year of austen

Reagan 2022-10-25 00:41:14

2007 is the 190th anniversary of Austin’s death (in fact, I just found a cheat sheet on the wiki). There are many commemorative activities. Classicfm has launched a new version of the audiobook, but unfortunately it has not been downloaded. BBC has launched three new versions of movies, Persuasion, Mansfield Manor and Northanger Abbey can be regarded as Austin’s “second-line” works. Sony picture has released a new movie called Austin Book Club. Five women and one man gather once a month to discuss an Austin work, and that one is finished. The actor's "Becoming Jane Austen" is called the year of austen.
The Austin book will be good. People who have read all six books just discuss some kind names and a few lines of familiar lines in a few sentences of those six books, and they can’t help but like this movie.
I watched it a long time ago when I became Jane Austen, and I really didn't feel it. The woman looks too American, I really don't know what the director thinks.
I watched two persuasion, the 07 version and an old version before. The 07 version is really unrecognizable, probably to set off the heroine’s personality change, from cowardly to firm, unexpectedly added a whimsical scene of chasing the actor on the main road at the end of the film, making Austin leap into it. The leading edge of the times has become a pioneer of women's emancipation. There was a scene in the old version that I liked very much. Annie came to her sister's house and became the object of everyone to confide in private. After listening to the complaints and grievances of the whole car, there is no such thing in the new version. However, the two films both show Anne’s regret for giving up her engagement 8 years ago. It seems to be inconsistent with the spirit of the original, and the two heroines are both gentle and weak. Mr. Riot fell in love at first sight. The old version of Colonel Wentworth is also really outrageous, probably the previous aesthetics followed this line.
Mansfield Manor was once my favorite, albeit for a short time. The heroine of the 07 version is okay, and the whole drama feels okay, but after watching the story, I don’t like these characters. I think Edward is a little bit useless. After being frustrated with Xinhuan, he comes back to find the old love, and the old love is also Never abandoning, crying, or annoying silently waiting for him to change his mind, neither of them is the kind of person who exudes brilliance.
The most stunning is the Northanger Abbey! But one of the reasons may be because this is my least favorite Austin original. I only read it once. I have never considered the protagonist and heroine of the storyline. There is no stereotyped pattern in my mind, and the drama inside also allows the director to change. There is room for changing taste, not from beginning to end with a soothing piano accompaniment with a rustic green background. The heroine was chosen very well! The simple appearance is a bit like Scarlett Johansson. The actor's lines are very humorous, and the ability to strike up a conversation is first-rate. Because I have forgotten the storyline, compared to the other movies, I have a little more curiosity about what will happen next.
I used to watch Emma of Gwyneth and Lee Ann Vinslet both have good senses and emotions. Are they arrogant and prejudiced? The expectations are too high, and I will probably never think that there is a version that can't pick a thorn.

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Northanger Abbey quotes

  • Mrs. Allen: There! Did you ever see anything prettier, Mr Allen?

    Mr. Allen: Other than yourself, do you mean, my dear?

    Mrs. Allen: Oh, fine, Mr Allen! But Catherine...

    Mr. Allen: Ah, she looks just as she should! Now... might we make our way, do you think? I entertain high hopes of our arriving at the rooms by midnight.

    Mrs. Allen: How he teases us, Catherine! Midnight, indeed!

  • [Riding in the curricle, Henry and Catherine see the first view of Northanger Abbey]

    Henry Tilney: There.

    Catherine Morland: It's exactly as I imagined. It's just like what we read about.

    Henry Tilney: Are you prepared to encounter all of its horrors?

    Catherine Morland: Horrors? Is Northanger haunted, then?

    Henry Tilney: That's just the least of it. Dungeons, and sliding panels; skeletons; strange, unearthly cries in the night that pierce your very soul!

    Catherine Morland: [sardonically] Any vampires? Don't say vampires. I could bear anything, but not vampires.

    Henry Tilney: [laughing] Miss Morland, I believe you are teasing me now.

    [seriously]

    Henry Tilney: I have to say, there is a kind of vampirism. No, let's just say that all houses have their secrets, and Northanger is no exception.