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Austen Variations: Todd Living with Austen; Miss Austen book into film, a draft Comments on blog in blog's section for comments very welcome; will be taken into account in final copy https://reveriesunderthesignofausten.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/austen-variations-todds-living-with-austen-hornbys-novel-memoir-miss-austen-into-walsh-gibbs-tv-serial-miss-austen/ Ellen

I've just watched Episode 1, and I give it an A, it was surprisingly excellent. How close it is to actual history, I am not so sure, but Gill Hornby has done such a brilliant job, and the acting in all the roles is pitch perfect, so it's worth watching regardless of how accurate it is. I eagerly look forward to seeing the whole series. ARNIE

Have I said I bought a book about Bella da Costa for Izzy on her 1st birthday, May 8 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1636811353?psc=1... A review which tells her life https://www.the-tls.co.uk/arts/visual-arts/belle-da-costa-greene-arts-review-laura-kolb An obsessive theme of black women writers of the 1920s is passing as white. I used to research Richardson there. I've seen original manuscripts of Grandison. They are having a week's worth of events on Jane Austen for her 250 birthday. If I could really walk, I'd go. There are online classes. I have to sign up. Alas, it's Eventbrite and I often fail to reach their online stufh. I can't get the hang of it https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/lively-mind-jane-austen-250 Ellen

Soon I'll be rereading John Wood Sweet's Sewing Girl's Tale and may reread Judith Moore's The Appearance of Truth for the upcoming 4 week course I'm teaching at OLLI at AU Not far behind Winifred Holyby's outh Riding, to be followed by Vera Britain's The Dark Tide, for the summer 6 week course I'll be teaching at OLLI at Mason Andrea and I are exploring Anna Seghers and Christa Wolf in our weekend zoom. It is a genuine wonder to me why so few courses in women's literature are taught at any of the OLLIs I teach at or attend. Or Politics and Prose? The people at OLLI at York keep trying, but classes have too low enrollment and are cancelled. Why do most women seem indifferent to literary feminism? I stand out for continuing to do them frequently I try to get to Austen Variations blog I'm reading onwards ever so slowly Ellen

I'm reading this between sequels -- I might reread The Other Bennet Sister. I'm finding it very fresh, stimulating, but not sure how to blog/write about it. It seems to me Todd is doing something unusual: she comes in at an angle which is usually omitted: her gut reactions, partly founded in personal history and hr reading of other l'ecriture-femme I'd call it.This is the level that undergirds and explains a close reading or other kind of book (scholarly, source study &c) about books. The problem I'm not sure how to write coherently myself. But it is very interesting. I find my gut reactions to Austen's books were intially and still are quite different, but think hers are the more frequent. And thus it has explanatory power for me. For example my favorite heroine is Elinor Dashwood, and after that Fanny Price; the book I'd start with Sense and Sensibility. Far from finding Austen's letters captivating, I find them interestingly bitchy, resentful, always partisan. More when I've finished. I plan an omnibus blog when I finally am feeling stronger not so tired. Ellen

I used Easter calendar changes for Austen calendars, Woman in White & Clarissa. Austen erases years since her novels were revised. Necessary for epistolary & journal novels. http://www.jimandellen.org/austen/emcalendars.html My Austen calendars are used and cited by Austen readers and scholars many times. Ellen

I've been watching the superb 7 part 1978 serial written by Dennis Potter, featuring Alan Bate & Anna Massey. I read the book some years ago, and I think, like the recent Far from the Madding Crowd, featuring Carey Mulligaan, and 2018 Woman in White by Fiona Seres , Potter captures the best of the book, its moral design and inner spirit. Often recent British serials are travesties (especially when backed by US money), but when they are good, they are superb, witness the 2018 Little Women (Emily Watson as Marmee),. The Mirror and the Light, by Peter Straughn, featuring Rylance (he carries it) improves on the book. An older one hour documentary not to miss: India's Partition A Forgotten story by Gurind Chadha (Bhaji on the Beach On other hand, after all the Miss Austen serial is lugubrious, takes itself and Keeley Haws to seriously. I hated Bride & Prejudice Ellen

Maria Frawley will conduct one on Elizabeth Gaskell (5 sessions) this summer at Politics and Prose: North and South, Cranford Ellen

I mention them more often because I can't cover as much, and sometimes am behind or skip a given group read. So I tell of these others as sometimes they are the same kind of book Beyond Duke's Children restored, I'm reading The Bertrams for another Trollope group, and following a favorite FB group of readers (TWWRN) by watching a 1978 many episode Mayor of Casterbridge, and I read all the postings, and try toget to the text. In some ways it seems to me far more interesting than some of the more famous Hardys. The script is by Dennis Potter!. I do find that often a superb adaptation can improve on the book. I've now begun Forster's A Passage to India for my teaching, and am reading about the Raj, Anglo-Indian lit. I love it. Last night a terrific documentary by Gurinder Chad on India's Partition: The Forgotten (pr distorted) story On my own for sheer pleasure: Janet Todd's Living with Austen. She really is intelligent, the one is wonderfully relaxed. I often disagree but she separates her views from the text. That's unusual A feminist biography of Vera Brittain The Mirror and the Light by Mantel -- along with delving into the women therein (Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard) to discover why Cromwell was beheaded,and I believe I've understood. He was in the crosshairs of Henry's deranged sexual anxiety and deep shame because he was often impotent, More on this Sunday night. I've had to put aside for a couple of Week's Outlander 3, Voyager but I'll get back to her, Ditto an excellent fictional biography of Water Scott: Ragged Lion And I attend a very few classes Ellen On Sat, Apr 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM Tyler Tichelaar via groups.io <tyler@...> wrote: > > Ellen often mentions her other projects and books she's reading. Since it's the month of Shakespeare's birthday, I am reading Stephen Greenblatt's Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare. It is quite interesting though a lot is supposition trying to fill in the likely possibilities of what happened in his life since we know so little of his biography. I also plan to read a couple of his plays before the month is out - probably Cymbeline and Timon of Athens, which I've never read before. > > I've also been reading Louis Couperus' novels. I just finished Old People and The Things That Pass and think it a true masterpiece about two elderly people with a dark secret and how that effects both of their families. He is known as one of the greatest Dutch authors and far more readable than Multali and Max Havelaar. > > Tyler >

> ? > Dolly Alderton to Write Pride and Prejudice Starring Emma Corrin and Jack Lowden > > The actors and Olivia Colman will star in the new six-part series adaptation. > > https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/pride-and-prejudice-cast-photos-release-date-news > > > -- > Rory O'Farrell <ofarrwrk@...> I have not liked last couple of faithful type aausten movies. I didn’t like their exaggerations nor shallow comic tone. Olivia Coleman must go along. The movie where she played Queen Anne was an obscene travesty, basically misogynistic. It won many awards I recall. Ellen

I'm reading it and it's excellent. I also recommend as the best book on Austen I've read in a long time, Janet Todd's Living with Jane Austen ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Thornfield Hall <comment-reply@...> Date: Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM Subject: Excuse Me, Jane Austen, and Rediscovering “The Bertrams” To: <ellen.moody@...> “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a woman in possession of a computer, needs to spend less screen time.” Excuse me, Jane Austen. I NEED TO BREAK UP WITH THE INTERNET. And so I curled up in a cozy chair with a neglected Trollope… Read on blog <https://thornfieldhall.blog/excuse-me-jane-austen-and-rediscovering-the-bertrams/> or Reader <https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_email_click&redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wordpress.com%2Freader%2Fblogs%2F152652350%2Fposts%2F28565&sr=1&signature=c105db33bc5df7be544efee7252f108c&user=8072791&_e=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&_z=z> [image: Site logo image] Thornfield Hall <https://thornfieldhall.blog> Read on blog <https://thornfieldhall.blog/excuse-me-jane-austen-and-rediscovering-the-bertrams/> or Reader <https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_email_click&redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wordpress.com%2Freader%2Fblogs%2F152652350%2Fposts%2F28565&sr=1&signature=c105db33bc5df7be544efee7252f108c&user=8072791&_e=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&_z=z> Excuse Me, Jane Austen, and Rediscovering “The Bertrams” <https://publ

Laura did understand from this hospital doctor, showed me the Mayo clinic site: https://austenreveries.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/i-had-a-third-stroke-event-sunday-evening/ It's notan infrequent mechanism behind strokes & blood clots Ellen

This is better than I thought. She believes that the revolution from despising, persecuting, or hiding your affection for cats to liking, respecting, getting to know them, treating the infinitely better, responsibly occurred over the 19th century and brought about by art work in popular magazines which worked to make people see cats as versions of themselves. I'm not so sure. Was it not bringing them indoors because litter invented kept them at home. Both together probably. I'm a wee bit disappointed. I wanted a thorough convincing account of this transformation and am not convinced I actually prefer Caroline Bugler's and Desmond Morris's's pictorial history and individual books like Roger Caras, A Cat is watching you. Both sessions on cats at the virtual 18th century conference had paper from dismaying to disappointing. It was af if they dreaded to be seen as sentimental -- they were not interested in cats in the era at all for real Ellen

Today I was in hospital for 8 hours again, for a third stroke event. Last time they called it a mini-stroke, or a stroke that stopped forming, this time it's a TIA and possible blood clot that dissolved. The practical result is another set back for my left leg, ending worse yet, and having to go slower. I've fallen behind on Mirror and Light the book but hope to read and to post late tomorrow afternoon. Life's pleasures not done. I came home to a new lovely copy of Janet Todd's Living with Jane Austen on my stoop. This summer I look forward to Hemingway Collins's book I must try to live with these setbacks as best I can. Rest, mild exercise, avoid stress for which Jane Austen is a perfect subject Last night I did lose myself in Wolf Hall before the event hit. This second season is quieter than the first, but actually better in some ways. Mirror and Light wholly inward book. Most people also know far less about Henry's 4th, 5th, and 6th wives (Ann of Cleves, Katherine Howard, Katharine Parr) than the first 3. The books to read are the superb Linda Porter (start with Parr, she's the most interesting), then Caroline Norton (Ann was an interesting letter write) then the best of the lot, Alison Weir on poor Katharine Howard. Ellen

I couldn't go yesterday (cannot walk well enough unless someone who cares about me helps me) so I wrote a blog about E.M. Forster's famous popular talks to the BBC 1930s-40s, and essays, including "What I Believe," "3 Anti-Nazi Broadcasts" https://ellenandjim.wordpress.com/2025/04/05/e-m-forster-marvelous-essayist-bbc-broadcaster-his-1930s-40s-prose-explains-strengthens-and-comforts-those-having-to-live-with-fascism/ Ellen

This is an accurate description of the book. Rachel Dodge does it justice. Ellen ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jane Austen's World <comment-reply@...> Date: Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM Subject: Reading Miss Austen by Jill Hornby To: <ellen.moody@...> The new BBC miniseries "Miss Austen", based on Jill Hornby's novel of the same name, is currently the focus of much attention worldwide. The series aired in the UK in February and comes to PBS this May. Some of you have maybe already seen the show, depe… Read on blog <http://janeaustensworld.com/2025/03/24/reading-miss-austen-by-jill-hornby/> or Reader <https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_email_click&redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wordpress.com%2Freader%2Fblogs%2F1615413%2Fposts%2F39735&sr=1&signature=eb0975368aaf40b4fe2e54dca6c4145c&user=8072791&_e=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&_z=z> [image: Site logo image] Jane Austen's World <http://janeaustensworld.com> Read on blog <http://janeaustensworld.com/2025/03/24/reading-miss-austen-by-jill-hornby/> or Reader <https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_email_click&redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wordpress.com%2Freader%2Fblogs%2F1615413%2Fposts%2F39735&sr=1&signature=eb0975368aaf40b4fe2e54dca6c4145c&user=8072791&_e=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&_z=z> Reading Miss Austen by Jill Hornby <https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_email_click&redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fjaneaustensworld.com%2F2025%2F03%2F24%2Freading-miss-austen-by-jill-hornby%2F&sr=0&signature=79dd8eb5956ced15fda1ab14de6539bc&blog_id=1615413&user=8072791&_e=eyJlcnJvciI6bnVsbCwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTYxNTQxMywiYmxvZ19sYW5nIjoiZW4iLCJzaXRlX2lkX2xhYmVsIjoid3Bjb20iLCJoYXNfZmVhdHVyZWRfaW1hZ2UiOiIwIiwic3Vic2NyaWJlcl9pZCI6IjE5OTY1NjE5IiwiX3VpIjo4MDcyNzkxLCJsb2NhbGUiOiJlbiIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiVVNEIiwiY291bnRyeV9jb2RlX3NpZ251cCI6IlVBIiwic2lnbnVwX2Zsb3dfbmFtZSI6IiIsImVtYWlsX2RvbWFpbiI6ImdtYWlsLmNvbSIsInBvc3RfaWQiOjM5NzM1LCJ1c2VyX2VtYWlsIjoiZWxsZW4ubW9vZHlAZ21haWwuY29tIiwiZGF0ZV9zZW50IjoiMjAyNS0wMy0yNCIsImVtYWlsX2lkIjoiMGMzMjRkNjNjNTNhMzhkNjdkOWMwZjBmNGE4OThjYzMiLC

I've written my first blog of several on women writers relevant to this dire historical moment, and serious readings of Jane Austen's life experiences as seen in her books and competent post-texts reframing that experience. First up Hannah Arendt & Origins of Totalitarianism & The Human Condition https://reveriesunderthesignofausten.wordpress.com/2025/03/17/hannah-arendt-a-voice-we-must-heed-in-his-perilous-moment/ Ellen

I wonder if it's a rhetorical pretense, Nancy, yes. We didn't study Jane Austen in school either. The first Fanny Burney book I read was an old 3 volume edition of her diaries and letters, which I found in a used bookshop on 59th Street, Manhattan. Much shrunk in size, it's still there. . She was called Madame d'Arblay on the cover. Then the introduction gave her her other name, Fanny Burney. Burney's Evelina was an old Everyman on my father's bookshelves. I had heard of Radcliffe fro Northnger Abbey. I was teaching at Brooklyn College at the time (1974?) , and went to the bookshelves and took out a copy of The Romance of The Forest. I loved it. To me Austen's major contemporary was Scott. Ellen

So, here's the final version of 8 weeks into 10: we are reading Forster as an antidote to this bad time we are in for -- and to stir up good heart to fight back If anyone on any of these 3 listservs wants to read along, let me know. https://reveriesunderthesignofausten.wordpress.com/2025/03/10/olli-mason-syllabus-for-spring-2025-e-m-forster-his-novels-essays-journalism-short-stories/ Ellen