The Other Austen

Sense & Sensibility (2008 Mini-Series)

GPOY

On my Christmas list: frolicking about in the snow with Jonny Lee Miller. Damn boy, you so fine.

ragbag:

phenakistiscope party

did you hear about this thing called animated gifs? it turns out that they’re excellent for reanimating the persistence of vision phenakistiscope discs of the 1800s. in this disc created by john dunn in the 1830s (and reanimated by yours truly 179 years later), we get a chance to see the idyllic scene of a mom working on her biceps and a dandy dad demonstrating his jazz hands and rejecting the embrace of his eager baby over and over and over forever.

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original disc image provided by room 26 cabinet of curiosities.

a legit 19th century gif. amazing!

(Source: ragbag, via democracyoftouch)

oldbookillustrations:

Reading Jane’s letters.

Hugh Thomson, frontispiece from Pride and prejudice, by Jane Austen, London, 1894.

(Source: archive.org)

love these illustrations. jane austen tattoo ideas!

oldbookillustrations:

I’m the tallest.

Hugh Thomson, from Pride and prejudice, by Jane Austen, London, 1894.

(Source: archive.org)

the fuck is this!? lol, lydia’s pride over being tallest…never visualized it quite this way.