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Movie Review: Lost in Austen starring Jemima Rooper and Elliot Cowan

by Keira 07.19.2011

This three hour BBC miniseries is just precious. It’s lighthearted, humorous, and perfect. Pride and Prejudice is revisited and reintroduced. Lost in Austen pays homage to Jane Austen’s original masterpiece while reinventing it. My friend, who is not a Pride and Prejudice fan—blasphemous I know!—loved this film. My other friend, who is a huge fan [...]

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Review: What Would Jane Austen Do? by Laurie Brown

by Keira 03.22.2011

WWJAD is quick fun read. The story is flirty and cute just like the hero, Lord James Shermont. Read it in the bathtub, on the beach, while waiting in line at the post office, wherever, it’s sure to make you smile and leave you eager to turn the page. Eleanor Pottinger (yes it is unfortunate [...]

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Review: The Perfect Bride for Mr. Darcy by Mary Lydon Simonsen

by Keira 01.30.2011

The Perfect Bride for Mr. Darcy is a variation of Jane Austen’s Pride And Prejudice. Mary Lydon Simonsen’s biggest alterations are in the openness and disposition of the characters. No characters are left untouched, not even Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth, which will give purists pause, but for those who love what-if scenarios the results speak [...]

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Review: Pemberley Ranch by Jack Caldwell

by Keira 12.15.2010

If Jane Austen wrote an American historical romance it’d be called Pemberley Ranch. If Margaret Mitchell wrote a Pride and Prejudice inspired story it’d be called Pemberley Ranch. That’s right–Ausenites and fans of Gone with the Wind will love this book! In Pemberley Ranch, the classic story of Pride and Prejudice is retold in the [...]

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Movie Review: The Masterpiece Theater version of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park

by Keira 11.02.2010

The Masterpiece Theater version of Mansfield Park is my first foray at watching this particular novel come to life. True Austen purists will find the film a disappointment. Too many characters are left out and several are given so little back story that newbies to Mansfield Park will be a bit confused at the beginning. [...]

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Pride and Prejudice: This Man’s Perspective (Part 2)

by Guest Blogger 10.24.2010

by David Auguste, guest blogger Now then, things have calmed down in my sporadically busy life, so it’s time for me to finish my rant with a Part 2 to “Pride and Prejudice: This Man’s Perspective”. To recap, as of last time I explained the means of my introduction to Pride And Prejudice. I discussed [...]