slight flash content warning!)

[kathrynhoward]

[ladybirdwithoutdots]

“As long as Mr. Knightley remained with them, Emma’s fever continued”

EMMA. 2020 | dir. Autumn de Wilde

[frodo-sam]

I only want to keep Harriet for myself.

EMMA. (2020) dir. Autumn de Wilde

[globetrotterig]

•EMMA• 2020

Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.

Jane Austen ~ Emma