#p: abbey

[bethanydelleman]

If you got to pick the house, profession, and income (you can have your 10k/year and Pemberley or Donwell or whatever), which Austen hero would you marry?

If you are a man/lesbian/other looking for the "show answers" button, no. No button. You're either gay or or straight or a woman or marrying just for the companionship now, pick a husband.

[bansheesofinisherin2022]

speaking of remakes of classic literature: why does no one make a modern take on austen's northanger abbey that parodies the mordern horror genre (as opposed to the gothic satire it initially was)? that could be fun and cute without fucking up the main message

[southfarthing]

may have gone a little overboard at the charity shop but LOOKKKKKKKKK

[pemberlaey]

(some of) my literary roman empires

benedick’s “you” —> “thou” switch in 4.1

the extended portrait metaphor in pride and prejudice

may welland

the repression of female emotions in victorian fiction

henry’s “a country dance as an emblem of marriage” speech in northanger abbey + the way that 19th century dance scenes prefigure marriage in general

the moment in jane eyre when mr. rochester asks jane if she finds him handsome and she says “no, sir”

victorian floriography

ophelia’s final scene

ww1 solider poetry (sassoon, owens, rosenberg, brooke etc.)

the ambiguity surrounding bertha mason

juliet’s “O romeo, romeo, wherefore art thou romeo?” breaks from iambic pentameter because the name romeo has too many syllables so the problem is literally his name

éponine thénardier (just everything about her but especially the “i am the devil” scene)

[henry-fox-biggest-stan]

Favorite niche book genre

[currentlyonstandbi]

Pino, 2 seconds after stepping through the doors of the Arche Abbey:

[junewongapologia]

If there’s a universe where Mr Bingley brings Regency Bertie Wooster to Netherfield, do you think the story would hit all the same plot beats??

[lies-of-fox]

Close up of the sand sculptures

[theartofdreaming1]

Happy Halloween from Catherine & Henry! 🧡🖤🦇🧛

I like to think that these two would have fun going as vampire and vampire hunter

[bethanydelleman]

Which Austen Hero is best in bed?

My ratings

I put them in alphabetical order for fairness.

[primaverapeace]

it's about perfect timing 🤣

[cottagecore-raccoon]

Not accounting for fortune, rank, other family members, or any other variables...

(And yes, I wrote them all with their maiden names to make my life easier)

[postcardsfromkrat]

[catgirlpurgatory]

realizing i might not like jane austen ......