Thank you, Susan. What troubles me about all the reviews of this book
is they all begin with how the author had never heard of Burney.
Really? Radcliffe is treated as if she wrote very obscure stuff in
remote storage in research libraries.. How could Romney think so of
Radcliffe if she'd read up to p 3 of Northanger Abbey . You don't have
to be an erudite 18th century scholar to have read these these authors
(there's a Burney society) or Edgeworth or even Charlotte Smith. It's
praised in terms of how much I'll learn about these books. But I've
read many of them and about many of them and don't need beginners'
descriptions.
Ellen
On Sun, Mar 9, 2025 at 6:37?PM Susan B via groups.io
<smbiddle15@...> wrote:
Those interested in Jane Austen might enjoy the book reviewed here: Jane Austen¡¯s Bookshelf by Rebecca Romney review ¨C the women behind the woman | Jane Austen | The Guardian
Best wishes
Susan
On Tue, 4 Mar 2025 at 23:10, Ellen Moody via groups.io <ellen.moody@...> wrote:
8 are outstanding; books in their own right. 4 borderline. 2 screenplays
so good they are readable in their own right. Some screenplays made
good movies nut are blueprints. And I've tried -- genuinely -- 25 more
which are dreadful/trash ...
Ellen I'm thinking of doing the same with Austen movies now that there
are so many, and recent ones truly dreadful/trash.
Ellen
Ellen Moody