Litsy

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice: A Book-to-Table Classic | Jane Austen

It's well established in the book that Mrs Bennett was a beauty "in her youth" so this illustration made me laugh. At the time of the novel she'd likely be 45 at most (probably closer to 40) yet this artist chose to make her look a great deal older. ?
#JaneAustenThenAndNow @Crinoline_Laphroaig

KadaGul I think 🤔 at the time, 40 seemed like 90🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ 2d

Crinoline_Laphroaig I'm really noticing now that at 58 I'm older than all the 'old' characters. 😄 2d

bookandbedandtea @KadaGul Right! I used to think it was due to the lower life expectancy but then I learned that number is due to the high rate of childhood death. Once a person reached adulthood there was every reason to think they'd live into old age so the view of people Mrs Bennet's age being old still strikes me as weird. 🤔 2d

bookandbedandtea @Crinoline_Laphroaig Same! I'm 56 and it's always a bit of a shock to realize that some old person in a book is a good deal younger than I am! 🤦‍♀️😆 2d

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bookishbitch

Doctor Who: Scratchman | Tom Baker

As soon as I finish listening to The Simarillion, this will be my next audiobook. Tom Baker wrote AND recorded it, and I've only heard good things.

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bookishbitch

Doctor Who: Scratchman | Tom Baker

I've been re-watching a lot of Dr. Who lately. New and old. I'm also going to listen to the tagged book after my current audiobook. And I might have also ordered a copy from ebay. If you press the button on K-9's back he says "Affirmative Master".

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pyjamaviking

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice: A Book-to-Table Classic | Jane Austen

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Just finished this. It‘s gorgeous! #Austen #Austen250 #JaneAusten #classics #specialeditions

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Crinoline_Laphroaig

The Making of Pride and Prejudice | Sue Birtwistle, Susie Conklin

#Pemberlittens from Jane Austen's House:

🎥 YOUTUBE PREMIERE: COSTUMING PRIDE & PREJUDICE!

Extend the Pride and Prejudice Day celebrations and tune into the YouTube Premiere of our wonderful talk with Dinah Collin, costume designer for the iconic 1995 BBC adaptation of P&P.

⏰ Available from Friday 31 January, 8pm GMT)📍YouTube:
https://youtu.be/hD63w3jokak?si=ExwIXSMNejljlMbq

#JaneAustenThenAndNow

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bookandbedandtea

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice: A Book-to-Table Classic | Jane Austen

Happy 212th birthday to Lizzy, Darcy et al 🎉

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bookishbitch

Doctor Who: The Legends of River Song | Jenny T. Colgan, Jacqueline Rayner, Andrew Lane, Steve Lyons, Guy Adams

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This is 5 short stories set in the world of Dr. Who with River Song. (I absolutely love Alex Kingston in this role btw.) Overall I enjoyed this a lot. However, one of them almost immediately felt like it was written by a man. Spoiler alert, it was. Which was unfortunate because it was a great premise. It was still a fun book though.

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bookishbitch

Doctor Who: The Legends of River Song | Various

Getting a flat tire yesterday, at an inconvenient time, means new tires today. It hurts the wallet, but at least it is doable. I'm aware that not everyone has that privilege. And it does give me some reading time.

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rabbitprincess

Eye of Heaven | Jim Mortimore

so-so

A high So-So verging on low Pick. For the most part, Leela, who narrates most of the chapters, is rendered well, but her knowledge of sailing ships is not plausible to me (those bits felt like “research“). I also found the story was told just enough out of order to be disorienting chronologically.

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