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In Defence of Jane Austen Sequels

Posted in Jane Austen Sequels, tagged on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I came across a blog post the other day where the author had some feelings of discontent about the genre in which I write myself – that of Jane Austen sequels – she even had particular advice for myself, Diana Birchall and Helen Halstead. I’ll post it below so you can read it for [...]

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Vagabond – Don’t Wanna Run No More

Posted in Uncategorized on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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Young love – Marianne and Willoughby

Posted in Sense and Sensibility, tagged , , , , , on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In a romantic frame of mind today – here’s a description of young love at its most besotted! The photo is from the film Sense and Sensibility with Kate Winslet (a perfect Marianne) and Greg Wise (Emma Thompson, you are such a lucky girl!) as Willoughby.
When he was present, she had no [...]

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Jane Austen, the most wonderful writer that ever lived!

Posted in Jane Austen, tagged , , on July 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

(16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817)
Thinking of Jane Austen especially today on the anniversary of her death. She could not have imagined how much her books would be treasured and loved by so many people over the next two hundred years!
Here is the letter Jane’s sister Cassandra wrote to her niece Fanny on [...]

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Falling in love with Mr Willoughby!

Posted in Mr Willoughby, Sense and Sensibility, tagged , , , , on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Here are two Mr Willoughbys for your delight! Greg Wise and Dominic Cooper star in recent productions – I wonder which was your favourite?
After Marianne’s accident when Willoughby scoops her up into his arms and carries her home the whole family are eager to learn about the handsome man who has behaved so gallantly. I [...]

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Sense and Sensibility – Is going for a walk always such a good idea?!

Posted in Sense and Sensibility, tagged , , , on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Here are a couple of photos taken on the Flete estate of the house that was used in Emma Thompson’s Sense and Sensibility and the surrounding area. This part of the country in South Devon close to the Erme estuary is very beautiful and there are some wonderful walks. The following extract from Sense and [...]

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Two Colonel Brandons to set hearts aflutter!

Posted in Sense and Sensibility, tagged , , , , , , on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Two Colonel Brandons for your delight! The top photo shows David Morrissey playing the part in the recent BBC adaptation – the bottom photo is Alan Rickman starring in the Emma Thompson/Ang Lee version. With these lovely examples of Colonels how did it take Marianne so long to realise where her heart lay?
In Sense and [...]

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