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My Favorite Movie Version of Every Jane Austen Novel (almost)
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My Favorite Movie Version of Every Jane Austen Novel (almost)

I enjoy watching Jane Austen movies, and I enjoy watching multiple adaptations of the same story. Put these two things together, and over the years I have watched quite a few adaptations of Jane Austen's books. As is darkly hinted…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam February 13, 2026Posted inPeriod Dramas14 Comments
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen book cover
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Thoughts on Rereading Mansfield Park

(Before I dive into the post proper, I want to apologize for being so scarce in the blogging world of late and being so shamefully remiss in commenting and whatnot. My semester is finally concluded, and I have high hopes…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam December 9, 2025Posted inBookishness10 Comments
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Sunshine Blogger Award #4

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I was tagged for some Sunshine Blogger Awards. Cecilia very kindly tagged me (thank you Cecilia!), then Liz Churchill very kindly tagged me (thank you Liz!), and then Frankie very…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam July 16, 2025Posted inBookishness, Miscellaneous, Period Dramas21 Comments
Inklings April 2025
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Inklings // February 2025

The prompt for this month's Inklings link-up (check out the rules for linking up here!) is a scene at the piano. This prompt just calls out for Jane Austen submissions, doesn't it? I considered trying to be different and original…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam March 13, 2025Posted inPeriod Dramas9 Comments
cover for Kate Beckinsale Emma 1997
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Emma (1997) Review

(Please note that this Emma really originally came out in 1996, but to differentiate it from the Gwyneth Paltrow version (which I reviewed here), and because it wasn't released in the US until 1997, I'm referring to it as the…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam September 4, 2024Posted inPeriod Dramas2 Comments
A Half-Hearted Defense of Henry and Mary Crawford
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A Half-Hearted Defense of Henry and Mary Crawford

Shall I shock you all and confess that there was a point in my first perusal of Mansfield Park in which I was really hoping Fanny would end up with Henry Crawford? While Jane Austen has plenty of interesting villains,…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam February 21, 2024Posted inBookishness12 Comments
Emma 1996 movie cover
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Emma (1996) Review

(When I say "Emma 1996," I am referring, as you can see from the picture up above, to the Gwyneth Paltrow Emma. I suppose the People Who Make Movies were not feeling very moderate that year, since there are two…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam February 2, 2024Posted inPeriod Dramas6 Comments
2023 Year in Review: Bookish Edition
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2023 Year in Review: Bookish Edition

What ho, readers all! I thought it might be rather fun to do a little recap/review of new reads/watches for me in 2023 (fortunately I had the good sense to record the media I was consuming for most of the…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam December 30, 2023Posted inBookishness9 Comments
Sense and Sensibility
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Sense and Sensibility Dream Cast

This is the project, darkly hinted at in my last post, that I have spent so much time and effort on: a Sense and Sensibility dream cast. I know, I know, we already have two good versions of S&S, and…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam October 20, 2023Posted inBookishness, Period Dramas4 Comments
Sense and Sensibility 2008 cover
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Sense and Sensibility (2008) Movie Review

Read my reviews of the 1971, 1981, and 1995 Sense and Sensibilitys here, here, and here respectively. In the interest of being upfront, I may as well tell you right away that this review is not likely to be completely…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam June 20, 2023Posted inPeriod Dramas2 Comments

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