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“Do let us have a little music,” – cried Miss Bingley, tired of a conversation in which she had no share. – “Louisa, you will not mind my waking Mr. Hurst.”
Her sister made not the smallest objection, and the piano-forte was opened, and Darcy, after a few moments recollection, was not sorry for it. He began to feel the danger of paying Elizabeth too much attention.
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Here is a map of Bath I found on the Jane Austen Society of North America web page! I thought it was really interesting that the Elliots move to Bath and not London. Like Prof Rehn was saying, it was much easier to appear important in Bath than in London.
Here’s a link to more maps in relation to Austen’s novels: http://www.jasna.org/info/maps.html
He could put “you” on the end of that and say: ”Yes, I know you”. The idea that these two people know each other, knew each other when they first saw each other. That they recognised each other from their future. - Joe Wright
The thought that is put into adaptations of Austen always astounds me - the pressure to understand exactly what she would have wanted producing such artistic translation.
“She had only time, however, to move closer to the table where he had been writing, when footsteps were hear returning; the door opened; it was himself. He begged their pardon, but he had forgotten his gloves, and instantly crossing the room to the writing table, an standing with his back towards Mrs Musgrove, he drew out a letter from under the scattered paper, placed it before Anne with eyes glowing entreaty fixed on her for a moment, and hastily collecting his gloves, was again out of the room, almost before Mrs Musgrove was aware of his being in it - the work of an instant!”
(Persuasion - Chapter XI)
This scene gave me so much anxiety when I was reading!
Why can’t there just be all around decent people! Why does everyone have to have a twist!
Good Company
“‘My idea of good company, Mr. Elliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.’
‘You are mistaken,’ said he gently, ‘that is not good company, that is the best.’”
-Jane Austen, Persuasion, pg. 106.
I loved this exchange between Mr. Elliot and Anne so much because it pretty much expresses my exact thoughts when it comes to social interaction. I always value clever people in my life to discuss books, movies, music, philosophy; there is no better company in the world than a clever friend who can make you laugh and challenge your mind at the same time!
As I was working on this infographic, I found that I couldn’t think of anything that was totally a correct way to social climb. Everything is either totally unacceptable, or only acceptable if you do it in a certain way. While there are “do”s included in the image, they are only under a heading that is deemed “If you do it right.” I found that really interesting because it points out exactly how much of a sneaky affair attempting to improve one’s social standing was in Austen’s time.
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Ok, so I know this isn’t music from the time, or anything like that, but I love this song so much because I think it’s something we can all agree with and/or relate to. this girl is brilliant and this song makes me laugh so hard!
Boys who read are sexy
“he shewed himself so intimately acquainted with all the tenderest songs of the one poet, and all the impassioned descriptions of hopeless agony of the other; he repeated, with such tremulous feeling, the various lines which imaged a broken heart, or a mind destroyed by wretchedness, and looked so entirely as if he meant to be understood, that she ventured to hope he did not always read only poetry;”
Jane Austen, Persuasion, pg. 72.
I love this description of Benwick so much because it shows him to be an extremely well read man. I always say that if a man can hold a conversation about literature, he immediately becomes very attractive. I met a guy over the summer who could talk about books for hours and I’ve never met such an interesting person! I can’t blame Anne for being so completely wrapped up in Benwick during this time in the novel. He shows himself to be so educated and so in touch with his own emotions that he quickly becomes a character that I think she would want to love, and that a reader would want to know! It also reminds me of Sense and Sensibility. Marianne wants someone who can read well and connect with works of literature (Sense and Sensibility, 15-16). Benwick meets that criteria and now I can understand why Marianne would want someone like this!
Austen, Jane. Persuasion. 2nd ed. Ed. Patricia Meyer Spacks. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., (1816) 2013. Print. ---. Sense and Sensibility. Ed. Claudia L. Johnson. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., (1811) 2002. Print.
Doctor Who cross-over with Pride & Prejudice.
Introducing Jedi Darcy! XD
the force is strong with this one...
I would love to see an adaptation of Austen’s Pride and Prejudice with an all-Latino cast!
Thanks to Drunk Austen for posting this!
see, now, this is something I would totally love. My only worry is that it would become a “parody” and a comedy. So, if it could be done seriously and respectfully, i’d love to see it!
Mr Knightley scolding Emma…
The Austenien Emma would definitely not have cried when Knightley scolds her
Ok, see, what i love about this is that the less Knightley says, the worse it hurts to read! The last gif set just hurts me because it’s like he’s so disappointed in her that he can’t even say anything other than “Badly done.” Oh man. I’ve been there, and it’s not a fun place to be!
This poster is a funny mashup of the novel and Ariel/Jane. It’s amazing how Austen’s novels are constantly compared with so many things.
oh my gosh, this is so cool! i wonder if someone on youtube has made a trailer for it!
Jane Austen wrote about the everyday
Paula Byrne, The Real Jane Austen, pg. 301.
We have talked about Jane Austen’s interest in the every day and the common place in class, but I think this is the first time we have seen evidence of someone from Austen’s own time admiring her for this interest. Later in the chapter, Scott points out that “A friend of ours, whom the author never saw or heard of, was at once recognized by his own family as the original Mr. Bennet,” (Sir Walter Scott, quoted by Byrne, 302). We see one of Austen’s contemporaries recognizing the power of an author writing about what their readers will know and recognize. This is something that I think is still happening today, we all have people that we think “Oh, this person reminds me so much of Lydia!” or “Wow, you’re basically Emma, aren’t you?” I often think that my father is very much a Mr. Bennet in some of the things he does, though I know not everyone would consider that a good thing. But Austen’s interest in the common place is something that can span across centuries. We were asked in class why we thought Austen didn’t focus a lot on possessions or clothing; I think it is for this reason: possessions, clothing, housing, all of this will change over time. At one point, it was a mark of wealth that you possessed a piano, now, it is relatively simple to go out and buy one. But the one thing that will not change, no matter how much time passes, is the type of people we encounter in our lives. We will all inevitably know a Catherine de Bourgh, we have all dated a Darcy, every one has known a Wickham or Willoughby. It is the type of people that will never go out of style and that’s why Austen was so interested in them.
Power of Names
“We will never know how self-conscious Jane Austen was in her choice of names, but there can be little doubt that the vile Norris lodged himself in her mind when she read Clarkson and emerged as the perfect name for the villain of Mansfield Park.”
-Paula Byrne, The Real Jane Austen, pg. 223
As an author and poet myself, I know the power of names for characters or titles for works. It is one of the things I struggle the most with when I am writing a piece because I don’t know how to choose really good names for characters. What really intimidates me when I try to think of names for characters are two types of authors: people like JRR Tolken, who creates breathtakingly exotic names that have a sense of fantasy and mystery about them; and people like Jane Austen, who evokes an entire history and political knowledge with just one name. Giving her character the name of Norris would undoubtedly signal to any of her educated readers the entire history that surrounded Robert Norris and suggest exactly how a reader should feel about the character. With just one name, Austen tells her readers so much about not only how they should feel about this character, but also hints at her own view on this political matter by portraying this Norris in such a villainous light. It’s amazing what Austen did with this name; this is something that I think contemporary readers would miss out on because we are not familiar with this history (at least, not in America). It’s too bad that we might miss out on this nod to Robert Norris and his role in the slave trade, it would enrich our reading and understanding of this novel so much and point out exactly how in tune to her political surroundings Austen was. It is the little things like this that prove Austen was so much more than merely a writer of romance.
