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Movie Review: Sense and Sensibility Miniseries (BBC TV 2008)

by on August 14, 2011 · 0 comments

in 4.5 Stars, Colonel, Comedy of Manners, Great Britain, Jane Austen, Movie Reviews, Playboys and Rakehells, Regency

I’ve always been a fan of the Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, and Alan Rickman version of Sense & Sensibility, but I must say this new miniseries has quite blown my mind. It’s wonderful, sumptuous, superbly acted adaptation. Andrew Davies did a fabulous job with the screenplay. We all know the story behind Sense [...]

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Get into Bed with Laurie Brown (Author Interview)

by on April 11, 2010 · 0 comments

in A-C, Author Interviews, Jane Austen

Keira: I noticed that the title What Would Jane Austen Do? appeared a few times in the book. Was this your original title? If not, what was it? What were some other titles that were possibilities? Laurie: Yes, that was the original title. I don’t think any others were considered. Keira: What was your inspiration [...]

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