The second time I read through all of the six main novels a few years ago, Mansfield Park ended up being my favourite! Fanny’s character really spoke to me that time around, and I really admired her for uncompromising moral strength and convictions, rather than being off-put by them. I’m also currently 9 chapters from the end of my first reading of Vanity Fair-and it is possibly in my top-ten novels of all time, and without question in my top-ten favourite Victorian novels! It has completely blown me away!!
@adayofsmallthings
Жыл бұрын
Interesting to hear Mansfield Park became your favourite! I'm very curious now. I'm looking forward to reading it again and getting to know Fanny a bit more. OOH Vanity Fair! I'm SO glad to hear you are enjoying it! It's amazing, right? So happy to find a fellow enthusiast of Vanity Fair :) Would love to know what you think when you finish it!
@adayofsmallthings
Жыл бұрын
Does your edition have illustrations?
@bethieandbooks
Жыл бұрын
The Genius of Jane Austen is brilliant. I read it last year and planning to read it again this year! Paula Byrne is also married to Jonathan Bate, fun fact
@adayofsmallthings
Жыл бұрын
WHAT?! I didn’t know about it at all 😂
@autumnscott568
Жыл бұрын
Hey! So excited for your thoughts on the books you’re able to squeeze in July for Jane Austen. I too have considered reading Genius of Jane Austen. I think I will try it once I hear your thoughts. Also, super excited to hear what you think about Tempestuous Day! I loved it and was thrilled to see it in your video, thanks! Mansfield Park is one of my favorite Austen books, have read it as many times as I’ve read Pride and Prejudice. It’s slower but so worth the wait. It differs from her other works as you can imagine that there was a push and pull between two endings by the author. Plus I like how close the other characters feel through Fanny’s eyes, you really know them.
@adayofsmallthings
Жыл бұрын
Hello! Lovely hearing from you! Yes I'm looking forward to reading Mansfield Park again and seeing new things. I've made a start on the Genius of Jane Austen. Will report. It sounds exciting so far. See you around :)
@jentan4531
Жыл бұрын
So many great suggestions! I'm thinking of reading Mansfield Park as well. It's been a while
@adayofsmallthings
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Lovely - would be interesting to discuss and compare notes by the end of the month. Hope you have fun reading it this time round!
@marywong9976
Жыл бұрын
I did not know CS Lewis wrote an essay on Austen. This is like a dream come true, bringing 2 of my favourite writers in 1 work! Thank you for amazing recommendations once again!
@adayofsmallthings
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure! I found it super helpful. Hope you like it :)
@katiejlumsden
Жыл бұрын
I think you’ll really love The Genius of Jane Austen. What a fun focus for the readathon!
@adayofsmallthings
Жыл бұрын
Enjoying it so far :) thanks so much for the recommendation!
@denisadellinger4543
Жыл бұрын
I just read What Matters in Jane Austen for my Jane Austen Book Club. Our Jane Austen Society reads a different kind of book revolving around Jane Austen every three months. We had the Author as a guest speaker last month. He was so good. You have some good books that I'd like to get to. I read Lovers Vows this past year. I can't remember whether it was during Febregency or Jane July. I just finished rereading Pride and Prejudice. My very favorite book. I'm also doing a deep dive into Maria Edgeworth. I've read several of her books for the past few months. Nothing like Austen but good. I'm reading Harrington now. I love your concentration on the theater. The family wrote plays and acted them out. Just about all the Austens wrote. Even Mrs Austen. It's so neat that we Austen lovers can spend a whole month concentrating on just her. But I can do that all year. It's just fun to do it together.
@adayofsmallthings
Жыл бұрын
Wow it must be so cool to have the author to your Book Club! Were you able to ask many questions? What a coincidence - I just read two short children's stories by Maria Edgeworth, called the Blue Jar and the Basket Woman (I think!). I haven't read any novel by her. Yes it's fascinating to learn about Jan Austen's love for theatre and play writing and acting. Happy Jane Austen July!
@donaldkelly3983
Жыл бұрын
For other Austen related media, try Jane Austen in Manhattan, about two directors staging a play Austen wrote at age 12. In addition, for Shakespeare fanatics see Shakespeare Wallah. It shows a traveling theater group, performing Shakespeare in India. Both movies are Merchant - Ivory productions, done before the pair discovered E.M. Forster and Henry James.
@adayofsmallthings
Жыл бұрын
Wow you always know fascinating things - I’m taking notes very time! Thanks very much!
@fernandamurari8577
Жыл бұрын
Hi there! I am on mission to promote Jane Austen, the Secret Radical by Helena Kelly! I have been reading critical essays and books and things about Jane Austen for a long time. This one managed to move me and give me some food for thought as well it inspired me to re-read all Jane Austen's books. All of them. One after the other. Her book just convinced me that we get Jane Austen all wrong... Paula Byrne is quite good too. Thank you! I like your videos very much!
@adayofsmallthings
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the recommendation! I haven’t heard of the author but will definitely check it out! Pleasure. Glad you like the videos :)
@ArtBookshelfOdyssey
Жыл бұрын
I'm going to be reading The Genius of Jane Austen this year too! I'm also going to be reading a book called "Camp Austen: My Life as an Accidental Jane Austen Superfan" which sounds like a book I'd really enjoy.
@adayofsmallthings
Жыл бұрын
Ohhh never heard of that one before. Hope you’ll enjoy them! Happy Jane Austen July!
@KellyannMitchell
Жыл бұрын
I'm currently reading Jane Austin’s work in Publication Order. It’s going to flow over into July so I will also be doing Jane Austin July because of it🤭 Thanks for sharing these recs, between you and Katie’s video I think I will have a wide range of selections to pick from. I'm so excited about this, and happy readings 💕
@adayofsmallthings
Жыл бұрын
Nice - perfect timing then :) Glad you like the sound of some of my recommendations. Hope you’ll like them if/when you get to them. Happy Jane Austen July!
@TheBookishLand
Жыл бұрын
Happy Jane Austen July! I have some other reading plans so I will just try to read the group book :D But I am adding some of your book recommendations for future reads
@adayofsmallthings
Жыл бұрын
Hello! Happy Jane Austen July! Glad you like the sound of some of the books I mentioned. The group book is Northanger Abbey right? Hope you have fun reading it :)
@Mkayreadsandvlogs
Жыл бұрын
I’m excited to finally read Jane Austin 😊
@adayofsmallthings
Жыл бұрын
Yay! Hope you like it, whichever you chose to read first :)
@spreadbookjoy
Жыл бұрын
So much fun! I loved John Mullen’s book and may dip into it this year again to supplement my reading. I’m also hoping to read Paula Byrne’s book The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things. Last year, I read Kindred by Octavia Butler for the historical fiction challenge - highly recommend though you may have already read it. I am hoping to read The Trumpet Major by Hardy for that challenge this year.
@adayofsmallthings
Жыл бұрын
Ooooh sounds nice - there are so many great options out there - makes the life of people with decision making difficulty like me really tough lol I heard a lot about Kindred - hmm I’m tempted. I didn’t realise the Trumpet Major fits the challenge! Thanks so much for sharing! Happy Jane Austen July!
@beatrixscudeler
Жыл бұрын
'A Note on Jane Austen' is one of my favourite short pieces on Austen. C S Lewis never misses. Have you read Gilbert Ryle's essay called 'Jane Austen and the Moralists'? I think it's a fascinating pairing with Lewis's essay.
@adayofsmallthings
Жыл бұрын
It’s great isn’t it? Yes totally agree. I feel like C S Lewis can talk about anything and it’s all wisdom. No I haven’t read ‘Jane Austen and the Moralists’ but I’ve searched it out. Will give it a go. Thanks so much for sharing!
@beatrixscudeler
Жыл бұрын
@@adayofsmallthings let me know what you think of it - I disagree with it quite substantially at times but think it's a very interesting argument.
@adayofsmallthings
Жыл бұрын
@@beatrixscudeler will do :)
@LanaCelebic
Жыл бұрын
I'm also reading 'The Genius of Jane Austen' this year for Jane Austen July. I think a lot of people are reading it (it's on many people's TBR lists in the Goodreads group), probably based on Katie's recommendation. I've also started reading Shakespeare again this year, so I think it will be very interesting to read about theatre. That Bloom article also sounds very interesting. I read 'Lovers' Wovs' last year I think, but I didn't enjoy it much. Hope you'll find in it something that I didn't and maybe talk about it in some future video. However, it was interesting to read it alongside 'Mansfield Park' and I'm glad I read it. Thanks for the recommendations. I think I might read 'Vanity Fair' later in Victober, I've always been very interested in it, but never read it. Have a great JAJ! 😊
@adayofsmallthings
Жыл бұрын
Hello! I haven’t checked the Goodreads group and haven’t realised that many people are reading the Genius of Jane Austen - it’ll be fun to read it together and interesting to discuss afterwards. SO glad to hear you started reading Shakespeare - Shaketember is coming up! I can’t remember if I put the url of Bloom’s article in the description box. I’ll add it in a bit if I didn’t. Hope you can find it alright :) I’ll do my best to read Lovers’ Vows and talk about it in a video. Do you remember what you didn’t like? Maybe I’ll look out for those things :) I hope you enjoy Vanity Fair. It’s great fun. I enjoyed the audiobook narrated by John Castle - just in case you’re interested. Thank you! You too - have a great Jane Austen July!
@lisainbookland
Жыл бұрын
I’m also hoping to read The Genius of Jane Austen this year! And then decide what play(s) I’ll read from it - after reading The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small earlier this year I said I’d have to try reading some Georgian plays 😊
@adayofsmallthings
Жыл бұрын
Hello! Nice, that sounds like a great idea - I was just told that apparently many people plan to read the Genius of Jane Austen this year. It’ll be interesting to compare notes! Are the Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small plays? Never heard of them lol are they good? There’s one called School of Scandal or something like that apparently Jane Austen played a role in (at home?). I haven’t read - only heard rumours lol Happy Jane Austen July!
@lisainbookland
Жыл бұрын
@@adayofsmallthings I have heard the Genius of Jane Austen mentioned a good bit actually; glad to be on trend for once! Sorry The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small is actually a great historical fiction novel but it had such a brilliant portrayal of the Georgian theatre scene as well as many other things -- just made me wish I could travel back in time and see one of the performances. You might really enjoy it actually -- one of the plays dealt with was The Tempest, and Citizen Small (a former slave) was really invested in the character of Ariel and thought a lot about it -- but I've never read or seen The Tempest so a lot of it probably went over my head. It did make me want to read it though!
@adayofsmallthings
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@@lisainbookland oooooh that sounds fascinating - just googled it as well. Will definitely look into it. Thanks so much for sharing!
@cassandraclavesaint
Жыл бұрын
Mansfield park is my least favorite because of the relationship between Fanny and Edmund. It made me so uncomfortable. And sometimes i wanted to shake Fanny lol
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