u/TheGreatestSandwich

Friends, it's been a month or so since we established our No Snobbery rule, and while we are mostly pleased (we hope you are, too!), we get the sense that some of our membership are pining for an outlet to rant or rave away on their most loved and hated adaptations.

We would by no means wish to suspend any pleasure of yours, so we would like to present some options we are considering and also invite you to make any suggestions you might have in the comments.

Sincerely,

The Mods

Edit: for the megathread and flair options, the idea would be that the posts would be intended for likeminded folks to revel in their extreme opinions without turning it into a food fight (as u/filbertres so neatly phrased it).

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All who are interested are welcome to join me as your host in an 8-week read-through of Mansfield Park. We officially begin on June 1st, but you may, of course, begin at any time and read at your preferred pace.

We will read and discuss 6 chapters each week. Casual and close readers alike are welcome—and I will include some optional pre-reading and companion reading for those who would like to feel like they are in school. 🤓

The reading schedule is as follows. I will link our discussion posts to this thread as they become available.

• Mansfield Park - Optional Pre-Reading (I plan on posting this sometime in the next 2 weeks)
• Week 0: May 31 - Pre-Discussion
• Week 1: June 6 - Chapters 1-6
• Week 2: June 13 - Chapters 7-12
• Week 3: June 20 - Chapters 13-18
• Week 4: June 27 - Chapters 19-24
• Week 5: July 4 - Chapters 25-30
• Week 6: July 11 - Chapters 31-36
• Week 7: July 18 - Chapters 37-42
• Week 8: July 26 - Chapters 43-48
  • Post-Discussion / Read-Through Wrap-Up
• Week 9: July 27-Aug 2 - Adaptation / Meme Week

Please let me know in the comments if you plan on joining us!

Just a few quick updates from the mods:

We have added a few more post flair options:

• Travel / Events - Jane Austen related itinerary questions, travel logs, festivals, and events.
• Pump Room - posts that, while Jane Austen related, are more social in nature. This includes chatty / personal discussion posts, audiobook / podcast recommendations, pictures of your dog named Bingley, etc.

We also have added a clarification to Rule 1: Be civil and kind. (Changes are italicized below.)

>Please contribute to making this a happy and safe space by keeping discussions civil. This means avoiding ad hominem comments, rudeness, incivility, trolling, stirring the pot, etc. Debate the point and not the person. Please report suspected content stealing / inappropriate AI use to the mods rather than making accusations in the comments.

As always, please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have questions or feedback.

We mods sometimes find ourselves wading in the archives (almost like rummaging in the attic) and I thought it might be fun to share some of my recent finds for your browsing pleasure.

Is Sense & Sensibility Austen's Most Realistic Novel?

• Sense and Sensibility: a more realistic Austen novel by u/theunlivedlife
• Is Sense and Sensibility less popular than Pride and Prejudice because it is more realistic? by u/Throwawayrightaway28

What do you think? Tell us in the comments.

Mother's Day Musings

• Are most of Austen's mothers vapid or ridiculous? by u/Kitepolice1814
• Who is a better mother? by u/aquapandora
• Mrs. Jennings might be the best mother in Jane Austen's works by u/RoseisBadWolf
• Mother's Day thoughts on Motherhood by u/AnnagrammaHawkin

"Flowers & Gifts"

• Jane Austen themed gift ideas
• Jane Austen Roses [with books] | Emma Woodhouse | Mansfield Park | Mansfield Park Pink | Northanger Abbey [2] [3] | Persuasion
• Pride & Prejudice-themed vases Vase 1 | Vase 2 | Vase 3 | Vase 4
• Perfume ideas for Pride & Prejudice
• Cameo brooch style art (Lizzie Bennet inspired)
• £800 Fireplace (free LEGO instructions)

Other Amusements, Delights, and Frivolities

• Jane Austen inspired graduation cap by u/kinglykatie and grad cap ideas
• What is your Jane Austen name? female option 1 | female option 2 | male option
• Northanger Abbey themed memes and humor
  • The Cooler Daniel | Three Memes | Justice for James
  • John Thorpe Vibes | WoW Reference
  • Iconic Closing Lines (read them here)
  • Annual Reminder | General Tilney's Discovery
• Fan Art inspired by Emma
  • cross-stitch | embroidery | pendant | custom game cards
  • 2020 Adaptation-inspired:
    • Emma | CG portrait [Emma] | Emma
    • Emma | "Book Cover"
    • "If I loved you less"
    • Harriet and Robert Martin
    • Digital painting [Emma and Mrs. Elton]

Edited to adjust formatting

I posted last year about showing my kids the 1995 P&P miniseries and a few weeks ago we sat down to start it again (Me: "You want you watch it again?" Them: "but we've only seen it the one time!"). Meanwhile, it comes out my partner doesn't remember it very well (pretty standard actually). Well, okay then :)

In the last episode, just after Darcy insists on handling Lydia's discovery/marriage, the youngest (now 9) shouted out, with relish, "It's DARCY time!"

When the credits finally rolled, the middle child (now 11): "This just gets better and better!"

They have no idea 😂

We are planning to start a read through of Mansfield Park. For those interested, please vote on our start date.

We will discuss one chapter weekly (48 total). Edit: I really like u/AlarmingSize's suggestion to read it over 2 months (about 6 chapters a week) rather than take the best part of a year to read it. If anyone has a different suggestion, please share it in the comments!

Notes:

- You may propose a different start date or pace in the comments.

- We also have a Persuasion read-through in progress hosted by u/Miss_Ashford—they are currently reading chapter 11.

- Edit: I, u/TheGreatestSandwich, will be leading this read through, but would like to point out that you do not need to be a mod to host a read-through--simply message the mods and let us know your interest. :)

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If you could request any Jane Austen adaptation (film or miniseries), what would it be? And what would be your requirements or vision for it?