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Sanditon looks like a trash fire, which I should have expected, but … /sigh. If any of Austen's work did not need Andrew Davies-isms, it's Sanditon.

(In the interests of full disclosure: I hate the '95 P&P and bitterly resent the waste of perfect casting in NA.)

Tumblr crosspost (30 September 2019)

Re: Twitter, I’m nothing if not relentlessly on-brand:

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Tumblr crosspost (30 September 2019)

In response to this, ladytharen  said on Tumblr:

this suddenly begs the question of your opinion on the 2008 s&s which I don’t recall seeing your thoughts on

I replied:

I didn’t watch it! From what I saw, it seemed more an adaptation of Emma Thompson’s S&S than Austen’s, so I was pretty meh.

(I like the ET!S&S, but not enough to watch another version of it.)

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I’ve been drafting this short “help!” e-mail to one of my advisors (who I’ve scarcely spoken to since taking his class) for hours and … blech.

(NB: nearly a month later, I still haven't sent it. :|)