Sense and Sensibility: The Screenplay & Diaries | 
Last night I attended a book club of the original Sense & Sensibility paired with a showing of the 1995 version of the movie at a local indie theatre. It was just delightful to hear the laughter and gasps from an audience that loved the movie so deeply. What a joy to be celebrating and discussing Austen‘s work centuries after it was written.
Finally Marianne got some sense and realized to whom she should be joined in #marriage.
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I started this back when we were reading S+S adjacent books — I know — but just recently picked it up again. Emma Thompson is a delight! Her diaries are hilarious and heartfelt and I got so much insight on the movie-making process for one of my all-time favorites.
This exchange between Alan Rickman and Kate Winslet was the best:
Kate: ‘Oh God, my knickers have gone up my arse.‘
Alan: ‘Ah. Feminine mystique strikes again.‘ 😂
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1. Austen has a lot a hate-able characters but, in my opinion, Willoughby is the worst!
2. Characters, for sure!
#twofortuesday Thanks for the tag @Eggs and @TheSpineView for the prompt.Tagging @Ireadkidlit and @Tamra
Thanks to my #pemberlittens, I found out about this amazing book! I can't wait to read it. And it's just in time because this is my favorite movie and it's almost my birthday! Feels kismet. 💘
Chapter 37
The secret is out and it causes quite the drama.
At least there is something to gossip about.
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This just showed up in my Inbox! https://www.mugglenet.com/2020/04/sorting-the-characters-of-jane-austens-sense-a... 😆
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Today I‘ve caught up with my reading, and have read through chapter 4.
I‘ve been introduced to the Dashwoods, mother (almost 40), Elinor (19), Marianne (16) and Margaret (13).
I‘ve also met their stepbrother and his awful wife. What kind of people expect a person of not yet 40 yr to die within the next 15 yrs?
I‘ve met Edward Ferris.
And lastly I‘ve been introduced to their new home, Barton Cottage.
#PemberLittens
This is my translated edition of S&S that I will be reading for a chapter a day. It was a Christmas present from my parents in 1997. I‘ve reread it once since than, a few years ago.
Then I promised myself that the next time I read S&S, it would be in English in one of the wonderful editions. My problem is that I want to have all the books in the same edition and I can‘t decide among all the beautiful editions. So I‘ll see what happens.
It‘s the first truly beautiful spring day here, so I read a bit outside today. Amused by this quote from Marianne “I could not be happy with a man whose taste did not in every point coincide with my own. He must enter into all my feelings; the same books, the same music must charm us both.” How is everyone enjoying Sense & Sensibility? #Pemberlittens
pickOh my goodness I loved this one! It‘s always been one of my favorite movies, so reading the script and Emma Thompson‘‘s diaries about the production were such a treat. Highly recommended if you loved the movie!
Photo is of Lacock Abbey, where they film several book to movie adaptations, including the tagged book and Harry Potter. It's very #scenic @CaliforniaCay #SisforSeptember
pick#Mostdisagreeable has to be Fanny Dashwood. Lucy Steele is no prize either, though. #austeninaugust @Crinoline_Laphroaig
pickDo I love Elinor so much because I worship the ground Emma Thompson walks on or is it the other way around? In any case, #favoriteheroine #austeninaugust. @Crinoline_Laphroaig
pickAlan Rickman as Colonel Brandon ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ #favoritehero #austeninaugust @Crinoline_Laphroaig
pickJust now saw this challenge! Yay. I'm going to try to catch up. You've all been warned. 🙂 #austeninaugust @Crinoline_Laphroaig
Sense and Sensibility was shown in the Lakeside Chautauqua auditorium last night to kick off the Jane Austen at 200 week. There are lectures about her and her works coming up that I‘m very excited about.
Why is Hugh Grant in so little of this movie? ☹️
I also love when his sister in law says she doesn‘t like the smell of books in this scene. That pretty much sums up her character.
I‘d have preferred Colonel Brandon, but I will take it!! 😍 #janeausten #thisisthebestadaptationillfite
https://bookriot.com/2017/07/25/quiz-find-austenian-boo/
My #heroine is Jane Austen for introducing marriage out of love instead of just practicality.
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Challenge | Day 04
Yes. I do have several editions of Jane Austen's books.
#flowers on #readingresutions by @Jess7
"I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them." -Emma Thompson
@Liatrek #ClassicGiveaway What a lovely giveaway! I have the Jane Eyre, but would love Sense and Sensibility! On my wish list! Thank you for the opportunity!
After all my Sense and Sensibility post my sister just dropped off my Birthday gift 😊 I forgot I asked for this copy ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Elinor and Edward are my favorite JA couple - I cry every time they get together in the movie.
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Elinor Dashwood - I just love everything about her character. She has to be so strong for her family and suppress her heartbreak it‘s just so beautiful 😊
#JaneAustenGiveaway My favorite Jane Austen book is Sense and Sensibility. I‘ve read the book twice and seen the movie multiple times❤️. Thank you @GypsyKat for the lovely opportunity to win such an awesome prize😊
#jubilantJuly I don't have any books with #rain in the title, but I seem to recall a scene from the movie where Marianne and Elinor are soaked from being caught in a downpour. The photo is from last month, when we had nonstop rain, and the view of my backyard was pretty soggy
pickI'm so happy I found this book at a used book shop! Emma Thompson's Oscar winning screenplay is excellent, but her detailed diaries about the making of the film are the real gem. Thompson's wit had me laughing throughout and I loved the behind-the-scenes glimpse at the daily filmmaking grind. There are some very funny quotes from the cast and crew, also! #janeausten #senseandsensibility
1. Mansfield, Texas
2. I found litsy a few months ago through a FB article. I've been super happy ever since 😊
3. I love Sense and Sensibility with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet.
4. I never had a pet turtle but have a turtle magnet 🐢
#welcomelitten Big welcome to all the new littens 😊
Ich musste grad noch einen Post machen. Ach diese Bibliothek 😍😍😍
I had to do another post. ohhh this library 😍😍😍
so-soI don't know why, but I expected more. Satisfying ending though.
Sense and Sensibility is my least favorite Jane Austen. I don't really like any of the characters. That said, Harriet Walter's Fanny Dashwood was fantastic! (Photo from Google) #betterinthemovie #octphotochallenge
Day 3 of the #octphotochallenge - A character you liked better in the movie. I love Elinor and Marianne in the novel, but Emma Thompson's portrayal of Elinor Dashwood in the Ang Lee adaptation is my favorite. She gets the balance of affection for family and sense of duty just right. Might need to listen to that soundtrack today! PS - I have a weird aversion to books with movie poster as the cover; my worn copy of this is an exception! 😜
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This is one of my favorite movies written by one of my favorite actors about one of my favorite books.
Emma Thompson's diary of the movie is as funny and charming as you would expect.
I checked this out from the library when it came out, then tried to buy a few years later but it was out of print. A few years after that I found a pristine copy at our Library Friends books sale!
