watercolor sketch of Jane Austen by her sister Cassandra, 1804, courtesy of Wikipedia Commons
Saturday afternoons mean watching PBS cooking shows amidst grading, baking, and doing laundry. Between Rick Bayless' *Mexico, One Plate at a Time* and *America's Test Kitchen,* the most wondrous "commercial" appeared: montage of scenes from various Jane Austen films appeared, accompanied by the strains of Coldplay's tear-jerker "Fix You." At the end of the lavish display of love requited and not, appeared the kicker: The Complete Jane Austen, January 2008! Jane-ites, unite:)
Ha!! I love it.
ReplyDeleteWe were also watching PBS this morning, and we also saw the Jane Austen "promo". Without missing a beat, I told Steve "I. Am Watching. That."
Funny coincidence, no? Especially since we haven't watched TV on Saturday mornings in...well, ages.
that's too funny! i see a jane austen movie-tea-party in our future, in my new home, which will be perfect for tea parties:)
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