tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post4160946174085751862..comments2024-03-19T04:56:38.154-04:00Comments on The Book Rat: Miss Jane Austen and me | guest post from Jenetta James!Mistyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436497955518156688noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-82686205290578691902016-09-09T20:47:38.421-04:002016-09-09T20:47:38.421-04:00after reading Pride and Prejudice at age 15; and s...after reading Pride and Prejudice at age 15; and seeing the DVD of the 1980 version I was hooked, and that is still my favourite versionVesperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03137174252568533818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-71632726810599844792016-09-09T03:59:52.259-04:002016-09-09T03:59:52.259-04:00It is an amazing novel - probably my favourite to ...It is an amazing novel - probably my favourite to re-read. Thanks for sharing, Jenetta:-)JenettaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01953881153404231140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-68861547021140315002016-09-09T03:58:43.174-04:002016-09-09T03:58:43.174-04:00It is never too late to discover JA Kayla! :-)It is never too late to discover JA Kayla! :-)JenettaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01953881153404231140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-29214606227850172482016-09-09T03:58:11.979-04:002016-09-09T03:58:11.979-04:00I must admit I've never watched it but a lot o...I must admit I've never watched it but a lot of people say it is very underrated compared to subsequent adaptations. Thanks for sharing and good luck in the giveaway!JenettaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01953881153404231140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-21020201842163909452016-09-09T03:57:00.724-04:002016-09-09T03:57:00.724-04:00Hi Lena - oh I see... What you say makes sense. I ...Hi Lena - oh I see... What you say makes sense. I don't have the language skills to really know - my french is very much the 'school girl' variety although my husband (who is English) speaks fluent french says much the same as you - that the translation is a different work effectively. JenettaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01953881153404231140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-64924828748572533212016-09-08T01:27:41.167-04:002016-09-08T01:27:41.167-04:00I found Jane Austen when I was about 8 or 9 and I ...I found Jane Austen when I was about 8 or 9 and I wanted to venture into the adult area of the library, to more mature of course. I saw Persuasion on a display and picked it up, it has been my favorite ever since.Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07307785922147084959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-45202804896946956752016-09-07T19:19:55.924-04:002016-09-07T19:19:55.924-04:00I am a new Janeite! (I know, you can shame me LOL)...I am a new Janeite! (I know, you can shame me LOL)Book Lover in Floridahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558004498965486975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-31128258751616267902016-09-05T20:29:26.272-04:002016-09-05T20:29:26.272-04:00Sorry Jenetta for the misunderstanding: I made you...Sorry Jenetta for the misunderstanding: I made you think I'm from Romania but I'm not (I'm Canadian, from Québec). My friend is Romanian. I meant to say that while she was reading it in Romanian, I started reading it too, but in English. Actually, I speak French and I read P&P in French the first time... but since then, I've been reading Jane Austen's novels only in English. I just can't help myself, the language that she used is so beautiful... It takes a while at first to understand everything, because the vocabulary is so different from contemporary English. But after a while, and a lot of re-reads, you get to understand all the subtleties (well I hope so!). And you loose it all in a translation. The translation is another work in itself. It can be good, but it will never be the original... That's the way I see it.Lenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610000214914995325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-24579278598993514892016-09-05T01:31:42.604-04:002016-09-05T01:31:42.604-04:00I first discovered Jane Austen through the 1980 mi...I first discovered Jane Austen through the 1980 mini-series of P&P (which I feel like pretty much no one else has seen!). My parents had rented it and suggested I might enjoy watching it with them. The rest is history! I must have read P&P within the next couple years, and then branched out to other Austen books and adaptations.<br /><br />So, yeah, shout-out to the 1980 adaptation of P&P featuring Elizabeth Garvie and David Rintoul! (And if anyone else has also seen it, let me know what you thought!)<br /><br />Thanks for the giveaway :)<br />danyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07947267082874389487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-16506641440805557472016-09-01T10:02:06.044-04:002016-09-01T10:02:06.044-04:00So often there is a link between TV and film and t...So often there is a link between TV and film and the books - it is great that they inspire each other. I wish I had the language skills to read it in a language other than English. I have been to Romania once and loved it. Thank you for reading and commenting and sharing your storyJenettaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01953881153404231140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-78704667116417670132016-09-01T10:00:34.558-04:002016-09-01T10:00:34.558-04:00Hope you enjoy MP - that's a great storyHope you enjoy MP - that's a great storyJenettaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01953881153404231140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-15043565372863402322016-09-01T10:00:00.835-04:002016-09-01T10:00:00.835-04:00I can just imagine you ploughing through all of th...I can just imagine you ploughing through all of these - there is something about them that makes you want more right? JenettaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01953881153404231140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-43668209099313984312016-09-01T09:58:22.958-04:002016-09-01T09:58:22.958-04:00What a great recommendation that was - sometimes t...What a great recommendation that was - sometimes the old ones are the best right? Thank you for commentingJenettaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01953881153404231140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-77163243536100532962016-09-01T09:57:54.376-04:002016-09-01T09:57:54.376-04:00Thank you Beau, you're very kind. I read Bront...Thank you Beau, you're very kind. I read Bronte first as well I think - I'm pretty sure that I had read at least Jane Eyre and WH before flirting with JA. JenettaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01953881153404231140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-62485000934033363822016-09-01T09:56:36.447-04:002016-09-01T09:56:36.447-04:00"She said I had an old soul" would be a ..."She said I had an old soul" would be a great first line in a novel, I love it! I have never seen that film but know lots of people adore it. Sounds like you came to really love JA very young - which says a lot for her and you. Thanks for reading and commenting:-)JenettaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01953881153404231140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-53634072247565015652016-09-01T09:54:51.922-04:002016-09-01T09:54:51.922-04:00Thank you Sophia - you're a star! Sounds like ...Thank you Sophia - you're a star! Sounds like we have both grown up with JA then :-)JenettaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01953881153404231140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-52778742660201204012016-08-31T19:36:00.067-04:002016-08-31T19:36:00.067-04:00Thank you Jenetta for the giveaway! For me, it was...Thank you Jenetta for the giveaway! For me, it was the BBC 1995 series that introduced me to P&P, but it wasn't until my second viewing that I was intrigued enough to read the book. After that, when I too was around 29, a friend of mine, who was back home during the summer in Romania, wrote to me telling me that she was falling in love with Jane Austen's P&P (but in romanian!). So I read it too again!! And then, it just started, I wanted to read it again, and again... (I was hooked!) but I didn't, because I thought at that point, I should read her other novels. And the 2005 movie came around the same time. I rapidly became a fan of Jane Austen, slowly discovering JAFF. I can say that since 2005, I haven't stopped reading either Austen's novels or JAFF. Lenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610000214914995325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-45314417668442583132016-08-31T08:13:39.861-04:002016-08-31T08:13:39.861-04:00I actually first became an Austen fan via the movi...I actually first became an Austen fan via the movies - Pride & Prejudice 2005 and the BBC series with Colin Firth. Now I've read all but one of her novels (Mansfield Park still to come!) & I am 100% hooked.Heather @ The Maritime Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14334570091224362628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-58807756223536989412016-08-30T18:47:06.294-04:002016-08-30T18:47:06.294-04:00I read Jane Austen as a moody teenager (Emma/S&...I read Jane Austen as a moody teenager (Emma/S&S/P&P) in high school but I confess I was more of a Thomas Hardy "Tess of the d'Ubervilles" dark and angsty girl and had no appreciation for Austen's sparkling wit and happily ever afters. Joe Wright's 2005 fanfiction-like movie "Pride & Prejudice" sparked my interest in all things Austen. After reading The Six major works, my thirst for more could not be slaked, despite discovering on-line JAFF, purchasing ALL the movie adaptations, and even joining and attending my first Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) Annual General Meeting--all within that first year! Eventually I became a life member of JASNA and my addiction continues. Presently I own and have read well over 400 Austen inspired novels...and cannot comprehend the neglect of the collection in such days as these. Christina Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980897213059472495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-57795525403891280552016-08-30T15:50:01.976-04:002016-08-30T15:50:01.976-04:00I was introduced to Miss Austen when I was 14 and ...I was introduced to Miss Austen when I was 14 and I went to my local library to look for some historical fiction - my favorite genre even then. The librarian, a very special lady, asked if I had ever read Pride and Prejudice - which I had not and the rest is history.Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05349545945632140320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-65407321372630960772016-08-30T12:06:41.651-04:002016-08-30T12:06:41.651-04:00I was already well-acquainted with the Miss Bronte...I was already well-acquainted with the Miss Bronte's when, at the age of 32, I was introduced to Miss Austen. I had never read her books--the gothic romance fan in me had dismissed them out of hand. I was happy to discover that not only was Persuasion (my first Austen read) beautiful and thoughtful, it was entirely relatable! Almost seven years later I have read and reread all of Austen's works, and every time if feels like being greeted by an old friend. <br /><br />Please don't enter me in the giveaway, as I already have a copy of Jenetta's marvelous book. Beau Northhttp://beaunorth.merytonpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-15511270703981535572016-08-30T12:04:20.845-04:002016-08-30T12:04:20.845-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Christina Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980897213059472495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-90325308983430616992016-08-30T11:31:41.700-04:002016-08-30T11:31:41.700-04:00I was around 10 when I first saw the 1940s version...I was around 10 when I first saw the 1940s version of P&P with my grandma. She loved watching old movies and I loved watch them with her. That is when my obsession with her began. I had her take me to library to get copies of her books. My mother thought I was to young to understand them but my grandma said to leave me alone. She said I had and old soul. So by the time I was say 15 I had read all her books and written may book reports on them.bookrockgoddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886249641168051652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-60668288287617934412016-08-30T11:21:29.412-04:002016-08-30T11:21:29.412-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.bookrockgoddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886249641168051652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-69470922556508407542016-08-28T15:03:27.193-04:002016-08-28T15:03:27.193-04:00Oh and might I say, that I love the way Jenetta de...Oh and might I say, that I love the way Jenetta describes how it is reading Austen's work- an invitation to go with her on a walk.Sophia Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07909417504496472472noreply@blogger.com