Jane Austen

I have been watching the Complete Jane Austen on Masterpiece theatre. I love period movies. Sometimes I think that was one of my previous lives. I just can't get enough of that time period. It's amazing to me to think that Miss Austen created such tremendous works of art, and wasn't paid very much for them. I mean if it was now, she'd be paid millions for her books, and she was poor back then.

They did a movie on one possibility of her life. And it was very interesting to watch. I love how independant she was in the movie. How she wanted to take care of her family with her writings. I wonder how true to her life that movie was.

I just love how proper everyone is during that time. It's so unlike now. Kids had respect for their parents, parents took care of their kids. And of course you took care of your parents when it was time to take care of them.

And yes, I love how they called on each other when they wanted to see each other. The romance of that time is just SO lost!! With all this technology, communication may be easier and faster, but I miss receiving written letters!! How romantic it was to receive a written letter from your intended. And then writing them back too, trying to write everything you are feeling to them in just a page or two of parchment.

Makes me want to keep a journal again!