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Tuesday Trivia: Pugs!
[Lady Bertram] was a woman who spent her days in sitting, nicely dressed, on a sofa, doing some long piece of needlework, of little use and no beauty, thinking more of her pug than her children, but v… more →
Factual Imagining
Tuesday Trivia: Pugs!
Lady Ashley wrote 1 week ago: [Lady Bertram] was a woman who spent her days in sitting, nicely dressed, on a sofa, doing some long … more →
Bits n' Pieces: Nov. 14
Lady Ashley wrote 2 weeks ago: I found this news spoof regarding the Austen-esque flirting phenomenon amongst single women in Brita … more →
Northanger Abbey (NH 2007)
Lady Ashley wrote 1 month ago: As they drew near the end of their journey, her impatience for a sight of the abbey — for some time … more →
Persuasion 2007
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Lady Ashley wrote 3 months ago: I recently watched Persuasion 1995, starring Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds, for the first time a few … more →
Tuesday Trivia: Molland's Marzipan
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Lady Ashley wrote 3 months ago: “I believe that Molland’s marzipan is as fine as any in Bath.” Thus claims Elizabe … more →
Newby Hall as Mansfield Park (2007)
Lady Ashley wrote 4 months ago: Mansfield Park 2007 is an anomaly in the world of film, a 90-minute production shot entirely in one … more →
Persuasion 1995
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Lady Ashley wrote 4 months ago: I have to admit I was not especially eager to watch this movie—partly because I was so enamore … more →
Longbourn P & P 2005
Lady Ashley wrote 4 months ago: Groombridge Place, “a 17th Century moated manor house” was used for the Bennet home of L … more →
Bits n' Pieces: July 21
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Lady Ashley wrote 4 months ago: We have our first Emma promo video! And a promo for Garrow’s Law: Little Dorrit was only bro … more →
Tuesday Trivia: The Wet Shirt
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Lady Ashley wrote 4 months ago: If Pride & Prejudice 1995 is remembered for nothing else, Mr. Darcy’s wet-shirt scene will … more →
Stourhead's Temple Makeover
Lady Ashley wrote 4 months ago: Some time ago, I wrote about the use of Stourhead Gardens in the 2005 Pride & Prejudice. The Wil … more →
Tuesday Trivia: Too Pretty for Lizzie?
Lady Ashley wrote 5 months ago: Keira Knightley is a beauty. There’s no question about that. When she was cast as Elizabeth Be … more →
Mansfield Park 1999
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Lady Ashley wrote 5 months ago: Yuck. This film might be the worst Austen adaptation I have ever seen. Actually, it’s more lik … more →
Mansfield Park 2007
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Lady Ashley wrote 5 months ago: I want to begin by saying that whoever decided it was acceptable to limit a production of Mansfield … more →
Rosings Park 2005
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Lady Ashley wrote 5 months ago: But of all the views which his garden, or which the country, or the kingdom could boast, none were t … more →
Bits n' Pieces: June 5
Lady Ashley wrote 5 months ago: Filming for the second season of Cranford has begun in Dilhorne, a small village outside Stoke-on-Tr … more →
Mr. Darcy Experiment
Lady Ashley wrote 6 months ago: I saw this yesterday on Jane Austen Today and was literally dying by the end of it. (I had a tummy a … more →
P & P 1995 Tours
Lady Ashley wrote 6 months ago: The most recent E-newsletter from The Jane Austen Centre contains an interesting little tidbit about … more →
200th Anniversary at Chawton Cottage
Lady Ashley wrote 6 months ago: 2009 marks the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s arrival at her beloved Chawton Cottage on he … more →
