Mansfield Park (1999), A pleasant surprise

Mansfield Park (1999) is a romantic comedy-drama film based on Jane Austen’s original novel. It references Austen’s earlier writings before she was a more widely known author, including her work The History of England (1791). Directed by Patricia Rozema, the film tells on its surface a story of the dramas which occur within a wealthy English family from the heroine Fanny Price’s perspective. ThereContinue reading “Mansfield Park (1999), A pleasant surprise”

Book Review: The Unexpected Miss Bennet (2011)

                                               (Note: I love the cover for this book!) It is hard to believe this is only my fourth book review. Goodness, I own over five-hundred books and read over a hundred aContinue reading “Book Review: The Unexpected Miss Bennet (2011)”