tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453643548383938123.post4241312891149621728..comments2024-03-21T16:50:09.350-04:00Comments on So Obsessed With: Addicted to AustenHannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058757489545239601noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453643548383938123.post-63428805039886507772014-12-19T17:24:52.305-05:002014-12-19T17:24:52.305-05:00Love this. I asked for it for Christmas and hope I...Love this. I asked for it for Christmas and hope I get it. We have some of the same "obessions" - collecting Pride & Prejudice copies that turned into collecting other JA books and all things JA. Plus our love for Anne of Green Gables. <br />Great post. Am excited for this book!Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09013671358235469324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7453643548383938123.post-62660150620531149492014-12-19T13:30:05.378-05:002014-12-19T13:30:05.378-05:00This reminds me, have you ever read any of David M...This reminds me, have you ever read any of David M. Shapard's "Annotated Austen" series? I've only read THE ANNOTATED PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, but it's among my top ten favorite books of all time. It's just the text of the novel, but with wide margins alongside, in which Shapard discusses how that text relates to the time period, the politics, the geography, etc. It makes the story pop for me, understanding it in a detailed historical context. For instance, when Bingley returns Mr. Bennet's call for the first time, he doesn't get to see the famous pretty sisters, but they have "the advantage of ascertaining, from an upper window, that he wore a blue coat and road a black horse." I never thought the blue coat was anything more than just a description, but it turns out that this was just the moment in the Regency when fancy city men were starting to wear brighter colors than black. So Bingley's blue coat shows the women that he's one the cutting edge of fashion. And when Lady Catherine invites Elizabeth to walk through the "prettyish kind of little wilderness" on the Longbourn grounds, she's subtly demeaning the size of Mr. Bennet's estate, implying that her Rosings has a very grand "wilderness" (an area pruned to offer more natural, winding, secluded walks). Anyway, it's an Austen-nerd delight you should read, if you haven't already!Elizabeth Famahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04931639156261179425noreply@blogger.com