deep down just enough of a bastard to be worth knowing

Someone once said that the titles of jane austen’s novels are the name of the problems in the books. For example: in pride and prejudice the biggest problem is the conflict between pride and prejudice. So that makes Emma the biggest problem in Emma and, now that I have started reading the novel, I have never agreed more with something than I agree with this.

“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart,” said she afterwards to herself. “There is nothing to be compared to it. Warmth and tenderness of heart, with an affectionate, open manner, will beat all the clearness of head in the world, for attraction. I am sure it will. It is tenderness of heart which makes my dear father so generally beloved – which gives Isabella all her popularity. I have it not but I know how to prize and respect it.” Emma, 1815.

       · PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005)        · NORTHANGER ABBEY (2007)        · SANDITON (2019-)        · SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (1995)        · EMMA. (2020)

Jane Austen really said ‘I respect the “I can fix him” movement but that’s just not me. He’ll fix himself if knows what’s good for him’ and that’s why her works are still calling the shots today.

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“Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience- or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.” - Jane Austen 

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johnnyflynniverse Mr Knightley in Emma (2020)

#the funniest thing about mr knightley is that arguably nothing in his life goes seriously wrong#compared to wentworth or darcy or brandon or even edward ferrars#he’s got no serious insurmountable painful event or circumstance#he’s just unfortunately in love with his neighbour#so no dramatic event or reversal of fortune#he’s just trundling along#and yet every adaptation has him just Opressed By Emotions he’s trying to deny having#george knightley: strengths include steadiness of character responsible land management and being socially considerate but also#george knightley: in love and mad about it

to be fair have you met Emma Woodhouse

#The shame and agony of being in love with a person like Emma is entirely appropriate lmfao#She cleans up her act but this? Justified#Every single one of these just SCREAMS “Ah. Yes. Unfortunately that’s the love of my life” and I think that’s very sexy of him

I kind of love that one of Jane Austen's biggest fans was the Prince Regent (later George IV). She didn't think very well of the nobility in general, but she motherfucking hated him, a wastrel who very flagrantly cheated on his wife.

But he loved her writing, was the first recorded purchaser of Sense and Sensibility, and kept copies of her books in all his residences. She never made enough from her writing to live on during her lifetime, so this wasn't support she could casually toss aside. His librarian kept suggesting ideas for new books to her, which she turned down with exquisite politeness. Much to her aggravation, she found herself obliged to dedicate Emma to the man.

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I've thought about it and this is so funny because a moral novelist having to civilly endure being patronized by a dissolute nobleman who loves but also totally doesn't get her books is exactly the kind of thing that would happen in a Jane Austen novel.

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the sheer level of galaxy brain jane austen was on when she wrote “if i loved you less i might be able to talk about it more”