A Late Cast that Book

A weekly meme that showcases my "cast" of a book if it were to become a movie. Anyone can join!

Happy Sunday. Sorry about this not being posted yesterday, buuuuuuuuuuuuut it slipped my mind due to work and then going to the club with my friends in celebration of my friend's 20th birthday.

This week I'll be sharing my cast for Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. I haven't seen the movie yet, so my views on the characters have not been influenced. Hahaha.

CAST:
Catherine Morland - Ellen Page

Henry Tilney - Sebastian Stan

*swoons* Couldn't resist sharing this too.

Isabella Thrope - Hayden Panettiere

John Thrope - Hayden Christensen

Mrs. Allen - Brenda Vaccaro

Mr. Allen - Alan Alda

Captain Tilney - Wes Bentley

Eleanor Tilney - Tamzin Merchant

James Morland - Ben Barnes

General Tilney - Alan Dale (with a beard)

Who would you cast?

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<3CaroleRae

Bookish Blog Hop & Jane Austen's Novels

Happy Tuesday! As you may know, I finally accomplished a goal of mine....I read all of Jane Austen's novels! I still have her short writes to read, but oh well. Now I'll give my official opinions of the Austen world. Woot woot.

Favorites from Best to Least:
-Persuasion
-Mansfield Park
-Pride and Prejudice (tied for third)
-Northanger Abbey (tied for third)
-Emma
-Sense and Sensibility

Favorite Heroines from Best to Least:
-Elizabeth Bennet
-Fanny Price
-Anne Elliot
-Catherine Morland (tied)
-Elinor Dashwood (tied)
-Emma Woodhouse
-Marianne Dashwood

Favorite Men from Best to Least:
-Captain Wentworth (*drools*)
-Mr. Darcy (^.^)
-Colonel Brandon
-Edward Ferrars
-Henry Tilney
-Mr. Knightly
-Edmund Bertram


Jane Austen is one of the best authors ever. After reading her novels, the evidence is clear as day as to why she is so highly remembered. Her novels has lasted so long and they'll still be remembered for hundreds of years to come. Hopefully my future kids will love her like I do.

Next on my list? I'm going to watch a version of 'Emma' and 'Northanger Abbey'. Now I'm going to re-watch 'Jane Austen Book Club', which I watched a while back, but missed some of the inside jokes because I had only read a couple of the novels. Exciting!

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Book Review: Northanger Abbey

Author: Jane Austen

Title: Northanger Abbey
Genre: Historical Romance, Classic, Gothic, humor
Pages: 205

First Published: December 1817
Where I Got It: My shelf (bought at Goodwill)

"Northanger Abbey follows seventeen-year-old Gothic novel aficionado Catherine Morland and family friends Mr. and Mrs. Allen as they visit Bath. It is Catherine's first visit there. She meets new friends, such as Isabella Thorpe, and goes to balls. Catherine finds herself pursued by Isabella's brother, the rough-mannered, slovenly John Thorpe, and by her real love interest, Henry Tilney. She also becomes friends with Eleanor Tilney, Henry's younger sister. Henry captivates her with his view on novels and his knowledge of history and the world. General Tilney (Henry and Eleanor's father) invites Catherine to visit their estate, Northanger Abbey, which, from her reading of Ann Radcliffe's Gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho, she expects to be dark, ancient and full of Gothic horrors and fantastical mystery."

Finally finished this book. It took me a while, but I always take my time with classics and especially Jane Austen books. For the older stuff it's better that way...at least for me. It's been a couple days since I finished this, so I don't recall half of what I wanted to say and comment on. Mmmm, oh well I guess. 

I liked this, but I feel like I was missing how this was suppose to be funny. Yes, there was a couple funny bits, but I feel like I missed it. How was it funny?! I felt it was really sad and upsetting at points. I mean Henry teased the naive Catherine and points and Isabella was an idiot to the point it was funny. Catherine is odd, Mrs Allen is so out of it that its funny. Perhaps that was the humor? The same could be said about Isabella's brother. At first I really liked Isabella, but after a few chapters I wanted to slap some sense into that thick head of hers. Mmmmm.....but yes, I felt like this was more serious then I expected when I heard that this is "humorous". 

Even though I missed 90% of the humor, I really liked this! Oddly enough it is now tied to my third favorite of the Austen novels. I can't wait to watch the movie soon! Perhaps the movie can change my opinion of Mr. Tilney, because he bugged me. I can't put my finger on it, but I wasn't a fan of him. I feel like he is more realistic to all the other lovely men in her novels. He is more complex and has more "depth", I suppose you can say. All the characters have that same realistic feel to them. It's really hard to explain until you've read all the other books and then this one. 

I loved the concoction that Jane Austen created with this one. There is romance, a little bit of humor, mystery, a small touch of Gothic, and adventure all mixed in one. This novel defiantly shows Jane Austen's genius with the pen. If only she had a chance to write more novels. *sighs* Oh well. I least I still have her short writes to read. ^.^

All-in-all, I really this and I am glad I saved this for last. The characters and the story kept me highly entertained and interested even though it took me an eon to read it. Life....I would recommend this for those that love Jane Austen and other classic novels. You will love this! I was worried I would hate this, but in the end I'm so glad I finally got myself to read this. Out of five stars I grant this 5 stars. It would be 4.5, but I don't give decimals, so I rounded. 

Favorite Character(s): Catherine (she was so naive, but I highly loved her), Isabella (at the beginning) James (Catherine's brother was so cute...poor guy), Mr. Tilney (near the end he got better), and Eleanor Tilney (a darling) 
Not-so Favorite Character(s): General Tilney (GAH), Isabella (middle and ending she made me hate her), and Mr. Thrope (I wanted to kick him from the moment he set foot on stage).

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<3CaroleRae

Who, Where, What? (1)

A weekly meme created by Melissa over at My World in words and pages

I am rather bored right now, so I shall finally join in on this weekly meme created by my blog homie, Melissa. ^.^ This meme was created for those to share where they are in a book they are reading. Make sure to not give away spoilers! Just share who your with, where you're at, and what is going on in your book. 

Right now I'm nearly done with Northanger Abbey by the always fabulous Jane Austen. I'm so close to the end I can smell it! I've been working on this book for a while now. Gah!

I'm with Catherine over at Northanger Abbey in England during the 19th century. Things are starting to get "spooky", Catherine is now convinced Northanger Abbey is supporting supernatural beings and objects. 

^.^ Where are you in your adventures?









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<3CaroleRae

Thursday Book Teaser: Northanger Abbey

A weekly meme created by Carole (me) to share excerpts and book teasers from books. Anyone can join, just make sure not to give away any spoilers.

Happy Thursday everyone! It's almost the weekend! I'm really excited for Friday, because it is my first day of classroom observation. I'll be setting in a classroom and observing the students and especially the teacher for 20 hours. What makes it even more exciting is that my first school is an alternative school. ^.^ That's the teaching I would like to do: help the outcasts get the education they deserve in an environment that is there for them. I can't wait to run my own classroom.

Well this week I'll be sharing a teaser from Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. This time I just randomly flipped to a random page. I closed my eyes and let my finger land on a random spot. 

Page Number: 92

Sentence beginning at: starting at paragraph 4

"This bold surmise, however, she soon learnt comprehended but half the fact. The anxious affection, which she was accused of having continually watched in Isabella's every look and action, had, in the course of their yesterday's party, received the delightful confession of an equal love. Her heart and faith were alike engaged to James - Never had Catherine listened to any thing so full interest, wonder, and joy....."

I would continue but a big spoiler lay in the next couple of sentences! haha. 

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<3CaroleRae

Dusty Reads (4)

~This is a weekly meme created by Xpressoreads that showcases books that have been sitting on your shelf for a while and is a little dusty...~

Happy Tuesday. Today I'll be participating in Dusty Reads, which gives a little light to those dusty books sitting on your shelf that you haven't read yet. For this week, I'm going to be showcasing a classical novel that I've been avoiding for years now...Northanger Abbey by the all-so talented Jane Austen.

"The story’s unlikely heroine is Catherine Morland, a remarkably innocent seventeen-year-old woman from a country parsonage. While spending a few weeks in Bath with a family friend, Catherine meets and falls in love with Henry Tilney, who invites her to visit his family estate, Northanger Abbey. Once there, Catherine, a great reader of Gothic thrillers, lets the shadowy atmosphere of the old mansion fill her mind with terrible suspicions. What is the mystery surrounding the death of Henry’s mother? Is the family concealing a terrible secret within the elegant rooms of the Abbey? Can she trust Henry, or is he part of an evil conspiracy? Catherine finds dreadful portents in the most prosaic events, until Henry persuades her to see the peril in confusing life with art."

Have any of you read this? Did you like it?

I simply adore Jane Austen, but I just haven't want to read this. I keep avoiding it. For heaven's sake I read Emma and Sense and Sensibility before this one (for those that don't know, I'm not a huge fan of these two books because of the main characters).

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<3CaroleRae