Jane Austen – A sleepy conscience

A quick movie and TV review (still Austen)

Part II Emma With the exeption of P&P, no works by Jane Austen has received as many adaptations as Emma. Somehow, after 200 years, not only do the book still charm readers with its vain and snobbish heroine, but it also still manage to persuade producers that our Emma Woodhouse worth the money to makeContinue reading “A quick movie and TV review (still Austen)”

Quotes from works by Jane Austen (part 1)

(Updating) (Updating) These are some of the most memorable quotes from Austen’s six major novels (since I’m excluding Sanditon, which wasn’t completed, and Love and Friendship). Jane Austen were known for her wit and sarcastic way of using words; hence, you can expect plenty of sharp and clever lines. The world of Austen is generallyContinue reading “Quotes from works by Jane Austen (part 1)”

A quick movie and TV review (Austen adaptations)

Part I Pride and Prejudice adaptations It is a truth universally acknowledged that a decade can hardly pass by without having at least one new Pride and Prejudice adaptation. Seriously, they are still making P&P adaptations and the fun part is that those movies and TV mini series still do quite well (if not veryContinue reading “A quick movie and TV review (Austen adaptations)”

Emma

Of all Jane Austen’s major novels, Emma stands out as the clearest example of her distinct style, which utilizes free indirect speech, a method she helped popularize. Though Emma was written in third-person, the narrative was designed to focus on the thoughts and feelings of Emma, our protagonist, and the society of Highbury, the settingContinue reading “Emma”

Jane Austen primary novels

(If you want to know more about how I think about these books, please check my book review section) Pride and Prejudice Setting: Longbourn, Netherfield Park, Rosings, Pemberley Introduction: The Bennet girls are in dire straits. Mr. and Mrs. Bennet are growing old and in a few years, will probably no longer be with theirContinue reading “Jane Austen primary novels”

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice is a very special book for me. It changed me and my reading habits forever. Basically, there was me before Pride and Prejudice and me after Pride and Prejudice. Because of it, I quit my habit of reading cheesy web novels and immersed myself in the world of Jane Austen. Her sharpContinue reading “Pride and Prejudice”