August 2012
41 posts
i read a new p&p published pornfic last night. mr. bennet jerking off to portraits of horse women. charlotte caressing lizzy's peaked buds. bingley giving darcy a BJ whilst he sleeps, and darcy dreaming it was elizabeth. LADY CATHERINE PUNISHING PARISHIONERS WITH A RIDING CROP. oh, and caroline is into smothering and desperately wants to sit on darcy's face, but who doesn't? anyway, you really need to get in on this action. i thought of you while reading it. is that weird?
lol i just…have no words! and no, not weird, i am flattered when any fine lady thinks of me with such delicacy. please send a link!!
“The fundamental difference between the 19th century romantic novels and the contemporary romances that borrow heavily from them is in the self-possession of the heroines. Although the unmarried and all but dowerless Elizabeth Bennet and the orphan governess Jane Eyre are in positions of greater social vulnerability than their contemporary counterparts, neither 19th-century heroine is willing to sacrifice self-respect in order to gain financial security or love. …By contrast, the scenes in which Bella Swan and Anastasia Steele literally fall at the heroes’ feet and rely on the heroes’ strength to stand foreshadow each heroine’s willingness to stay in a relationship with a man whose dominance overwhelms her sense of self, and without whom she seems lost.”
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Kristina Deffenbacher, Professor of English at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/159709-lesser-shades-of-jane/#.UCHs_6LE1jI.facebook
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Pemberley state of mind: Jane Austen´s House →
pemberley-state-of-mind.tumblr.com
“In the morning, Jane would get up early and she´d go and practise the piano. Then probably she´d be writing after breakfast. Writing secretly at her tiny little table in the dining room. They had a door that used to creak, so she could hear if anybody came in. She didn´t want…
me while watching emma and mr. knightley dance
THEY BOTH LOVE EACH OTHER BUT THEY DON’T EVEN KNOW IT YET AND WE KNOW AND SQUEEEEEEE
“Mrs. Hall, of Sherborne, was brought to bed yesterday of a dead child, some weeks before she expected, owing to a fright. I suppose she happened unawares to look at her husband.”
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Jane Austen, in a letter to her sister Cassandra (October 27, 1798)
dead baby jokes by jane austen
“I could not think about you so much without doating on you, faults and all; and by dint of fancying so many errors, have been in love with you ever since you were thirteen at least.”
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-Mr. Knightley gets creepy on Emma
How many times can I watch the BBC P&P until I'm sick of it?
My favorite background to have on while cleaning (along with HP).
background to my life
i just want to sit on my ass all day and read jane austen. ok bye
“What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.”
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— Jane Austen, Letter (1796-09-18)
