Austen + The Onion: Pride and Prejudice 1995, Part 5
Warning! A few of these are NSFW for bad language. This is the last set for Pride and Prejudice. I have a few headlines in mind for Mansfield Park, but after that, there will probably only be stragglers if something new on The … Continued
Austen + The Onion: Pride and Prejudice 1995, Part 4
I think this is my favorite set: Previous Austen + The Onion Headlines: Northanger Abbey Pride and Prejudice 2005: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Sense and Sensibility 1995: Part 1, Part 2 Persuasion Emma 1996: Part 1, Part 2 … Continued
Austen + The Onion: Pride and Prejudice 1995, Part 3
This meme, I like it. Another! Part 3 of 5 for P&P 1995: Previous Austen + The Onion Headlines: Northanger Abbey Pride and Prejudice 2005: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Sense and Sensibility 1995: Part 1, Part 2 Persuasion … Continued
Austen + The Onion: Pride and Prejudice 1995, Part 2
Previous Austen + The Onion Headlines: Northanger Abbey Pride and Prejudice 2005: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Sense and Sensibility 1995: Part 1, Part 2 Persuasion Emma 1996: Part 1, Part 2 Pride and prejudice 1995: Part 1 … Continued
Austen + The Onion: Pride and Prejudice 1995, Part 1
And so it begins… There will be a total of five sets from P&P 1995, so plenty more on the way! Previous Austen + The Onion Headlines: Northanger Abbey Pride and Prejudice 2005: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 … Continued
Austen + The Onion: Emma, part 2
And the second set for Emma: Previous Austen + The Onion Headlines: Northanger Abbey Pride and Prejudice 2005: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Sense and Sensibility 1995: Part 1, Part 2 Persuasion Emma 1996: Part 1 Original post from … Continued
Great Sisters in Literature
The first Sunday in August is Sisters Day, an international day to appreciate sisters, obviously! Jane Austen certainly appreciated sisters, from her beloved Cassandra in real life, to the many different sister characters she wrote. She gave us the Bennet and … Continued
Austen + The Onion: Emma, part 1
I’ve used the 1996 movie version, which wasn’t an easy choice. I thought the 2009 miniseries had closer-to-the-book treatments for Frank Churchill and Mr. Woodhouse, but Sophie Thompson as Miss Bates in the 1996 movie is perfection. Previous Austen + The Onion … Continued
Austen + The Onion headlines: Persuasion
No Austen novel is safe from the “satirical eye” of The Onion. Persuasion gets the honor today. I tend to match headlines to book scenes and characters in my mind first, not to movies. Then I find the best screenshot … Continued
Clueless turns 20, and I still majorly, totally, butt-crazily love it
Old people can be so sweet sometimes. I admit that, due to nostalgia or whatever it is that makes us look fondly back at the movies and music from our youth, I tend to revere some things from the 90’s (and 80’s!) maybe more than they really … Continued