This week we ask you: Which bachelor from Highbury suits your fancy? You can take the quiz on PBS's website to see who will best suit your personality!
Mr. Churchill
Mr. Elton
Mr. Weston
Mr. Martin
Mr. Woodhouse
Mr. Knightley
Sunday, January 31
Jane Austen Movie Throwdown
Tonight PBS will show the second installment of Emma 2009, and Laurel Ann and I will once again co-host the Twitter Party along with the staff from PBS from 9-11 PM EST. (This week west coasters will have their own party from 9-11 PM PT with Kali and Laurie (Viera-Rigler). Remember to use the hashtag #emma_pbs. For more details, click on this link.
Friday, January 29
Follow Friday: The 18th-Century Gossip Girls – Heather and Lauren
Here are two clever and sassy ladies to follow this week: Heather of The Duchess of Devonshire’s Gossip Guide and Lauren of Marie Antoinette's Gossip Guide. These two talented team bloggers are devoted to English and French royalty, history, art, fashion and gossip in the 18th-century. Their beautiful blogs are resplendent with the most fascinating facts, dug up from the stacks of some dusty library no doubt, detailing the tragic, the shocking and the hilarious lives of upper-crust society. I dote on The Tart of the Week on the Devonshire Gossip Guide and What Would Marie Do? on Antoinette Gossip Guide and would not miss them.You can also follow Heather and Lauren on Twitter where you can catch them dropping gossip about the most scandalous subjects and a few important historical points of interest on the web.
Visit Heather at The Duchess of Devonshire's Gossip Guide
Visit Lauren at Marie Antoinette's Gossip Guide
Enjoy! Laurel Ann, Austenprose
Thursday, January 28
Emma Twitter Party Redux on Sunday, January 31st 9-11 PM
Emma (2009), the new adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel Emma premiered last Sunday and continues for the next two Sundays on Masterpeice Classic PBS. (check local listings) The Emma Twitter Party during the broadcast was such a screaming success that it will be duplicated in a bi-coastal celebration on January 31st 9-11 PM ET & PT at TweetGrid. Use hashtag #emma_pbs.In conjunction with Masterpiece Classic PBS, Vic & I will be hosting the east coast party and Laurie Viera Rigler and Kali Pappas will be hosting the west coast party. In addition to all the great commentary and reactions by Tweeters, Masterpiece PBS and your co-hosts, there will be an Emma quiz and giveaway contest of Jane Austen Action Figures drawn from Tweeps who answer correctly. PBS is also offering a special 25% off merchandise at ShopPBS.org for the participants of the event. The special purchase code will be revealed during the event, so you can pony up and buy that Emma (2009) DVD which is released on February 9th, 2010.
Visit the Emma Twitter Party page at the Masterpiece Classic for details.
Join us at TweetGrid or your favorite aggregator for the Emma Twitter Party.
Vic tweets as janeaustenworld
Laurel tweets as Austenprose
Kail tweets as magicskyway
Laurie tweets as austen_addict
Masterpiece tweets as masterpiecepbs
Don’t miss out on all the merriment. “Seize the pleasure at once” and join the fun!
Cheers, Laurel Ann Austenprose
Wednesday, January 27
Emma 2009 in Print
Last October, when Emma 2009 was shown on BBC in the UK, the Times Online reviewed the film, which A.A. Gill felt came up short. He sounds like a curmudgeon, for he practically wished Jane Austen's work to perdition.Last week in this newspaper, I read that Mark Twain had said if he knew where Jane Austen was buried, he’d dig her up and beat in her skull with her own femur. My sentiments entirely. The world can be, and indeed should be, split between those for Jane and those for Twain.
However, the article did leave us with this memorable graphic. Click on this link to read the scathing review.
Radio Times, in a more flattering portrait, showcased Emma on four pages and discussed the end of the bonnet costume dramas on BBC. Click on the images to read the article.
Click on the images to read the article.
Posted by Vic, Jane Austen's World
Want to Make the 2009 Emma Wedding Cake?
At Miss Taylor's wedding, Mr. Woodhouse had earnestly tried to dissuade the guests from having any wedding cake at all, and when that proved vain as earnestly tried to prevent any body's eating it ...
To create this cake, take a Nordic Ware Cathedral Bundt Pan, conveniently available at Amazon.com. And find another round pan for the bottom layer.
To create this cake, take a Nordic Ware Cathedral Bundt Pan, conveniently available at Amazon.com. And find another round pan for the bottom layer.
For the top layer, use a recipe popular during Jane Austen's day, such as Mrs. Perrot's Heart or Pound Cake, which is a pound cake recipe that includes nutmeg, cinnamon, and currants. And for the bottom layer use a plainer version of the recipe, to give it a lighter color. Embellish with flowers and leaves, and frosted grapes. And voila! Any other suggestions for making this cake? Is that frosting between the two layers? And what do you think the little white rolled up bundles are made of?
Tuesday, January 26
Pride and Prejudice 2005 released on Blu-ray
Pride & Prejudice 2005 was released on Blu-ray today!
Description from distributor: Academy Award® nominee Keira Knightley stars in the greatest love story of all time. When Elizabeth Bennet (Knightley) meets the handsome Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen), she believes he is the last man on earth she could ever marry. But as their lives become intertwined, she finds herself captivated by the very person she swore to loathe for all eternity. Jane Austen’s masterpiece novel comes to the screen in the film critics said “makes you believe in true love and happily-ever-after” (Stephen Holden, The New York Times).Follow this link to read a review for the Blu-ray edition of P&P 2005 at Monsters and Critics
Buy two DVD’s, including Blu-ray and get the 3rd free at Barnes & Noble (limited time offer)
Enjoy! Laurel Ann, Austenprose
Monday, January 25
Ask The Austen Expert
If you have questions about Emma, Masterpiece Classic has arranged for Dr. Joan Klingel Ray, author of Jane Austen for Dummies and Jane Austen scholar, to answer them from January 25 to January 29, 2010. Click on this link, which leads to Barnes and Noble's Book Club Classics and post your questions.Posted by Vic, Jane Austen's World
Sunday, January 24
Jane Austen Movie Throwdown
Emma 2009 airs tonight on PBS at 9 PM EST! Oh, what joy for Jane Austen fans. Laurel Ann from Austenprose, Kali from Emma Adaptations, and I (Jane Austen's World) will be hosting a twitter party in conjuction with PBS. Click on this link for details. In tonight's broadcast, three mansions in Highbury will be showcased. Which one catches your fancy?
"Emma Woodhouse’s home, Hartfield, was filmed at Squerryes Court, just off the M25 in Kent, and Mr Knightley’s Donwell Abbey at Loseley Park, near Guildford. Both houses were intended by Austen to represent the solidity of the old landed gentry as opposed to flashy new Regency fashions." - Times Online
Posted by Vic, Jane Austen's World
Hartfield, Mr. Woodhouse and daughter Emma Woodhouse (Squerryes Court, Kent)
Donwell Abbey, Mr. Knightley (Loseley Park, near Guilford)
Randalls, The Westons (Can anyone help to identify this wonderful house? Is that an oast house attached to the outbuildings?)
More on the topic:
Posted by Vic, Jane Austen's World
Saturday, January 23
Great new Emma (2009) music video
Beautiful montage video of stills from the new Emma (2009) miniseries which begins tomorrow night on Masterpiece Classic set to soundtrack music The Last Dance by Samuel Sims from the production. Amazing! Created by Katherine of November's Autumn. Enjoy!
Cheers, Laurel Ann, Austenprose
Friday, January 22
Follow Friday: Kali of the Emma Adaptations Pages
Kali Pappas is the preeminent online authority of movie adaptations of Jane Austen’s novel Emma. On her lovely and informative website the Emma Adaptations Pages, you will find a hub of resources including production information, casting, images, reviews and her insights and impressions on all of the Emma adaptations and variations such as Clueless.Be sure to take her popular Austen Heroine Quiz to discover if you could be an Elizabeth Bennet or Elinor Dashwood. (I am Fanny Price! Surprised?)
You can follow Kali on Facebook, Twitter and at her strangegirl blog. She will also be co-hosting the Emma Twitter Party along with Vic and myself on Sunday, January 24th, 9:00-11:00 PM ET on Twitter and Tweetgrid brought to us by the great folks at Masterpiece Classic PBS.
Visit the Emma Adaptations Pages
Read Kali’s post here on Fashionable Emma Woodhouse
Visit the official Emma Twitter Party page at Masterpiece Classic
Cheers, Laurel Ann, Austenprose
Thursday, January 21
Emma (2009) Music Video to Crystallised Beauty
This week is all about Emma (2009) the new adaptation of Jane Austen's 1815 novel of the the same name which begins on Sunday, January 24th on Masterpiece Classic/PBS. Enjoy this music video by cherrycakesbaybee featuring scenes from the mini-series set to the beautiful music Crystallised Beauty by Philip Sheppard.
"Why not seize the pleasure at once?" and join the red carpet premiere Emma Twitter Party on Sunday, January 24th 9:00-11:00 PM ET on Tweetgrid and Twitter presented by Masterpiece Classic. Use hashtag #emma_pbs to join in the fun.
Cheers, Laurel Ann, Austenprose
Wednesday, January 20
His Firthness on The Daily Show
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Cheers, Laurel Ann, Austenprose
Tuesday, January 19
Emma (2009) begins next Sunday on Masterpiece Classic
The wait is almost over! Emma (2009), the new 3 part mini-series adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel staring Romola Garai and Jonny Lee Miller will premiere on Masterpiece Classic next Sunday, January 24th, 2010 at 9:00 pm on PBS. Read a preview and see a slide show of the production stills at Austenprose.
Visit the official Emma website at Masterpiece Classic
Join the Masterpiece Classic red carpet premiere Emma Twitter Party
Cheers, Laurel Ann, Austenprose
Monday, January 18
Win a copy of a Naxos Audiobooks recording of Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Did you enjoy the conclusion of Return to Cranford last night on Masterpiece Classic? Would you like to listen to an audio recording of the original novel that inspired it? Enter a chance to win one copy of a Naxos Audiobooks recording of Cranford, by Elizabeth Gaskell by following this link to Austenprose and leaving a comment by January 24th, 2010 stating which character in Return to Cranford was your favorite, or which Victorian-era author you have read and would like to see an audio book recording made of. Winner to be announced on January 25th, 2010. Shipping to US and Canadian addresses only. Good luck!Cheers, Laurel Ann, Austenprose
Jane Austen Actors Shine at Golden Globes
While the Brits came up empty-handed at the Golden Globes, they sparkled as nicely in their dress up clothes. Last year's winner for Happy Go Lucky, Sally Hawkins (Anne Elliot, 2007), looked fit and sassy in her short gown.
Addition:
Mention must be made of Janet McTeer, Mrs. Dashwood, 2007, (Thanks Deborah) for HBO's Into the Storm. Unfortunately, I could find no image of her at the Award Ceremony.
Colin Firth (Mr. Darcy, 1995) and wife Livia managed to keep dry on the red carpet. He was nominated for A Single Man.
Caret Mulligan (Kitty Bennet, 2005 & Isabella Thorpe, 2007) brought her mom, and sported a cute hair band. Sadly, she did not win for An Education.
Kate Winslet (Marianne Dashwood, 1996) looked regal and spectacular in an Yves St. Laurent gown. She presented a Golden Globe to Jeff Bridges for Best Actor in Crazy Heart.
And although Emily Blunt (nominated for Young Victoria) has not yet portrayed a Jane Austen character in a film, she is removed by only one degree of separation, having performed opposite Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane) in The Devil Wears Prada and as Prudie in the Jane Austen Book Club
Addition:
Mention must be made of Janet McTeer, Mrs. Dashwood, 2007, (Thanks Deborah) for HBO's Into the Storm. Unfortunately, I could find no image of her at the Award Ceremony.
Sunday, January 17
Jane Austen Movie Throwdown
PBS Masterpiece Classic will be showing the new adaptation of Emma with Romola Garai from January 24 - February 7 . Jane Austen declared her to be her favorite heroine, yet observed: " I am going to take a heroine whom no-one but myself will much like."
Indeed, this intrusive, interfering and meddlesome woman dominates Jane's longest novel. Jane described her as "handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition...[she] seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her." She is pretty, but she is not vain about her looks, for her faults lie in an entirely different direction.
This week we ask you: How much are you looking forward to watching Emma?
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