Karen, thank you for sharing this wonderful quote about Jane Austen. And, thank you personally for your life’s work and gift to cultivate better readers and more full lives for so many!
Not sure if you're able to get BBC shows where you are, Karen, but the first episode of a new series called Miss Austen aired here on Sunday evening - a period drama with established actors. I didn't see it - not exactly my cup of tea - but here is the blurb for that first episode:
1830. A letter arrives at Chawton Cottage, where Cassandra Austen has lived alone for many years since the death of her sister Jane. The letter is from Kintbury, once the home of Jane and Cassandra’s dearest friend Eliza.
Cassandra, now in her fifties, travels back to the village of her youthful memories to tend the deathbed of Eliza’s husband, the Rev Fulwar Fowle. Once there, and despite a cool reception from sister-in-law Mary, she soon forms a strong bond with Eliza's daughter, Isabella.
But it soon transpires that Cassandra has an additional motive for having returned to Kintbury – the retrieval of some mysterious and important personal items that she knows are held somewhere inside the vicarage...
Karen, thank you for sharing this wonderful quote about Jane Austen. And, thank you personally for your life’s work and gift to cultivate better readers and more full lives for so many!
Thank you, Nancy! Thank you! 😊
Jane’s Sense and Sensibility is one of my favorite novels. Thank you for this insightful article - well-written as always!
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing the article! I hope to visit Miss Austen's home in this momentous year, LORD willing.
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Not sure if you're able to get BBC shows where you are, Karen, but the first episode of a new series called Miss Austen aired here on Sunday evening - a period drama with established actors. I didn't see it - not exactly my cup of tea - but here is the blurb for that first episode:
1830. A letter arrives at Chawton Cottage, where Cassandra Austen has lived alone for many years since the death of her sister Jane. The letter is from Kintbury, once the home of Jane and Cassandra’s dearest friend Eliza.
Cassandra, now in her fifties, travels back to the village of her youthful memories to tend the deathbed of Eliza’s husband, the Rev Fulwar Fowle. Once there, and despite a cool reception from sister-in-law Mary, she soon forms a strong bond with Eliza's daughter, Isabella.
But it soon transpires that Cassandra has an additional motive for having returned to Kintbury – the retrieval of some mysterious and important personal items that she knows are held somewhere inside the vicarage...