#mansfield house

[curiousb]

The Mansfield House Yearbook: Volume IV

Back to school - or uni - today! And it's a bed-hopping bonanza, I warn you.

Let's start with a game of whose buttocks are these, shall we?

To put you out of your misery, they're Elliot's. And Olivia, I thought you were with James (as much as anyone is)?

Well, these two look quite cosy together, so I guess Olivia has moved on, not wanting to compete with three other girls for James's attention?

The next day, she decides it's time to put a ring on...

James! OK, well - I guess you know your own heart best. Perhaps Elliot was a just a rebound thing?

I think Elliot's expression says it all.

Martha is none too pleased either - she thought she had first dibs on James - but Olivia swiftly puts her in her place! Semi-resident Llama Guy thinks it's the perfect time to celebrate with a school cheer though.

But before I know it, Martha has already caused a rift between Olivia and her intended (I didn't see exactly what happened here), and seems rather delighted with herself as a result.

It's not all about romance - sometimes there's some studying too! Actually, I lie, it is.

When Eleanor drops round, Hester seems bent on creating domestic strife too.

And Eleanor looks like she could very well be tempted to stray from her long-term partner Esther. I guess Esther's persistence in trying to tie Eleanor down is perhaps having the opposite effect, and driving them apart.

Yup.

James doesn't seem too concerned about being estranged from new fiancée Olivia, and hooks up again with Henrietta at the first opportunity.

Disenchanted Olivia seeks solace with Elliot once again.

And I just have no idea who is with whom any more!

#sims 2 #gameplay #merybury #elliot wentworth #olivia elton #james morland #martha knightley #hester fairfax #eleanor tilney #henrietta wentworth #esther dashwood #llama guy #de bourgh university #mansfield house

[fallenangelontheceiling]

I’m breaking my No Tumblr For Lent rule because I really have to share -

I’m 65 pages into Mansfield Park and I can’t stand Edmund. He’s objectively a Good Person (which I can already tell is going to be a rarity in this narrative), but god is he insufferable.

The Crawfords are flakes, but at least they’re entertaining flakes so far.

Austen is always scathingly snarky but this is the first time I think she comes off a bit self-righteous??

#jane austen #mansfield park #btw I already know how the book ends #which is NOT HELPING #the moral of Austen’s books is imo #young women need to leave the damn house #even Lizzie who is already sparkly comes into her own when she leaves #Anne definitely benefits from getting tf away from her Dad’s #afaik Fanny never gets that? #besides visiting her bio family in Southampton #which is literally a manipulation tactic to say #haha see you could be poor and stuffed like sardines #see it could be worse! stay with us it’s your only option! #Fanny clings to William and Edmund because she never finds her people #she starts the novel not valued at all #and ends it valued only as so far as her Aunt finds her Helpful #however #I might be looking at this with too much of a 2024 morality #but that hasn’t really been an issue with other Austen novels #so… is it me? is the problem me? #not to be all women need to be xyz to be interesting… #wouldn’t Fanny make a great sympathetic villain #let my girl be jealous and bitter and totally in denial about it #that would only work if she felt emotionally entitled to Edmund #god this book is such a chore

[whothehellisrosee]

god I really love my corner of the internet

#ofmd #bbc ghosts #bbc sherlock #horrible histories #yonderland #good omens #jeeves and wooster #wwdits #doctor who #house md #singing in the rain #pride and prejudice #mansfield park #northanger abbey #sense and sensibility #persuasion #jane austen

[recycledmoviecostumes]

The Oscar nominated costumes for Sense and Sensibility were designed by Jenny Beavan and John Bright. They worked with one another on several other films, including The Remains of the Day, A Room With a View and The Bostonians. Their creations for Emma Thompson's screenplay of Jane Austen's famous novel have gone on to be used and altered for many Regency era films and television shows.

This white and blue checked gown has certainly made the rounds over the years, having been worn at least nine times. It first appeared in 1995 on Emma Thompson as Elinor Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility. It was seen again in 2000 on Honeysuckle Weeks as Alice in the television special Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings in a skit entitled Plots and Proposals.  In 2002 it was seen on an extra in the mini-series Napoléon.  In 2003 it was worn again by an extra in Byron, and in 2004 was utilized in the reality series Regency House Party on Victoria Hopkins.  The gown was worn twice in 2007, first in Mansfield Park on Billie Piper as Fanny Price, and then in Persuasion on Rosamund Stephen as Henrietta Musgrove. In 2011 it was spotted on Nicola Burley as Isabella Linton in Wuthering Heights.  Most recently the costume was seen in 2013 in Austenland on Georgia King as Lady Amelia Heartwright, though some trim has been added to the sleeves and empire waist to give it a slightly different look.

Costume Credit: carsNcors, Cintia, Shrewsbury Lasses

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#sense and sensibility #victoria wood #napoleon #regency house party #persuasion #mansfield park #wuthering heights #austenland

[fictionadventurer]

"It looked like a good day for setting fence posts, and my mother said so while taking the biscuits from the oven. 'Some morning early, when I can get away, I want you to come with me along the edge of the hill in the wood-lot," she continued. "When the shadows of the trees begin to come down the slope, as the sun rises you feel the turning of the earth. You feel the whole globe under your feet rolling into the sunlight. . . . That's something I found one morning when I was driving the calves to pasture. I've been saving it up for you. I wonder if you've seen a more beautiful dawn in any of the places you've been.'

On my fingers I count the dawns I have seen--memorable, just in being dawns. Sleepy-eyed dawn from the Paris markets after a night of dancing; mist dawn against which I was just to late to see the minarets of Constantinople--all the fault of the stupid stewardess who didn't wake me in time; one startling moment of color on the hills around the Dead Sea before they went colorless in merciless heat; sudden dawn like a clap of light over the freezing-cold Syrian desert. Four dawns in twenty years. No, I do not know dawns as my mother does."

-- Rose Wilder Lane, "A Place in the Country" (1925)

#little house #rose wilder lane #laura ingalls wilder #a little house sampler #i dove into the book seriously this morning #intended to read just the first couple of pieces and kept reading 'just one more' until i've got about 2/3 read #most of laura's pieces are familiar from her farm columns #though there's a couple of early versions of little house stories that show a lot of her voice did get through there #rose's are fascinating #i can't quite wrap my head around her #sometimes she'll seem neurotic and restless and judgey and sophisticated and a bit pretentious #and then she writes some of the most beautiful nostalgic pieces #showing so much love of home and family and the simple joys of life #this piece might be my favorite so far because it grapples with those two sides #after four years as a foreign correspondent she's back at home in mansfield #and she has a new appreciation for her parents and the work they do and the life they've built #now that she's had her adventures and is no longer a restless teen looking to get away from rural poverty #even in the other pieces it's fascinating how much love of her family comes through when you know about the difficult relationships #i should share some quotes from the piece about mary when i get the chance #(also i'm very upset that she didn't write down the story of why she and her parents never read the last book in the school library) #(you don't end with a sequel hook and just leave me hanging ms. lane!) #anyway i love the whole essay that this is from and there are other worthwhile quotes #but i like how this one captures the 'noticing beauty while doing farm work' side of laura that i've come to think of as her trademark

[quietparanoiac]

Benedick x Beatrice Charles Edwards x Eve Best crossover supremacy

#Charles Edwards #Eve Best #period drama #perioddramaedit #fantasyedit #The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power #House of the Dragon #Dolley Madison 2010 #Mansfield Park 1999 #Arthur & George #A Woman of No Importance 2018 #Shackleton 2002 #Bertie and Elizabeth 2002 #Downton Abbey #The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells #Life in Squares #The Shell Seekers 2006 #Much Ado About Nothing Globe #MAAN Globe #crossover #my gifs #the funniest fact about their filmographies #is that they played Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson but not in the same film

[bethanydelleman]

Can the Prices be considered part of the gentry? Mrs. Price was part of it when she was young but what about Mr. Price?

And assuming they're not, does Fanny become gentry when the Bertrams take her in? She keeps her last name and they're set on not raising her like their own daughters so I'm not sure if Fanny was actually adopted or just taken in.

Okay, so as a former Navy Marine Officer (which is distinct from a Naval Officer, think military on a ship), Mr. Price would probably be considered gentry or at least have an entry into the local gentry, but here is the problem: it's not just your birth/profession, you need to act like gentry.

The Prices do not. Mrs. Price does not entertain from her house at all. Yes, Mr. Price's drinking buddies come by, but we are explicitly told that Mrs. Price meets her friends outside after church. Gentry visit each other's houses and sit down inside. We also know she basically doesn't leave the house during the week. So they are not participating in gentry society.

The Bates, poor as they are, do participate though they have trouble reciprocating (they would not be able to host dinners). Mrs. Dashwood actually both hosts and visits, so she is a full participating member of the gentry (though she deliberately establishes a very small circle of friends, probably so she can afford to host properly for a few).

I have a whole post about how complex the bottom section of the gentry seems to be, but I would say here that if the Prices decided to act like gentry, they could be accepted, but they don't and have no real connections, so they probably would not be considered gentry.

As for Fanny, as far as I understand she is not adopted, this whole thing is very informal. Even with Frank Churchill, it's not totally clear if he is legally adopted or just tacitly confirmed to be the heir:

He had only himself to please in his choice: his fortune was his own; for as to Frank, it was more than being tacitly brought up as his uncle’s heir, it had become so avowed an adoption as to have him assume the name of Churchill on coming of age.

Avowed means "stated publicly" but it does not mean "legal" and it seems clear to me in the novel that Frank could still be disinherited (then again, Edward is and he's a real son, so I guess even adoption isn't rock solid...).

Anyway, in raising Fanny, it seems that while she benefits from her uncle's social standing, it does not erase her actual origins. After all, Mary kind of gives Henry the line they will use to introduce Fanny as his wife:

She is niece to Sir Thomas Bertram; that will be enough for the world. (Ch 30)

which does not mention her parents. Better to focus on the rich uncle and not the Price Family.

Lastly, it is not entirely clear if the Ward sisters were gentry, their uncle is a lawyer which might mean a gross, middle-class lawyer who works, not a gentry lawyer (barrister)... However, their former status doesn't really matter, it is far more important where the husband stands in society. While Lady Catherine may feel fancy with the courtesy title she has from being born as an earl's daughter, her marriage into the gentry makes her gentry as far as I understand. The Ward sisters married into the top, middle, and bottom of the gentry, that is where they exist. That is part of the reason why marriage was such a huge choice for women!

#question response #gentry #who counts as gentry #I didn't say this but they also only rent their house and have no land #so certainly not landed gentry #one of these edge cases #fanny price #mansfield park #the price family

[cedarboots]

save fanny price 2k23

#reading mansfield park again #she needs to get out of that house forever! the only difference between the people around her is that #some of them think they care about her #in the secret good version of mansfield park that only exists in my head she lesbian elopes with mary crawford #and never talks to henry or any of the bertrams ever again #austen #cedar barks

[have-you-read-this-short-fiction]

*Not to be confused with "A Doll's House", a Norwegian/Danish play by Henrik Ibsen. This is a short story by Katherine Mansfield.

#short stories #short story #the doll's house #katherine mansfield #20th century literature #english language literature #new zealander literature #kiwi literature #have you read this short fiction? #book polls #completed polls

[the-hottest-band-tournament]

Round one

Crowded House

Formed in: 1985

Genres: Pop rock, alt rock

Lineup: Neil Finn – lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano, guitars

Nick Seymour – bass

Paul Hester – drums, backing vocals

Albums from the 80s:

Crowded House [1986]

Temple of Low Men [1988]

Propaganda: 

Bruce Hornsby and the Range

Formed in: 1984

Genres: Soft rock

Lineup: Bruce Hornsby – vocals, grand piano, synthesizer, hammered dulcimer, accordion

David Mansfield – guitar, mandolin, violin

George Marinelli – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals

Joe Puerta – bass, backing vocals

John Molo – drums, percussion

Albums from the 80s:

The Way it Is [1986]

The Way it Is Tour 1986-87 [1987]

Scenes from the Southside [1988]

Propaganda:

#round 1 #Crowded house #bruce hornsby and the range #Neil Finn #Nick Seymour #Paul Hester #Bruce hornsby #david mansfield #George marinelli #Joe puerta #John molo #the hottest 80s band tournament #the hottest 80s band tourney

[curiousb]

The Kellynch Hall Yearbook: Volume XIV

We arrive just in time to join a meeting of the Kellynch Hall Hang-out Club - with Hester as a guest member - where everyone is nicely building their Charisma.

Outside, Joanna has dropped by, to leave a token of appreciation for her recent date with Louie.

Well, she is only a recent graduate herself, with not a lot of cash to spare I suppose!

Keziah and Marmaduke have finally stopped playing hard to get with each other.

James and Martha from Mansfield House have come over too, just to get engaged to each other it seems! This is the second time in four years that James has been affianced. Let's see if he can keep it in his pants this time...

It looks like Martha at least is intending to remain faithful - she lets a disappointed William know that any possible romance between them is now off-limits.

Meanwhile, there are fireworks for Keziah and Marmaduke.

And then it's back to the academic grind (in your underwear, if you're Erasmus).

#sims 2 #gameplay #merybury #de bourgh university #louie willoughby #william bertram #keziah dashwood #marmaduke elton #erasmus collins #hester fairfax #joanna brandon #james morland #martha knightley #kellynch hall #mansfield house

[ofliterarynature]

MAY 2023 WRAP UP

loved liked okay no thanks dnf book club*

The Sugared Game | Think of England | Slippery Creatures | We Free the Stars | The Song of Achilles* | Clary Sage | Busman’s Honeymoon | We Hunt the Flame | Salt Fat Acid Heat | House of Many Ways | Mansfield Park | The Mimicking of Known Successes | The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet | Scorched Grace | Mostly Dead Things

I hope anyone else who had a long weekend for Memorial Day had some good reading! I fully intended to start Bordertown and next months book club but did not, oops. Instead I had an excellent time hiking at one of our state parks, so I guess the trade off is fair!

I’d also love recommendations for a classic mystery series or my next DWJ if you have any thoughts.

* * *

The highlight of this month was the final Peter Wimsey novel Busman’s Honeymoon, which was so good, everyone was right about the Harriet Vane books being the best, and I’m devastated there’s not more (I still have to hunt down the short stories, but it’s not the same).

As for the good, Mansfield Park was my last, much belated Austen and while slow, I love Fanny so much! House of Many Ways was also fun, and I think I can conclusively say I didn’t like HMC much not because tumblr had spoiled me, but because I enjoy Howl more in small doses and not as the entree. Clary Sage was an unexpected but welcome little addition to the Greenwing & Dart series (Hal!!!) and I’m mad at my brain that I haven’t been able to wrangle myself into reading Victoria’s previous release yet. Which is to say, I’ve thrown myself at KJ Charles because I know they’ll be enjoyable, easy reads and I’m trying desperately to get my reading brain back on track. (So far I’d rate Will Darling better than The Magpie Lord, if we want to talk her mystery series)

Salt Fat Acid Heat probably would have gotten bumped up to ‘liked” if I’d had a physical copy to look at (would not rec just the audiobook) so I might do that in the future. We Hunt the Flame was ok - definitely readable, I liked the second book more but maybe just from familiarity - but it’s on that YA/adult line I’m not super into right now. The Mimicking of Known Successes had interesting world building, but the mystery was meh. I also don’t think you should be able to call your mc sherlockian if they’re an actual member of a police force?

(The less said about Achilles the better, if I’d been reading it for myself I’d have quit before 50%)

Several DNFs this month, alas. Lizzie Bennet was the third and last of the P&P spin-offs I own and the only one I quit. I probably could have finished it, but it wasn’t amazing writing and the characters were very immature. Maybe it’d work better if you read it while watching the show? (And not 8 years later lol). I was super disappointed to quit Scorched Grace, queer nun + mystery is a fascinating combo, but it was trying so hard for gritty modern noir that it was off putting. I also tried and quit Mostly Dead Things the same day - I was drawn in by the weirdness of the blurb, but it was pretty quickly obvious it was going more sad than quirky and we weren’t going to get along.

#booklr #book log #2023 #wrap up 2023 #Bec posts #kj charles #we hunt the flame #song of Achilles #nine worlds #lord peter wimsey #house of many ways #mansfield park #the mimicking of known successes #salt fat acid heat

[p1325]

My book collection is enlarging again :D

Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice

Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights

Louisa May Alcott - Little Women

Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre

Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility

Edith Wharton - The Age Of Innocence

Jane Austen - Emma

Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary

Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey

Edith Wharton - The House of Mirth

Jane Austen - Persuasion

Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives

Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Scarlet Letter

Charlotte Bronte - The Professor

Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina (Part 1)

Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina (Part 2)

Jane Austen - Juvenilia

Mary Elizabeth Braddon - Lady Audley’s Secret

George Sand - Little Fadette

Daniel Defoe - Lady Roxana

#book collection #storie senza tempo #novelas eternas #romans eternels #literature #jane austen #daniel defoe #leo tolstoy #anna karenina #pride and predujice #edith wharton #emma #the age of innocence #the house of mirth #persuasion #mansfield park #jane eyre #charlotte bronte #little women #good wives #louisa may alcott #madame bovary #lady roxana #the scarlet letter #emily bronte #wuthering heights #books

[backwoodzbarbie]

Jayne photographed at her Pink Palace for TIME, 1960

#jayne mansfield #60s vintage #blonde #blonde bombshell #60s fashion #pink #pink aesthetic #barbie #house goals

[chaoticdesertdweller]

"Baywood", Pittsburgh, PA c.1880

"A revitalized portion of the former Alexander King Estate, this iconic, sophisticated home is truly a piece of art that has been restored to its era. The Baywood Mansion is one of the most distinctive, influential properties in all of Highland Park. A treasured family home for generations and the former site of the Pittsburgh Art Museum, this beautiful residence is the embodiment of Second Empire Victorian architecture and design."

**Not my pics. Real estate listing.**

#victorian architecture #pittsburgh pennsylvania #second empire #victorian house #old house #old architecture #historic architecture #historic district #1880s #alexander king #pennsylvania #Pittsburgh #history #historical landmark #nhs #real estate #clawfoot bathtub #fireplace #pink fireplace #jayne mansfield vibes #old ghosts #tower #grand staircase #restored #restoration #Pittsburgh Art Museum

[leche-flandom]

I think at first glance Fanny Price looks like the weakest of Austen's heroines but do you know how much strength it takes not to spill the tea on someone who deserves it? I would have been in the town square yelling about Maria Bertram backflippin over a fence because of some plain guy's shabby reverse psychology ASAP

#she had dirt on errbody in that house i think #been a while since i read it #but that fence part was so funny to me #mansfield park #jane austen #fanny price #henry crawford #sick day #stuck in bed with a mountain of tissues and my rambling brain