Miss Austen Regrets Review: No Regrets Here

In anticipation of Miss Austen Regrets airing in the UK on Sunday, April 27th, I have resurrected my review that was posted on the PBS blog, Remotely Connected for the US premiere in February. The movie is a treat, and it was a pleasure to write about it.  I hope that the UK viewers enjoy it as [...]

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In Remembrance of The Complete Jane Austen

 
“This present from the Campbells,” said she — “This pianoforté is very kindly given.” 
“Yes,” he replied, and without the smallest apparent embarrassment. “But they would have done better had they given her notice of it. Surprizes are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable. I should have expected better [...]

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Miss Austen Regrets Review: Rumination or caveat?

 

“You will have a great deal of unreserved discourse with Mrs. K., I dare say, upon this subject, as well as upon many other of our family matters. Abuse everybody but me.” The Letters of Jane Austen, 07 January 1807 
The new biopic Miss Austen Regrets aired tonight on PBS, and like Miss Austen’s multi-layered novels that [...]

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Miss Austen Regrets Early Reviews: Spoilers Alert

 

Fanny Austen’s match is quite news, and I am sorry she has behaved so ill. There is some comfort to us in her misconduct, that we have not a congratulatory letter to write. Letter to Cassandra Austen, 20 June 1808

The early reviews for the new PBS biopic Miss Austen Regrets are at large, and they [...]

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Miss Austen Regrets: Cast Preview

we must allow for difference of taste…the more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much! Marianne Dashwood, Sense & Sensibility, Chapter 3   

The name of Jane Austen may be the most recognizable British literary figure in modern [...]

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Miss Austen Regrets Preview: A Lively Curiosity

 
LIVELY CURIOSITY 
Mr. Frank Churchill was one of the boasts of Highbury, and a lively curiosity to see him prevailed, though the compliment was so little returned that he had never been there in his life. His coming to visit his father had been often talked of but never achieved.
 The Narrator on Frank Churchill, Emma, Chapter [...]

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PBS Masterpiece Unveils New Interactive Web Site

 

THE COMPLETE JANE AUSTEN SERIES
 INITIATES NEW WEB SITE FEATURES
 
It’s official! In honor of the ‘opening night’ season premeire of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, Masterpiece Theatre Classic has revealed their bright and shiny, new interactive web site; – - and it’s ready for your perusal and enjoyment,  full of all sorts of bells and whistles!
Be prepared to be wowed, cuz it sure knocked my [...]

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PBS to Connect Jane Austen Community

CONNECTION 
I congratulate you, my dear Harriet, with all my heart. This is an attachment which a woman may well feel pride in creating. This is a connection which offers nothing but good. It will give you every thing that you want — consideration, independence, a proper home — it will fix you in the centre [...]

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An Austen New Year awaits

PBS TO AIR ALL SIX JANE AUSTEN
 ADAPATIONS IN THE NEW YEAR
 
I am all anticipation of the new Masterpiece Theatre presentation, Sundays with Jane: The Complete Jane Austen, which airs on PBS starting January 13th at 9:00 pm. It will include four new adaptations of the Jane Austen novels Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park and Sense and Sensibility, two [...]

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