Jane Austen and textiles
U.K. Janeite Christopher Sandrawich sends me this link to the blog Textile Stories: The Fabric of Everyday Life. It’s the work of four …
UPDATE: Why am I not surprised? A “Devonton” Abbey comic
I just found this on GoComics.com: Agent Gates and the Secret Adventures of Devonton Abbey. From the website: Presenting a parody spin on …
Movie trailer for The Monk
I believe this to be the The Monk mentioned in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey. One can certainly understand Catherine Morland’s dreams being …
City of Vice
I am proud to be an American, but boy there are times when I wish I lived in England. Based on their …
Meta-ness abounds: The Lizzie Bennet Diaries Parody
I’m no stranger to meta-ness—after all, I’m writing a science fiction novel about a disembodied Jane Austen finishing Sanditon and going on …
First-day cover Austen stamps arrived
Sometimes I doubt just how much of an Austen fan I am (my friends will shake their heads at this), but my …
My Particular Friend makes Austenprose list
Ack! I’ve been so preoccupied with revisiting an old programming project that I failed to see that My Particular Friend has been …
Death Come to Pemberley … and now the BBC
UPDATE: Now there seems to be speculation that Dan Stevens is a likely candidate to play Darcy in Death Come to Pemberley. …
The Stockbroker’s Clerk
The Adventure of the Stockbroker’s Clerk does not shine for me; it does not resonate. I am sorry, but that’s the way …
Mr. Collins comes to Blandings
In this episode of the ITV Blandings series (Company for Gertrude), Janeites can spot David Bamber, whom we know as Mr. …