Last night I attended a book club of the original Sense & Sensibility paired with a showing of the 1995 version of the movie at a local indie theatre. It was just delightful to hear the laughter and gasps from an audience that loved the movie so deeply. What a joy to be celebrating and discussing Austen‘s work centuries after it was written.
Finally Marianne got some sense and realized to whom she should be joined in #marriage.
#200PnPcovers #PnPcovers
I started this back when we were reading S+S adjacent books — I know — but just recently picked it up again. Emma Thompson is a delight! Her diaries are hilarious and heartfelt and I got so much insight on the movie-making process for one of my all-time favorites.
This exchange between Alan Rickman and Kate Winslet was the best:
Kate: ‘Oh God, my knickers have gone up my arse.‘
Alan: ‘Ah. Feminine mystique strikes again.‘ 😂
#pemberlittens
1. Austen has a lot a hate-able characters but, in my opinion, Willoughby is the worst!
2. Characters, for sure!
#twofortuesday Thanks for the tag @Eggs and @TheSpineView for the prompt.Tagging @Ireadkidlit and @Tamra
Thanks to my #pemberlittens, I found out about this amazing book! I can't wait to read it. And it's just in time because this is my favorite movie and it's almost my birthday! Feels kismet. 💘
Chapter 37
The secret is out and it causes quite the drama.
At least there is something to gossip about.
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This just showed up in my Inbox! https://www.mugglenet.com/2020/04/sorting-the-characters-of-jane-austens-sense-a... 😆
#pemberlittens #senseandsensibilityreadalong
@sprainedbrain
Today I‘ve caught up with my reading, and have read through chapter 4.
I‘ve been introduced to the Dashwoods, mother (almost 40), Elinor (19), Marianne (16) and Margaret (13).
I‘ve also met their stepbrother and his awful wife. What kind of people expect a person of not yet 40 yr to die within the next 15 yrs?
I‘ve met Edward Ferris.
And lastly I‘ve been introduced to their new home, Barton Cottage.
#PemberLittens
This is my translated edition of S&S that I will be reading for a chapter a day. It was a Christmas present from my parents in 1997. I‘ve reread it once since than, a few years ago.
Then I promised myself that the next time I read S&S, it would be in English in one of the wonderful editions. My problem is that I want to have all the books in the same edition and I can‘t decide among all the beautiful editions. So I‘ll see what happens.
It‘s the first truly beautiful spring day here, so I read a bit outside today. Amused by this quote from Marianne “I could not be happy with a man whose taste did not in every point coincide with my own. He must enter into all my feelings; the same books, the same music must charm us both.” How is everyone enjoying Sense & Sensibility? #Pemberlittens
