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#PemberLittens, are we even ready?! I LOOOVE Mansfield Park and have very little chill about it. I'm so psyched for two chapters a day of quiet self-denial, bitchy cousins, the aunt from hell, my least favorite Austen fuckboy, a romantic hero that nobody likes, and moral outrage about the lamest play ever put on by a bunch of kids in a living room. And yet...I adore every bit of it and can't wait to return, every single time. #JaneAustenThenAndNow

Susanita Oh my gosh, the play! 13h

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Crinoline_Laphroaig

The Annotated Mansfield Park | Jane Austen

#Pemberlittens it's almost time! I'm going to aim for 2 Chapters a Day. I quickly made a schedule just in case I get behind or if I'm reading edition with Volume/Chapter numberings.

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TheBookHippie Just grabbed it off the shelf! 19h

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Crinoline_Laphroaig @TheBookHippie 🥳 19h

Tineke Great! I'm going to check if I have this book.
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Deblovestoread I will try the 2 a day plan as well. 18h

Deblovestoread Thanks for the calendar! 18h

Andrea313 Oh! I don't know why I thought Emma was next, but this is such a wonderful surprise! I love this book wayyyy too much. 15h

Morr_Books Love the calendar! I'm gonna try to follow your lead. I'm excited to read this one. 10h

rubyslippersreads I‘ve been thinking about rereading because I just read this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/books/review/jane-austen-mansfield-park.html?... 2h

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Andrea313

Sense and Sensibility | Jane Austen

Ruh-roh! What say you, #PemberLittens? Is it truly time for another S&S? I have so many questions! Will they show us a Willoughby/Brandon duel? Am I wrong to wish for a scene of Robert self-importantly shopping for a toothpick case? And most importantly, will we get an Edward Ferrars who is a true mopey sadsack, as God and Jane Austen intended?? 😜 Link to article in the comments. #JaneAustenThenAndNow

Andrea313 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/daisy-edgar-jones-new-sense-... 6d

Ruthiella I just hope they do it “right”. Edward Ferrars/Hugh Grant aside, I like the Emma Thompson version. I can‘t watch the P&P with Kiera Knightly. I just want to comb everyone‘s hair in it. 6d

Andrea313 @Ruthiella OK but that comment about combing people's hair made me laugh. 🤣😂 I like the '95 and '05 versions of P&P, just as I like the Emma Thompson S&S as well as the 2008 mini-series. I think each of them got different things right and I can find something to love about them all. But I am NOT down with the modernized, anachronistic adaptations like the most recent version of Persuasion. No direct address to camera, please! 6d

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bookishbitch I think I'm one of the few who likes something about all the film versions of her books. And I've been surprised at just how many there have been! (The black and white 1938 tv P&P started them all, I believe.) Love them or hate them, they all deviate from the books. 6d

nanuska_153 @Ruthiella 🤣🤣🤣 the hair 5d

nanuska_153 Now I really want the toothpick case scene! 😂 5d

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Andrea313

Jane Austen's Garden: A Botanical Tour of the Classic Novels | Molly Williams

so-so

A slight little book, but enjoyable, giving an overview of the flowers, trees, fruits, and other natural elements mentioned in Jane's works, from the strawberries picked at Donwell to the trees which bear Marianne's beloved dead leaves to the hyacinth that Catherine Morland learns to love. The illustrations are sweet but simple, and so is the narrative- not much depth, but enough to whet the appetite if you wanted to learn more.

Andrea313 #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow #BooksAndBlooms 7d

Crinoline_Laphroaig I liked the tree section. Wasn't particularly interested in DIY/craft part. My favorite remains

In the Garden with Jane Austen

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Andrea313 @Crinoline_Laphroaig That's on my list for August! And yeah, I'm not terribly crafty so unfortunately those sections were lost on me. 17h

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CrowCAH

Jane Austen's Table: Recipes Inspired by the Works of Jane Austen: Picnics, Feasts and Afternoon Teas | Robert Tuesley Anderson

I believe all the other #PemberLittens must have snagged this amazing Jane Austen book scene, because it doesn‘t show up even if the cart has over $150! I‘ll be sure to check my local Bricks & MiniFigs store to get a set! #LEGO

TheBookHippie Yah! I assumed the same! 7d

Graciouswarriorprincess I got mine off Facebook Marketplace brand new for $20. 6d

CrowCAH @Graciouswarriorprincess that‘s a decent price! I‘ll check it out. 6d

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peanutnine I got my set! It did say while supplies last, so it must have been super popular!! 5d

CrowCAH @peanutnine woohoo yayy so glad you got one!!! 5d

CrowCAH Update 6/28, I was able to get a brand new set at Bricks and MiniFigs for $50! Beyond thrilled 😁 3d

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Crinoline_Laphroaig

The Rushworth Family Plot: A Novel | Claudia Gray

so-so

#Pemberlittens I had issues with how Jonathan's dad the ORIGINAL Mr Darcy was portrayed. Because of that I gave it 3 stars on Goodreads. My full slightly spoilery Review in comments. 🎩

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Crinoline_Laphroaig I don't read these books for the mystery. I read them for Juliet Tilney and Jonathan Darcy. Reasons for keeping them separated is very convoluted. Also I don't like that it's because of Mr Darcy! ⬇️

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Crinoline_Laphroaig Mr Darcy who had such character growth in Pride and Prejudice and married for love. There's no reason a man who ended up with Lydia as a sister in law and Mrs Bennet as a mother in law would disapprove of Juliet Tilney as a daughter in law. She not a golddigger. Her family is respectable and while not Pemberly rich, they are not poor. Juliet is smart, likeable but most importantly she truly cares for Jonathan. Mr Darcy wouldn't act this way.

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Crinoline_Laphroaig Will I continue to read this series? Absolutely! I'm waiting for the happy ever after. 1w

willaful Hmmm, wondering now if I should skip this one and just wait for the HEA. ;-) They've been going downhill for me. 1w

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Crinoline_Laphroaig

Northanger Abbey | Nancy Butler

pick

This was a fun graphic novel of Northanger Abbey.

Mid-month check in. Read any good Northanger Abbey retellings? Anything you've hated?

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Bookwormjillk I still need to start Ghosted! 2w

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BarkingMadRead I loved

The Rushworth Family Plot: A Novel

BarkingMadRead Also, I read Ghosted awhile back and it was really good! (edited) 2w

Andrea313 Northranger by Rex Ogle was lots of fun, and I'm enjoying Ghosted so far. But I did a re-read of the following and any silly charm it may have once held drastically faded into sheer stupidity:

Northanger Alibi

TheBookHippie Not yet 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️ it‘s been a bit wild here. 2w

Crinoline_Laphroaig @TheBookHippie same! Last few days I read one graphic novel. 2w

Crinoline_Laphroaig @BarkingMadRead I've started as well. I'm really enjoying so far. 2w

Crinoline_Laphroaig @Andrea313 there's a vampire. Makes me want to read. 2w

julieclair I really enjoyed

Midnight in Austenland

willaful Oh, I wish I'd known about these. My library has some of them. 1w

Crinoline_Laphroaig @julieclair yay! 1w

Crinoline_Laphroaig @willaful my friend turned me on to them. 1w

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Andrea313

Jane Austen, the Secret Radical | Helena Kelly

Back on this book's bullshit, and this time it's making connections between unwanted or dangerous pregnancies and Northanger Abbey. Get this - what if Mrs. Tilney had been pregnant and died while miscarrying?? What if scenes of Catherine in her nightclothes were meant to be erotic reminders of female sexuality? What if Cath fiddling with the cabinet (heart fluttering, knees trembling) was a reference to masturbation? 😂 Never change, Helena Kelly.

Andrea313 #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow 2w

Crinoline_Laphroaig Wow. This is what I don't get about analyzing authors work. You don't actually know what Jane Austen was thinking. And people come up with stuff like this. Maybe she was just telling a story and there was no symbolism. 2w

Andrea313 @Crinoline_Laphroaig Exactly. I actually do enjoy analysis like this because even if it's just a stab in the dark at what might be below the surface, it does sometimes bring out larger themes that I love to consider; this book's takes on Mansfield Park and P&P have added to my enjoyment of them both. But I take it all with a grain of salt, and with Northanger particularly. Like, its a silly and satiric take on gothics, let's be so for real. 2w

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Andrea313

Ghosted: A Northanger Abbey Novel | Amanda Quain

Kicking off the weekend the best way I know how - another YA adaptation for the #PemberLittens and a strong, cold G&T. Hope everyone has at least a little bit of laziness in front of them! #BooksAndBooze #BooksAndBlooms #JaneAustenThenAndNow

mcctrish You had me at G&T 3w

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