SORRY!!

I am so sorry for the delay in getting the questions up for Austenland. For some reason I thought I had done it already! So, now Austenland questions are up and I will get the Gullivers Travels questions on later today!

March 2012: Austenland by Shannon Hale

Miss CHarming

thoughts on Miss Charming......

13 boyfrien

Austenland, besides chronicling Janes' stay at Pembrook Park, lists all thirteen "boyfriends" she's had in her lifetime. How well does the reader get to know Jane's past? How much has she changed from her first relationship at age twelve to the one that is now just beginning?

I&I

Jane calls herself and Mr. Nobley "Impertinence and Inflexibility" How do these nicknames originate? How do these traits compare to the pride and prejudice of Darcy and Elizabeth in Austen's novel?

Great Aunt Carolyn

Jane's Great Aunt Carolyn set the whole Pembrook Park adventure into motion. What do you think Carolyn's intentions were in sending Jane to this Austenland? Do you think Jane fulfilled those expectations?

Jane Austen romance

Jane comes to wonder what kind of fantasy world Jane Austen might have created for herself: "Did Austen herself feel this way? Was she hopeful? Jane wondered if the unmarried writer had lived inside Austenland with close to Jane's own sensibility- amused, horrified, but in very real danger of being swept away". Is it possible to guess at Austen's attitude toward romance by reading her work? Why or why not?

Tally Ho

Jane walks away from Nobley and Martin at the airport with the parting words, "Tell Mrs. Wattlesbrook I said tallyho". Why does Jane enjoy her last line so much? What does she mean by tallyho?

Ending

Did you like the ending? Thoughts?

Jane Austen

What might Jane Austen think of Austenland, if she were alive today? Could she have possibly anticipated how influential her novels would become, even for twenty-first-century audiences? Could she ever have imagined a fan like Jane Hayes?

austenland: the movie

Do you plan on seeing the movie? Some casting shown in picture below:

top row: J.J Feild as Mr. Nobley, Keri Russel as Jane, and Bret McKenzie as Martin
bottom row: James Callis as Colonel Andrews, Jennifer Coolidge as Miss Charming, Jane Seymour as Mrs. Wattlesbrook, and Rupert Vansittart as Mr. Wattlesbrook.