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In the wake of a new theatrical version of Emma and the U.S. broadcast of Sanditon earlier this year, 2020 has proven a pretty great year to be a Jane Austen fan. And with everything going on in the world right now, there may still be no better time
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Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, 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. These are the opening words of Jane Austen’s novel
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Mrs. Griffiths was a very well-behaved, genteel kind of woman, who supported herself by receiving such great girls and young ladies as wanted either masters for finishing their education or a home for beginning their displays. She had several more under her care than the three who were now come
Drama
One of the most intriguing aspects of Sanditon, the new Masterpiece drama adapted from the existing scraps of a would-be Jane Austen novel, is that we have no idea where it’s going. Like, at all. Austen only wrote 11 chapters of this story before she died, which was barely
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As most period drama fans probably already know, new Jane Austen drama Sanditon is headed to PBS's Masterpiece this January. And, technically, it's a drama that's "new" in multiple terms - it's an adaptation of the existing 11 chapters of
Culture
“Jane Austen? Didn’t she just write six novels? What do you talk about?” This comment—quoted with a satirical inflection that Jane Austen would have appreciated—was made by Liz Philosophos Cooper, President of the Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) at the organization’s 2019 Annual General
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It’s official: Andrew Davies’ adaptation of Jane Austen’s unfinished novel Sanditon will come to America this January. The new period drama, based on the eleven existing chapters of Austen’s final work will premiere on Masterpiece beginning January 12, 2020. The series stars Rose Williams as spirited heroine
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen didn't write enough books. Of course, at the time, six novels seemed like a perfectly acceptable number. But that was back in the early 19th century, long before television's giant insatiable maw needed content every minute of
History
On the 18th inst. at Winchester, Miss Jane Austen, youngest daughter of the late Rev. George Austen, Rector of Steventon, in Hampshire, and the Authoress of Emma, Mansfield Park, Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility. Her manners were most gentle; her affections ardent; her candor was not to be
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Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside! I do like to be beside the sea! Oh I do like to stroll along the Prom, Prom, Prom! Where the brass bands play, “Tiddely-om-pom-pom!” John A. Glover-Kind, 1907. See more. As the old music-hall song says, Brits do like to
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Jane Austen’s final, unfinished novel Sanditon is heading to the small screen, courtesy of PBS’ Masterpiece and the U.K. network ITV. This is the first ever adaptation of Austen’s incomplete last work, which she abandoned due to poor health just before her death in 1817. Only eleven
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Images are political --Actor David Oyelowo, Inspector Javert in Les Misérables A trend that's on the rise on both sides of the Atlantic, color-blind casting opens opportunities for actors of color, and makes dramas accessible to new audiences who can recognize themselves in the faces of the actors.