I already did a post the other day about the book Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler, but there’s something that still just really bothers me about that book. There’s a scene where Courtney/Jane has an encounter with Jane Austen, herself. The dialogue that follows just doesn’t get it [...]
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June 21, 2008
My Own “Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict”
I just finished reading Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler. It has a clever premise: A modern woman is cheated on by her fiance, numbs her pain with vodka and Jane Austen classics, and finds herself transported (via a form of New Age-like time travel) back to Jane Austen’s time. [...]
April 13, 2008
Masterpiece Theater’s Complete Jane Austen
Anyone who knows me well knows that I have been glued to the t.v. every Sunday evening for the last few months watching Masterpiece Theater’s Complete Jane Austen series. I enjoyed every minute of it! Each production was well done and in my opinion, better than the Hollywood versions. My personal [...]
