Jane Austen

Episode 6 of Pride & Prejudice saves everyone from ruin. Mr. Darcy has to arrange not one, but two, marriages for Bennet sisters before he can find his own happiness. Lydia is married, Jane is married and Elizabeth too. A happy Jane Austen ending! Dress – I’m not usually a fan of strapless gowns, but…

It’s episode 5 of Pride & Prejudice and everyone’s lives are ruined. Mr. Wickham has run off with Lydia and the Bennet household is in despair. Mr. Collins helpfully comes by to remind them that they would be better off dead. Mr. Bennet will definitely be killed fighting. Mrs. Bennet won’t leave her room, which…

Episode 4 of Pride & Prejudice is the best one. It has so many FEELINGS. Things start off with Lizzie and Mr. Darcy angry at each other. Then, you get to see Mr. Darcy broodingly write a letter, broodingly practice fencing and broodingly dive into a lake. What follows is a scene so memorable that…

In Episode 3 of the 1995 Pride & Prejudice series, Elizabeth Bennet travels to Kent to visit her best friend who is now married to her terrible cousin. She’s in the heart of Darcy territory and facing a former admirer, time for a seriously stunning travel outfit: Dress – I love this rust colored shift…

Episode 2 of the iconic 1995 Pride & Prejudice series introduces the terrible Mr. Collins and the even-more-terrible Mr. Wickham into the story. Elizabeth Bennet manages to keep her cool in a red muslin dress with floral print. Let’s translate it into an outfit that works for a family dinner with an annoying cousin today:…

Just when I was feeling so tired of all my clothes and so bored with nothing but olympics on TV… a miracle!  I discovered that my Amazon Instant Video account suddenly includes all six hours of the iconic 1995 BBC Pride & Prejudice series.  With Rob gone on a retreat with his bike team, there is…

Between working long days and mainlining Pride and Prejudice at night, I find that I don’t have anything to say that isn’t about electronic medical records or the regiment this week. Instead, let’s have a video fix of Mr. Darcy. First, he swims!

I got completely hooked watching the second half of Sense and Sensibility on PBS last night. You would have thought I was watching the final four with all the booing and cheering. In this longer version of the Jane Austen story, the action revolves much more around Colonel Brandon (The Ang Lee movie is all…

Free Jane Austen font. So incredibly cool. I’m stupefied about the awesomeness of being able to type in Jane’s handwriting. Having a major graphic designer geek out session.