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Zuzana wrote: ":DBTW I have an update for the adaptation list:
based on Pride and Prejudice:
Omangwa Pyungyeon ("Lawless World") (2014-2015 Korean TV series)
based on Sense and Sensibility:
Material Girls (20..."
Kumkum Bhagya is based on Sense and Sensibility (???)
Had no Clue ! That serial seriously lacks both though :PP
I'm in ! Lets see how many points I can get!
Zuzana wrote: "LOL! She's not my favourite Emma, a little bit too whiney for that but I always thought that she was fine. Huge plus of this adaptation is Jeremy Northam as Mr. Knightley: quite dreamy (he might be..."I love the Emma Romola Garai version too!
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Zuzana wrote: "I you haven't you need to watch it. Great casting, costumes, locations. And no Gwyneth Paltrow in sight. "
Yes ma'am. As soon as next year's round starts so I can count it there ;)"
I also would say that you should try to watch it!
It's time for a rewatch for me also!
Zuzana wrote: "I found these audio dramatisations of Jane Austen books on Audible:The Jane Austen BBC Radio Drama Collection - Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey ..."
I have the full collection - It was really good esp the Mansfield Park one.
The 2017 one should be good, have you heard it?
The movie is really good though - Northanger Abbey!
And which version of Persuasion do you like?
Welcome to the challenge, Karishma.This challenge is a good excuse to re-read your favourite JA books and re-watch favourite adaptations.
I bought the JA BBC radio play collection last week, plan to start listening next month. Once I'm done I'll post my review here. I usually don't listen to radio plays, so I'm quite looking forward to it.
Zuzana wrote: "Welcome to the challenge, Karishma.This challenge is a good excuse to re-read your favourite JA books and re-watch favourite adaptations.
I bought the JA BBC radio play collection last week, pla..."
Thanks Zuzana!
This was my first time listening to a radio play too!
I'm going to be listening to the Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman adaptation today - it is available for the next 8 days for free I believe if you are interested.
Is it on the BBC Player? Because I can't find it on Audible.
Anansi Boys - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09ghv0cAnd I just saw that they have Good Omens too for the next 9 days -http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04knthd
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Welcome to the challenge Karishma!
Karishma wrote: "Zuzana wrote: "... And which version of Persuasion do you like? "Well, this week I finished the original novel by Jane Austen, this time in the audiobook format. Then I watched all three adaptations and listened to the one radio dramatisation I have. What a week!
Loved the book. It was just as great as the first and second time I had read it.
Here is my ranking of adaptations:
1/ Persuasion (1971 Mini-Series - Ann Firbank, Bryan Marshall, Marian Spencer, Richard Vernon) 1/20/18 ★★★★
2/ Persuasion (1995 Movie - Amanda Root, Ciarán Hinds) 1/16/18 ★★★★ (it's rather 3.5 stars)
3/ Persuasion (2007 TV Movie - Sally Hawkins, Rupert Penry-Jones) 1/17/18 ★★★
The 1971 Mini-Series has the best portrayal of Anne. Sweet-tempered & thoughtful, past the bloom of youth yet very elegant. She has strong opinions and isn't afraid to voice them when in the right company. Unfortunately the production is quite cheap-looking, especially the interior shots, it's just too apparent they are all done in the studio. Unlike the old BBC Emma TV series here they did shoot in exteriors, too, so there are quite realistic Uppercross, Lyme and Bath.
The 1995&2007 movies did Anne's character a disservice. Especially the 2007 movie shows her as a drab and awkward creature, with abominable fashion sense always speaking either in whisper or panting. The last 10 minutes are dreadful, Anne jogging through Bath without her bonnet and gloves?! Terrible! Could you imagine the scandal that it would have caused?
[2007 Anne running through the streets of Bath]Throughout the book several characters mention how "improved" Anne's looks are. In Lyme Mr Elliot stares at her in open admiration while he has no inkling who she is. There is a scene in Bath where Captain Wentworth overhears some ladies speaking among themselves about Anne being prettier than her sister. Also in Bath, Anne's father compliments her complexion and her figure. You see nothing of this in the movies. Or rather there are some of these things stated but none of them is shown well.
I like Wentworth in all three adaptations. 2007 movie has a great cast of minor characters: Sir Walter Elliot, Mr Elliot (in the book he's described as not handsome, but with great manners), Musgroves. Although the best Mrs Clay is in the 1995 movie - freckles, buck tooth and all. :D
[1995 Mrs Clay]
In my case I finished Emma. :)First listened to radio dramatization. Then managed to read it without imagining Gwyneth and now watched that version you suggested.
OMG, it's so different book when you actually have open mind :) I liked it.
And series with Romola Garai is great. I think it's getting on my BBC rewatch list :)
You were right. Thank you ☺
Oh, I haven't started new challenge!Duration: 01.01.18-31.12.18
Level: starting as Jane Bennet
: 5 ptsOriginal: Read or re-read a Jane Austen (JA) novel.
2 points per book.
Emma: by Jane Austen - 17.01.18 - ★★★★
Sequels & Re-tellings: Read a sequel to a JA novel or a story of JA characters with a twist (alternate reality, paranormal elements, nowadays setting or just a secondary character's perspective).
1 point per book.
Setting: Read a book set in the regency era (late 18th and early 19th century) in which the hero/heroine is English.
1 point per book.
Plain Facts: Read a non-fiction book related to JA or to the time period of JA novels.
3 points per book.
Spell-it-out: Spell out one of the following words: Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Mr Darcy, Elizabeth, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Persuasion, Regency, Classic, Romance.
1 point per book.
Adaptations: Watch a movie or a TV show or listen to radio dramatization based on a JA book or her life.
1 point per movie, 1 point per radio dramatization , 2 points per TV show/series.
Emma - radio dramatization (part of JA BBC Radio Drama Collection) - 07.01.18
Emma (2009/mini-series) - 20.01.18
Tea, I'm so happy you liked the book. It is really quite charming. And the Romola Garai's adaptation is great. I re-watch it every two years or so myself. :D
I think I watched those Persuasions that first year. I still prefer 2007 version (probably because of Wentworth :P). My main problem with Anne in that version is saliva. In some scenes she's almost dripping :PI kinda understand whispering, since she's always wallflower and to the rest of the family practically part of the furniture. Trying to be invisible :P
You know I have liked the 2007 adaptation better before I re-read the book. I gave the movie 4 stars only last year! But the truth is Anne's just so much better in the book. *sigh*
Yeah, the running and the awkward kiss (in the public no less) with her nose dripping. Can you imagine the scandal? She under-dressed (for her standing in society), running like a lunatic from one end of Bath to another, then sweating, panting, salivating and with her nose dripping kissing a man on the street in front of complete strangers. What a disgrace!
Apart from Anne and the ending, I quite liked the 2007 movie. Wentworth, minor characters & cinematography - all really good. I even liked the idea of Anne's diary. Quite clever.
When are we going to attack MF? :)I think I'll try and watch as many adaptations of Emma as I can find first. Then move to next book.
Well, I'm itching to listen to the radio dramatisation. I like both Cumberbatch and Tennant. But I probably should read the book first. And only then go on to various adaptations I have.As my reading list is already full for Jan and Feb I'll have to push the book to March.
BTW I'm looking forward to your ranking of Emma adaptations.
I have something for you, Tea: Jane Austen's Emma the musicaltrailer: https://youtu.be/Msb6JH8AVR8
one of the songs: https://youtu.be/Ztvjs8FyVg0
LOL!
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Duration: 01.01.18-31.12.18
Level: starting as Jane Bennet
: 5 pts
Original: Read or re-read a Jane Austen (JA) novel.
2 points per book.
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Welcome (back) Tea!
I have now finished this challenge with time to spare ;) it was fun!Duration: One year from your start date.
Level:Elizabeth Bennet: 35+ points, you have to use each of the categories at least once.
From: 22nd February 2017
Points: 36
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Congrats, Jade! Just a little nitpick for spell-it-out you should pick just one of the words (e.g Jane Austen or Persuasion, not both) :-)
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Zuzana wrote: "Congrats, Jade! Just a little nitpick for spell-it-out you should pick just one of the words (e.g Jane Austen or Persuasion, not both) :-)"
Whoops, I didn't realise...sorry!
It's o.k. as long as you had fun with the challenge. It's not like it's a competition. :D
Quick question on this challenge Are we allowed to use one book in multiple categories?E.g. Mansfield Park could go under spell it out, original Jane Austen ...
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E.g. Mansfield Park could go under spell it out, original Jane Austen ..."
Most challenges it is one book per category.
Last year I managed to gain 26 points. Jane Bennet is a good level to reach but I could do better.I re-watched some well-known and well-loved adaptations and added two new ones to my personal list:
And discovered one adaptation we don't have on our general list:
Sense and Sensibility (1971 BBC TV series; Joanna David, Ciaran Madden)
Tea, could you please add it when you have time. TIA: :)
Jane Austen Yearly Challenge - round 4Duration : 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2019
Current Category: Elizabeth Bennet: 35+ points, you have to use each of the categories at least once
Current Total = 45 points, 6/6 Categories
I. Original: 2 points per book 2 points
📚Mansfieldské panství by Jane Austen 10/22/19 ★★
II. Sequels & Re-tellings: 1 point per book 1 point
📚Jane Austen After by Sherwood Smith 10/28/19 ★★
III. Setting: 1 point per book, 1 point per movie, 2 points per TV series 1 point
📚The Art of Mutual Pleasure by K.A. Merikan 9/27/19 ★★ 1 point
IV. Plain Facts: 3 points per book, 1 point per documentary 14 points
🎧Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley 1/09/19 ★★★★★ 3 points
💡Jane Austen's Life (1997 TV Documentary) YouTube 1/10/19 ★★★ 1 point
💡What's so great about Austen? (2013 Oxford University Department for Continuing Education Lecture by Dr Sandie Byrne) YouTube 1/12/19 ★★★ 1 point
💡 'Pride and Prejudice' The Making of. . . (1999 Documentary) YouTube 8/14/19 ★★ 1 point
💡 Pride and Prejudice: Lasting Impressions (2006 Documentary) YouTube 8/15/19 ★★★★ 1 point
💡 Drama Connections - Pride & Prejudice (2005 Documentary) YouTube 8/16/19 ★★ 1 point
📚What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved by John Mullan 8/28/19 ★★★★★ 3 points
📚Pride, Prejudice and Popcorn: TV and Film Adaptations of Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, and Jane Eyre by Carrie Sessarego 8/29/19 ★★★ 3 points
V. Spell-it-out: 1 point per book 19 points
S: 📚Soldier Mine by Amber Kell (The Thresl Chronicles #1) 2/25/19
E: 📚Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown 3/7/19
N: 📚Newport, Cal: Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World 1/1/19
S: 📚Specter, Wolf: Heat (Dragon's Destiny: Fated Mates #1) 3/12/19
E: 📚Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains by Jon Krakauer 10/27/19
A: 📚Amber Kell: Prince Claimed (The Thresl Chronicles #2) 2/26/19
N: 📚No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks by Ed Viesturs, David Roberts 11/2/19
D: 📚David Lochbaum: Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster 6/19/19
S: 📚Sandi Toksvig: Peas & Queues: The Minefield of Modern Manners 5/28/19
E: 📚Ed Viesturs, David Roberts: K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain 12/2/19
N: 📚No Way Down: Life and Death on K2 by Graham Bowley 11/3/19
S: 📚Svetlana Alexievich: Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster 6/16/19
I: 📚Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer 11/4/19
B: 📚Barbree, Jay: "Live from Cape Canaveral": Covering the Space Race, from Sputnik to Today 3/14/19
I: 📚Infinity Gauntlet by Jim Starlin 12/27/19
L: 📚Lyn Gala: Affiliations, Aliens, and Other Profitable Pursuits (Claimings #3) 3/8/19
I: 📚Iron Man: Extremis by Warren Ellis 12/31/19
T:📚A Time to Die: The Untold Story of the Kursk Tragedy by Robert Moore 8/31/19
Y: 📚Yu, Li: The Carnal Prayer Mat 11/8/19
VI. Adaptations: 1 point per movie or radio play, 2 points per TV series 8 points
📻Pride and Prejudice (2014 BBC Radio 4 Dramatisation - Samantha Spiro, David Troughton, Amanda Root) 1/09/19 ★★★★ 1 point
📻Emma (2000 BBC Radio Dramatisation - Eve Best, Robert Bathurst) 1/10/19 ★★★★ 1 point
📺Pride and Prejudice (1995 BBC TV Show - Jennifer Ehle, Colin Firth) 8/19/19 ★★★★★ 2 points
🎬Emma (2018 Off-Broadway Musical Production; Kelli Barrett) 9/1/19 ★★★ 1 point
🎬Bridget Jones's Diary (2001 Movie - Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth) 9/12/19 ★★★★ 1 point
📻 Mansfield Park (2003 BBC Radio 4 dramatisation - Felicity Jones, Benedict Cumberbatch and David Tennant) 10/31/19 ★★★ 1 point
📻 Sense and Sensibility (2013 BBC Radio 4 dramatisation - Amanda Hale, Olivia Hallinan, Blake Ritson, Ben Lamb) 11/11/19 ★★★ 1 point
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📚 books
🎧 audiobooks
🎬 movies
📺 TV Shows
📻 Radio Plays
💡 Documentaries
suggestions for 2020:
🎧Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
📚Pemberley Ranch by Jack Caldwell
📚Dancing with Mr. Darcy: Stories Inspired by Jane Austen and Chawton House by Sarah Waters
🎧Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
💡2011 BBC Elegance and Decadence The Age of the Regency with Lucy Worsley
💡2010 BBC At Home with the Georgians
📺Mansfield Park (1983 Mini-Series)
📻Mansfield Park (2003 BBC Radio 4 dramatisation)
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*added the adaption
Thanks. :)Yesterday I finished listening to the 2014 BBC Radio Dramatisation of Pride and Prejudice.
It's in three parts, each a little less than an hour long. I enjoyed it very much. But I guess like with all the radio plays you enjoy them much more if you know the source material.
Elizabeth= Pippa Nixon, Mr Darcy= Jamie Parker
This challenge has been around for several years. Wouldn't it be fun to move from Regency to the Victorian era? I have in mind a challenge similar to this one only instead of Jane Austen it would be centered around the Bronte sisters. There are so many great books and movie and TV adaptations set in Victorian times.What do you think? Would anybody be interested?
Something along these lines:
The Brontës Yearly Challenge
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I posted it on the "Rules for creating a Reading Challenge in this group " thread for mods' approval.
Test your knowledge of Jane Austen's works and her life:Links to two online tests.
Jane Austen: the ultimate quiz
This one tests your knowledge of the books. I was surprised that both the answers I got wrong were from Pride and Prejudice. What a shame!
Encyclopaedia Britanicca: Jane Austen quiz
This one is more focused on Jane herself.
I've just found out that Marvel Comics released a while ago four comic book adaptations of Jane Austen's novels: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey and Emma. 
Comixology has them on a Valentine's Day sale 2,69 euro for each.
Done with mine in the beginning of the year I just didn't have time to update:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I was three days over my end date though ....
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Better late than never right?
Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Congratulations Tahmina! Better late than never right?"
Thanks!! I fee accomplished! haha
Nothing But Reading ChallengesJane Austen Yearly Challenge
Duration: 6/18/2019 - 6/17/2020
Progress: 0 out of 35
Levels:
Mrs Bennet: 5-14 points
Charlotte Lucas: 15-24 points
Jane Bennet: 25-34 points
Emma Woodhouse - 35+ books, you haven't managed to use all of the categories
Elizabeth Bennet: 35+ points, you have to use each of the categories at least once.
A challenge built around Jane Austen's work and times.
Duration: One year from your start date.
Rules:
‣ Choose your level, choose your books/movies/TV shows and get to reading/watching them!
‣ For every book and movie/TV series you obtain certain amount of points
‣ You can use the same category several times (Elizabeth Bennet level requires completing all categories at least once).
‣ When you've finished a book or a movie rate and date it
‣ Reading or watching a book/movie you have already seen is allowed
‣ You can change your level at any time
‣ You may count any books over 100 pages.
Categories:
Original: Read or re-read a Jane Austen (JA) novel.
2 points per book.
Sequels & Re-tellings: Read a sequel to a JA novel or a story of JA characters with a twist (alternate reality, paranormal elements, nowadays setting or just a secondary character's perspective).
1 point per book.
Setting: Read a book/watch a movie or a TV series set in the regency era (late 18th and early 19th century: 1780s through 1830s) in which the hero/heroine is English.
1 point per book, 1 point per movie, 2 points per TV series
Plain Facts: Read a non-fiction book/ watch a documentary related to JA or to the time period of JA novels.
3 points per book, 1 point per documentary
Spell-it-out: Spell out one of the following words: Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Mr Darcy, Elizabeth, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Persuasion, Regency, Classic, Romance.
1 point per book.
Adaptations: Watch a movie or a TV show or listen to radio dramatization based on a JA book or her life.
1 point per movie, 1 point per radio dramatization , 2 points per TV show/series.
I rewatched my favorite of Jane Austen's adaptations: 1995 BBC Pride and Prejudice starring Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth and Colin Firth as Mr Darcy. IMO still the best on screen P&P.
My DVD Box set includes a very nice documentary on Making of the series with a lot of insight into the characters, the era, and how the series came to be.
Trivia: Andrew Davies (the writer) originally didn't want Colin Firth to play Mr Darcy. He considered him to be too chubby and too ginger. LOL! Thankfuly the producer Sue Birtwistle prevailed and history was made.
I have three new Pride and Prejudice (very loose) adaptations to add:Pride, Prejudice, and Mistletoe (2018 TV Movie; Lacey Chabert, Brendan Penny)
Christmas at Pemberley Manor (2018 TV Movie ; Jessica Lowndes, Michael Rady)
Marrying Mr. Darcy (2018 TV Movie; Cindy Busby, Ryan Paevey)
... and a new Emma adaptation as well:
Emma (2018 off-Broadway musical production; Kelli Barrett, Timothy Gulan; music by Paul Gordon)
I watched the musical and I quite liked it, the camera work was apalling though.
Emma (Streaming)
OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
This production, recorded Off-Broadway at the Westside Theatre in early 2018, is now available for streaming (by rental or purchase) at https://www.streamingmusicals.com.
SYNOPSIS: Emma, a timeless love story from one of the most widely read writers of all time, is a musical that will entice modern audiences to fall in love again with one of Jane Austen’s most adored characters. Paul Gordon’s critically acclaimed stage adaptation re-imagines the Austen’s classic in mid-century modern yet keeps the language intact.
Directed by Tim Kashani and Kent Nicholson
Starring: Kelli Barrett, Timothy Gulan, Dani Marcus, Lauren Cohn, Brian Herndon, Richert Easley, Sharon Reitkerk, Will Reynolds, Adam Daveline, Don Richard, Pamela Winslow Kashani, and Caitlin Brooke
RUNNING TIME: 119 MINUTES
MUSIC: PAUL GORDON
BOOK: PAUL GORDON
LYRICS: PAUL GORDON
Emma Concept Trailer: https://youtu.be/ARi--JNdGWM
How did I not know about this challenge sooner? I love Jane Austen! However, I just saw that you created a Bronte challenge too! I think I may have to join that one first since it aligns with a few things I was already hoping to read in the near future. Although, with Masterpiece's upcoming release of Sanditon, it's a tough call. I will have to do both challenges at some point. So many good books and challenges - so little time! :)
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Goal:Elizabeth Bennet Current: Elizabeth Bennet
Running Total: 36
Date: February 2019-February 2020
Original: Read or re-read a Jane Austen (JA) novel.
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♥♥♥♥♥Total: 6 points
Sequels & Re-tellings:
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♥Total: 3 points
Setting:
SylvesterTotal: 2 points
Plain Facts:
♥♥♥♥♥Total: 3 points
Spell-it-out:
M Maybe in Another Life
R Royal Airs
D Daisy Jones & The Six
A Assassin's Apprentice
R Rebecca
C Calamity
Y Yesternight
P The Poet X
E The Enchanted
R Assassin's Apprentice
S Starsight
U Useless Magic
A The Astonishing Color of After
S Sorcery of Thorns
I Thorn
O The Library Book
N No Judgments
Total: 16
Adaptations:
Pride & Prejudice (2005) watched 9/17
Persuasion (2008) watched 9/17
Sanditon (2019) watched 1/14
Mansfield Park (1998) watched 2/3
Total: 5 points
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Well, I've just found out that "The Producers Of ‘Poldark’ And ‘Victoria’ Are Making A New Pride And Prejudice Series For ITV"."The task of writing a new Pride and Prejudice script for TV has fallen to Nina Raine, an English playwright behind 2010’s Tribes and this year’s lauded play Consent at the National Theatre. Raine will be the sixth writer to adapt Jane Austen’s most famous novel for British TV. “Nina Raine is one of the most gifted writers working today, and her wit and emotional intelligence make her the perfect match for Jane Austen,” says Damien Timmer from the production company, Mammoth.
“She’s a devoted fan of the book, but she’s never seen any previous adaptations – so pleasingly the novel only exists in her imagination.”
Raine says that she intends to explore the “darker tones” inherent in Austen’s work. “Pride and Prejudice is actually a very adult book, much less bonnet-y than people assume,” the writer told the Radio Times. “I hope I do justice to Austen’s dark intelligence – sparkling, yes, but sparkling like granite,” she continued..."
Well, I don't know how to feel about that. Do we really need darker Pride and Prejudice?
I find it hard to believe that she never saw any of adaptations.As for dark tones, is she sure she read JA P&P and not zombie version? :P
Yeah, that's what I thought, too. She's a scriptwriter and she haven't seen a single P&P adaptation. Really? Sounds iffy to me.As for the zombies I found that version rather silly than dark. :P
EDIT: So I googled her and she's much more of a theatre person - wrote and directed a bunch of plays. Doesn't seem she has much experience with TV productions. I found she is credited on imdb.com as a writer of one episode of a TV series Mistresses (never heard of it before).
Well, I wish her luck.
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