#I just love Jane Austen so much

[marshmelonlover]

One of my favourite parts of "Persuasion" is when Frederick says to Anne "You did not use to like cards; but time makes many changes." and then she responds "I am not yet so much changed." and then he says "It is a period, indeed! Eight years and a half is a period!" because this is such an important part of the book. It's when they both truly realise that neither of them is the same as they were 8 years ago. They're not 19 and 23 anymore, but 27 and 31. They both have scars and are more mature with a better understanding of the world and, more importantly, each other. And all part of each of them wants to do is go back to the beginning and rewrite the story from the start so they aren't separated and have to go through over eight years of emotional agony, but they can't, so they have to write a new ending. And they do.

[fictionadventurer]

But does your man buy an entire hawking establishment just because he saw a painting of a hawking party where one of the women kind of resembled you?

[anghraine]

I love Austen's novels, obviously, but I do find the kind of worshipful, defensive takes from the fandom and some academia really frustrating. Yes, there are some really obnoxious Austen anti-fans and there are some bad faith or short-sighted or just extremely flawed criticisms. But.

There's quite a bit in Austen that I find bizarre and unexpected, even accounting for the differences of time and culture. It's uncomfortable in a way that I mostly find interesting. And I think some parts of fandom are in such a rush to defend her honor or stature that the fascinating oddities in her work—especially her work outside of P&P—get sanded down in the discourse around her.

Sometimes it's just like ... #keepaustenweird, you know? It's okay for the canon pairing or random asides or whatever to be genuinely strange.

[blossoms-and-possums]

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[dollsome-does-tumblr]

so, the most recent novel i managed to actually finish writing, three long years ago, was the book of my absolute lifelong dreams and most of the time i just leave it sitting on my computer and pretend it doesn't exist because i feel too tenderly about it and i'm too proud of it and it's agony to me. these feelings are, for whatever reason, unbearable hell. but like once a year i work up the courage to reread it, and every time i'm like, "god DAMN! who wrote this?? this is exactly what i've wanted to read my whole life!!!!!!! it's simply delightful!" and then i remember that oh yeah, it's me!

[bethanydelleman]

Why You Should Read Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park is consistently voted the least favourite Jane Austen novel, much to my despair. A lot of people don't even read it based on that reputation. If you are an Austen fan, or even just a book fan, this is why you should read it.

Mansfield Park: Something for Everyone

Are you an extrovert who wants to understand the other side, have you ever experienced: “pausing a moment for what she knew would not come, for a courage which the outside of no door had ever supplied to her“? Try Mansfield Park and live inside the head of an introvert!

Are you tired of everyone loving the highly extroverted and witty Elizabeth Bennet, Fanny Price is your heroine! Watch her go from unappreciated and ignored to, “the daughter that he wanted,” by being quietly helpful, moral, and kind, not bright and sparkling.

Do you enjoy watching university-aged people creating drama, being selfish, and having elaborate love triangles? TV ratings seem to indicate yes. Look no further than Mansfield Park! Sisters who love the same guy, unrequited love, hidden jealousy, and can the bad boy finally go good?

Not into drama? How about intelligent critiques of the Church of England, a good deal of it still relevant today? Mary Crawford has you covered!

Into Poetry? Fanny Price thinks in poetry! Check out her monologue on “tyrannic memory” or her reflections on sunlight when she’s staying with her family in Portsmouth. Mary Crawford didn’t pay attention, but you will love it!

Do you love free stuff? Who doesn’t love free stuff? Watch the master of mooching, Mrs. Norris, abscond with all the extra jellies after the ball and sponge a heath, some eggs, AND a cream cheese from Southerton. Have you ever made someone feel better by stealing green baize?

Want romance? Only read Ch 30 and forget everything else that happens!

Mansfield Park, give it a first chance, or another chance.

(Also, neither movie (1999 or 2007) follows the book. The 1983 mini is the only one true to canon. If you’ve watched Fances O’Connor as Fanny Price you don’t know the real story. And these aren't small quibbles, they completely changed Fanny's character in 1999, it's the forerunner of Persuasion 2022)

[tadpal]

but seriously if you're taking inspiration from emma for your story/characterisation and you DONT make them good friends who seek eachother out constantly . then you've simply missed the point

[dunadaan]

I was so incredibly blown away by the order I received from @die-rosastrasse!! The package was so beautifully put together and smelled like roses, and so much love and care and thought went into it- I was so touched by all the extra things she added to my order as well! 🥺 And the order came very quickly- the same day I was about to mail out my letters to my Jane Austen group penpals, and I gleefully decorated and packed their envelopes with what I just received (and added a few of my own stickers). I hope they love them as much as I do, and I can't recommend Olga's Esty shop enough!

Thank you Olga!! 🌻💖 Next time you list these I'm definitely buying them again!

[cowboylikeghost]

I just watched Emma from 1996 with Gwyneth Paltrow, it was the first time I watched an adaptation of it. Now i'm definitly gonna finish the book so i can make it my whole personality !!!!

[blvvdk3ep]

Interview with the Vampire x Gothic Literature

Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen

A Portrait of Dorien Gray, Oscar Wilde

Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier

Carmilla, Sheridon Le Fanu

Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte

A Portrait of Dorien Gray, Oscar Wilde

We Have Always Lived in the House, Shirley Jackson

Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson

[youremyonlyhope]

I miss Sanditon

[anghraine]

In P&P, Elizabeth asks Colonel Fitzwilliam about what sort of ward Georgiana makes, with the comment, "if she has the true Darcy spirit, she may like to have her own way."

I always find this pretty funny, though it's understandable (all things considered) that Colonel Fitzwilliam doesn't, and is alarmed for Georgiana's sake. And Elizabeth definitely makes inaccurate assumptions about Georgiana, so it's not even ill-founded alarm.

But. By all accounts, Darcy and Georgiana's father was a perfectly amiable and good-natured man who got along with everyone without stepping on toes. The extreme of Darcy's autocratic tendencies isn't his father, it's very obviously Lady Catherine, who is not a Darcy at all, but a Fitzwilliam. IMO, the supposed Darcy spirit is really the Fitzwilliam spirit.

And Colonel Fitzwilliam said just a few lines earlier that he would like to get his own way as much as Darcy and simply lacks the means, and that he assumes this is true of everyone.

I think it's clear enough that this is not true of everyone, actually. I feel like, personable though he is, he's also got a pretty recognizable Fitzwilliam strain in some ways. So there's just something kind of bizarrely comical to me about this whole "Darcy spirit" exchange happening with him.

[giftedpoison]

Reading Pride and Prejudice (and I'm sometimes a little confused especially with dialogue of who's speaking but I'm just coasting and rereading if need be) but this exchange between Darcy and Elizabeth is literally so cute.

Darcy: . . . a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.

Elizabeth: And your defect is to hate everybody.

Darcy: And yours (he replied with a smile) is willfully to misunderstand them.

[flowercrown-hobbit]

The Emma (2020) soundtrack is perfect for those beautiful spring days with sunshine and growing leaves.

[peasunflower]

making someone laugh has to be the most rewarding feeling. Like yes you look pretty smiling. Yes I'm the joke but pls laugh. Yes pls don't stop laughing like ever.

[ceaselesslyinlove]

once again very overwhelmed with how obvious it is that the heroine of emma, with any other author, really should be jane fairfax or even harriet smith, but miss austen was like “no 😌💅 this story shall be about the rich spoiled girl who only i like and despite her flaws, she deserves a happy ending too”