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truths-universally-acknowledged:

When Emma Thompson Pretended To Be Jane Austen

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"Mrs. Hall, of Sherborne, was brought to bed yesterday of a dead child, some weeks before she expected, owing to a fright. I suppose she happened unawares to look at her husband."

Jane Austen, in a letter to her sister Cassandra (October 27, 1798)

dead baby jokes by jane austen

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inkedbyausten:

“Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.” - Emma 

#check ur privilege

"I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected to me."

Elizabeth Bennet, Pride and Prejudice

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quotingausten:

Right. Well, then.: I am a scholar.

caracraig:

Show me a good BBC period piece and I will show you an insurmountable obsessive compulsion to dote over a six hour series for far longer than my sanity should allow. Over the last week I’ve watched Pride and Prejudice*…

wearesomersaultingthroughlife:

Keep Calm And Admire The Veg – Mr Collins, Pride and Prejudice

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wearesomersaultingthroughlife:

Keep Calm He Understands Muslin – Mr Tilney, Northanger Abbey

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she’s like you’ve got to be fucking kidding me, you cock-blocked my sister

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Oh Mr. Darcy your co—house I mean HOUSE is so BIG!

#he’s got a huge talent

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“Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.” - Mary Crawford

omg Jane Austen is everywhere

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thatwetshirt:

…just as it is.

this is a library, a place to do me on it, Mr F.

also, thatwetshirt, why you gotta be so quality all the time?

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 Five of her novels featured a sex scandal of some sorts, and the sixth, a dick joke.
What were you saying about Jane Austen again…?

But, yeah, no, you guys. She’s totally all prim and proper, and all her characters are all prim and proper, and have no connection to the present world at all. 

lol, i love you guys, you just GET it

it’s just a dirty kinda night

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Dame Judi Dench, who had a supporting role in the film as Catherine de Bourg, had more time off set and was often found embroidering pillows.
“She makes these beautifully intricate needlepoint pieces and you kind of seeing these words materialize during the shoot like ‘You’re a fucking shit,’ or ‘You’re a cunt,’” MacFayden laughs. “This is the absolute gospel! They do anything to relieve the boredom. They’re not staid in any way.”

 am i reading this right!? awesome

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thesmilfs:

Smurf and Prejudice

 they blue themselves