Reviews on all things Austen
Posted in Adaptations, Sense and Sensibility, Television on Jan 17th, 2016
I have moved on to Sense and Sensibility. I forgot that I had a copy of the 1971 Sense and Sensibility, so I started with the 1981 version. Like all of these older adaptations, it is not particularly beautiful, but this one at least has outdoor scenes. It consists of 7 episodes – each 30 minutes long […]
Posted in Adaptations, Northanger Abbey on Jan 11th, 2016
I continue on my Jane Austen Adaptation Festival with the latest (2007) version of Northanger Abbey – I do prefer this one to the 1987 version. First, it has high production values – beautiful to look at, secondly Andrew Davies is the screenwriter and he always manages to be reasonably faithful to the novel, but ramps up the […]
Posted in Criticism, Miscellaneous on Jan 6th, 2016
It is always interesting what you find when clicking links indiscriminately while browsing the internet. I came across this interesting article Jane of Green Gables: L. M Montgomery’s Reworking of Austen’s Legacy by Miriam Rheingold Fuller, which links my two favourite authors. I found this article via Sarah Emsley and I find her through the janeites email list […]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Jan 2nd, 2016
I have set my self the task of watching the adaptations in the order Austen wrote the novels :- Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma and Persuasion. I have several versions of each so this should keep me busy for sometime. First up this version of Northanger Abbey This one has […]