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By: AustenBlog . . . she’s everywhere » Permanence

AustenBlog . . . she’s everywhere » Permanence — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 07:45:17 +0000

[...] We like our Oxford Illustrated Editions of Jane Austen’s novels because they are quite solid. It’s always interesting to attend meetings of our Jane Austen book group (the Chawton Regulars) and seeing long-time Austen readers with Oxford editions much older than our own, still very much readable and in great shape. We also have an assortment of paperbacks for lending purposes and one that we bought because the cover made us laugh, as well as NA in italiano. Alas, we cannot bring ourselves to write in our books. [...]

By: AustenBlog . . . she’s everywhere » Blurbing Jane

AustenBlog . . . she’s everywhere » Blurbing Jane — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 02:56:40 +0000

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By: Deb R.

Deb R. — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:11:23 +0000

I looked at my Persuasion video last night – the one with the “right” cover photo – and was shocked to see that it has the same copy on back cover as above. How dreadful!

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 12:54:35 +0000

Bwaaa! I’ve never seen that cover of ‘Persuasion’ before. I love it! With mysterious Not-Even-Extras people, oh, the clothes, the kiss, it is so bad it’s good!

By: Mags

Mags — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 18:36:45 +0000

But, but… that’s not Amanda Root or Ciaran Hinds.

Precisely!

By: Deb R.

Deb R. — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:25:02 +0000

And Lady Russell wasn’t “a scheming socialite.” Her advice 8 years prior was probably the advice Anne’s own mother would have given – the young Navy officer was nice enough, but had no property or family income to support a wife. Anne could have ended up in a dingy flat in Lyme waiting for her ship to come in once a year or so — and that was not an acceptable prospect for someone of her family’s social standing.

By: Karenlee

Karenlee — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:46:28 +0000

But, but… that’s not Amanda Root or Ciaran Hinds.

By: Mags

Mags — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 07:38:24 +0000

Robin–I love “The terror of Northanger Abbey had no name, no shape–yet it menaced Catherine Morland in the dead of night!” But the stuff from the novel, presented out of context, also is thoroughly delightful.

Susan, you asked for the infamous Nibblers cover:

Also known as “The Barmaid and the Bellhop”–who ARE these people, anyway? It’s not like they’re actually, you know, IN the movie.

The cover copy is equally hilarious:

A young couple’s stormy romance scandalizes English society in this acclaimed adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic love story.

Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds of the Royal Shakespeare Company are the star-crossed lovers, Anne and Wentworth, whose passion is thwarted by a scheming socialite. Eight years later, when Anne is considered an old maid and her once-rich family is on the verge of bankruptcy, Wentworth returns. Will their second chance at love be ruined by the social conventions that destroyed it once? Or will the heart be persuaded by rules of its own?

By: susan w.

susan w. — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 01:29:41 +0000

Maggie, can you get a copy of the video Persuasion and show the cover? It’s almost as funny as the book cover you show. No one would ever know what the book is about. He’s kissing the back of her neck if I remember correctly, and they are modern in dress. As if!

By: Brontëana

Brontëana — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 22:48:29 +0000

We linked this in another forum, commenting that Captain Wentworth appeared to have fallen off an Old Spice bottle, and a friend responded, “Don’t worry, Regency Barbie is there to rescue him!”

Oh, that is snark of the very best kind! *sighs*