Category Archives: Không phân loại

The four books below represent another part of my identity that coexist with the practical realist in me, who usually gets to make the final call during crucial moments in my life. Being a very analytical and logic-driven person, I do not seek to negate the more impulsive and much less restrained side of myContinue reading “Into the Land of Magic and Wonder”

I saw Porco Rosso and fell in love with it for the first time in eighth grade, when my obsession with Hayao Miyazaki’s films had just started. Now older and somewhat wiser, I rewatched it with a close friend in a quiet book cafe on Nguyen Bieu Street. Once again, I fell violently in loveContinue reading “Porco Rosso”

The Stranger did one thing for me that made it the perfect book for my current situation: it got me thinking about myself, my life and even my existence but saved me the trouble of having to see a character with whom I felt connected to die or fall into a bottomless pit of despair.Continue reading “Albert Camus and The Stranger”

The story of the newest £10 note is, for me, one of the funniest Jane Austen related news I ever heard. Since 2017, the Bank of England has been distributing a new version of the £10 note with Jane Austen on the reserve and the quote “I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading”.Continue reading “Why “A Sleepy Conscience” and misreading Jane Austen”

The Scarlet Pimpernel is a book series following the adventures of the audacious and dashing English noble man Percy Blakeney, his wife and comrades during the French revolution. Among the eighteen related publications, the series’ first novel of the same name, which was originally introduced on the stage, is the most popular. Despite its lateContinue reading “Baroness Orczy and The Scarlet Pimpernel”

Sense and Sensibility From Elinor If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way It is not everyone,’ said Elinor, ‘who has your passion for dead leaves I will be calm.Continue reading “Quotes from works by Jane Austen (part 2)”

Because of my hectic senior year, I hadn’t been able to consume as much Austen related content as I would have wished. I feel so guilty for not having watch the 2020 adaptation of Emma sooner. One reason for this is because I was quite unsure about how it was going to be like whenContinue reading “Austen updates”

Hayao Miyazaki is probably my favourite person whom I have never meet after Jane Austen. I love all of his films; therefore, this list can only tell you which of his films do I love more than others. I would happily recommend everything on this list to anyone and am really excited to talk aboutContinue reading “My favorite Hayao Miyazaki films”

Recently, I stumbled across the Intelligent Square’s video about Jane Austen vs Emily Bronte on Youtube, which you can check out right here. Considering the fact that this is essentially a Jane Austen fan blog and that I’m a dedicated Austen follower, it wouldn’t be a surprise that I’m going to side with Austen noContinue reading “Austen vs Bronte”

Howl’s Moving Castle is one of the novels which I will always read without putting too much brainwork into it. Instead of going out of the way to rationalize my love for it, I would just admit to myself how bias I’m when it comes to this charming little novel. For most cases, books aboutContinue reading “Diana Wynne Jones and Howl’s Moving Castle”