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Matthew Macfadyen and Keira Knightley in Pride and Prejudice 2005

Some Random Thoughts on Re-watching Pride and Prejudice (2005)

Not very long ago I wrote a post talking about my favorite Jane Austen adaptations, and not very long after that, we began re-watching some of the Jane Austen movies we hadn't seen in a long time. I found some…

By Lizzie Hexam March 23, 2026Period Dramas17 Comments

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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…

By Lizzie Hexam February 13, 2026Period Dramas16 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…

By Lizzie Hexam December 9, 2025Bookishness10 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…

By Lizzie Hexam July 16, 2025Bookishness, Miscellaneous, Period Dramas21 Comments

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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…

By Lizzie Hexam March 13, 2025Period Dramas9 Comments

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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…

By Lizzie Hexam September 4, 2024Period Dramas2 Comments

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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,…

By Lizzie Hexam February 21, 2024Bookishness12 Comments

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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…

By Lizzie Hexam February 2, 2024Period Dramas6 Comments

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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…

By Lizzie Hexam December 30, 2023Bookishness9 Comments

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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…

By Lizzie Hexam October 20, 2023Bookishness, Period Dramas4 Comments