Posted on November 1, 2009 by janicu
Lost in Austen
by Emma Campbell Webster
This is a book I picked up at Powell’s during my Portland trip and is one of my 6 things for the Everything Austen challenge (3 down 3 to go).
The Premise: This is a Choose Your Own adventure story where you are Elizabeth Bennet, and “your mission is to marry [...]
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Posted on August 11, 2009 by janicu
Jane Austen in Scarsdale: Or Love, Death, and the SATs
Paula Marantz Cohen
This is part of my reading for the Everything Austen Challenge, hosted at Stephanie’s Written Word. I wanted to read this one because it’s set in Scarsdale, New York, which is very close to where I live, and I wanted to see how Westchester [...]
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Posted on July 17, 2009 by janicu
Persuasion: Captain Wentworth
Persuasion: Anne Elliot
I haven’t had a chance to mention it earlier, but I watched Persuasion, so one down, 5 to go in my Everything Austen Challenge. This is the 1995 version with Ciarán Hinds and Amanda Root . Liked this version just as much as ever. I like this about equally to the 2007 version [...]
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