Period Films

Amanda (Jemima Rooper) switches with Elizabeth Bennett (Gemma Arterton) and goes back in time. Things go awry...

Submitted by charleybrown 1 month ago

link to video and photos of the cast starring Gemma Arterton, Hans Matheson and Eddie Redmayne

Submitted by charleybrown 2 months ago

Amanda Price is a modern day Jane Austen fan who switches places with Elizabeth Bennett. As an avid fan, she knows how things should proceed and scrambles to make things right...

Submitted by charleybrown 2 months ago

fansite with info and pics from Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South starring Richard Armitage and Daniela Denby-Ashe

Submitted by charleybrown 3 months ago

Submitted by Austen_Obsesser 3 months ago

Excerpt:
Age of Innocence 1993
An Ideal Husband 1999
Aristocrats 1999
Becoming Jane 2007
Berkeley Square 1998
Bleak House 2005
Buccaneers 1995
Daniel Deronda 2002
Emma 1996
Finding Neverland 2004
Forsyte Saga 2002
Golden Bowl 2000
Gosford Park 2001
Great Expectations 1999
He Knew He Was Right 2004
House of Mirth 2000
Importance of Being Earnest 2002
Jane Eyre 1996
Lost Prince 2003
Love in Cold Climate 2001

We received several squeeing e-mails from the Janeite wing of Colbert Nation, telling us that Stephen Colbert had done a hilariously funny segment in which he mentioned Jane Austen. We can’t watch it till later today, so we’ve posted it below for everyone else to enjoy while we sit in the corner and sulk. Thanks [...]

We’re overloaded with upcoming events of interest to Jane Austen fans. Check the list carefully–one could be in your home town! For Janeites in the U.S. and Canada, be sure to check out the JASNA Region nearest you, as many of the regions are planning events to celebrate Jane Austen’s Birthday in December, and some [...]

P&P is THE play of the year! Everybody’s putting on a production, so we thought we would roll them into one post. Many are coming up this weekend or very soon. As always, if anyone attends any of these we would love to post your report on AustenBlog. November 14-16 and 20-23, Norman, Oklahoma: Oklahoma University [...]

All of us who cringed at the carpetbagging reselling can’t-possibly-be-a-Janeite who STOLE! STOLE WE SAY! poor Anne Sharp’s copy of Emma and is reselling it for an outrageous, nay usurious sum–well, here’s your chance to get in on the ground floor, as they say. Alert Janeite Laurel Ann let us know that a first edition [...]

Gentle Readers will remember that Jeanne Kiefer took a survey earlier this year to learn more about the demographics of Jane Austen fans, and presented her findings at the JASNA AGM in Chicago last month. A summary of the results are now available, and if you would like to read the full report, you can [...]