March 2012
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eusonyme asked: The Jane Austen BookClub awakened my righteous feminine outrage and also made me fall madly in love with Grigg.
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masterpieceofass asked: well now im an hour and 35 minutes in and i love so many men!! and women!! huzzah!
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masterpieceofass asked: just popping by to say that im currently watching Jane Austen Book Club for the first time - and thinking of you and fellow tumblr janeites! im only 9 minutes in and already hate so many men! huzzah!!
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Janeites, read this!
(posting this in response to some of the complaints I’ve been seeing about Mansfield Park 1999)
Run Mad, But Do Not Faint: The Authentic Audacity of Rozema’s Mansfield Park by Claudia L. Johnson
Mark Twain was so sick of Jane Austen that he wanted to dig her up and hit her over the head with her shinbone. Most people probably don’t want to clobber Austen, but even the gentlest soul...
February 2012
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It is not everyone who has your passion for dead leaves.
– Elinor to Marianne, Sense and Sensibility (via whimsicalimpertinence)
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roommates friend: what you watchin?
me: becoming jane
friend: who's jane?
me:
friend:
me:
friend:
me: jane austen
friend: the actress?
We were in Greece, we danced, I was gay, we were happy.
– COLIN FIRTH IS THE BEST HUMAN (via apriki)
easily.
(via hildavor)
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Lydia is such a douchebag!
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Someone: OMG I love Jane Austin!!
Me: Clearly not.
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How could she (Fanny) have excited serious attachment in a man who had seen so...
– Mansfield Park, Chapter 31
Why I love/hate Fanny Price. lol
(via twinsand)
I don’t understand how this passage and element of MP can make people hate Fanny. I think Henry desires her MOSTLY because she doesn’t want him. He’s basically a date rapist.
And all Fanny did was dare...
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mindthings:
wow marianne, running down hills wearing heels in the rain
smooth
I wanna update this with all the great tags my marianne set will get.
So far:
#you a stupid hoe
lulz
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barelysuppressedfirth asked: every time you reblog something of mine, i gain a few more followers. you're like... emma woodhouse, and i'm harriet smith, and you're introducing me to the neighborhood. only we're both way more judgmental and far less above our company.
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on this episode of "please restrict your remarks...
Mrs Jennings: I have found you out in spite of all your tricks. I know where you spent the morning.
Marianne: Where, pray?
Me: On his dick!
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pinkand-yellow:
So, I’m reading Mansfield Park, and I’m pretty sure I ship Fanny/Mary Crawford. It’s not my usual style to ship the corners of a triangle just because I hate the center, but pretty much they’re otp, and you can’t convince me otherwise.
mary: hey fanny, wanna rehearse some lines with me?
fanny: sure!
mary: lolol, “rehearse.” *grope grope grope* gurrrrl, your form...