tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post4314569278671702019..comments2023-09-22T02:24:42.144-07:00Comments on a light inside: Currently Reading: Persuasion (again)Jenna St.Hilairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16528611770211261141noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post-48146818688824440742010-06-17T17:52:58.073-07:002010-06-17T17:52:58.073-07:00No problem. I appreciate you taking the time. Di...No problem. I appreciate you taking the time. Dickens & Austen are kind of my blind spots but I've done a little catching up on Dickens so now it's Austen's turn. :)Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16501327753737422337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post-60460156381767470692010-06-17T17:37:27.470-07:002010-06-17T17:37:27.470-07:00Mr. Pond, I think I may have seen a part of it at ...<b>Mr. Pond,</b> I think I may have seen a part of it at one point or another, visiting my parents, but never all the way through. I'll have to rent it some time. It's clear they did a great deal of abridging and rearranging from the trailer, but that would certainly be necessary for time constraints, and it looks like it's beautifully filmed.<br /><br />I'm also a big fan of Mr. Knightley. Good-hearted, no-nonsense gentleman. He's great.<br /><br /><b>George,</b> I liked your question so much I couldn't resist blogging about it! Hope you don't mind. :)Jenna St.Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16528611770211261141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post-58974039359251219592010-06-17T14:16:34.661-07:002010-06-17T14:16:34.661-07:00Jenna, would you have a recommendation for someone...<b>Jenna</b>, would you have a recommendation for someone who has never read any Austen as to a place to start? I've got plenty of her books loaded on my ebook reader & also an audiobook of <i>Pride & Prejudice</i>. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16501327753737422337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post-13741672381618313912010-06-17T09:27:03.963-07:002010-06-17T09:27:03.963-07:00Have you seen Adrian Shergold's hauntingly bea...Have you seen Adrian Shergold's hauntingly beautiful new adaptation of this? You can see a trailer of sorts <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/austen/>here</a> (right side bar, four down). The DVD should be fairly easy to find. I heartily enjoyed it--tremendous sense of journey and a lovely, minimalistic score. Though apparently it's heavily abridged--figures, to fit an Austen novel into a 90 min TV spot.<br /><br />I always wanted to be Mr. Knightley when I grew up...almost as cool as Robin Hood...Mr Pondhttp://mrpond47.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com