Showing posts with label jane austen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jane austen. Show all posts

19. yy romanlarından aşk dersleri

12.05.2013

Resmi buradan arakladım.

Kitap kurtları, hayata dair pek çok şeyi daha yaşamadan kitaplardan öğrenirler. Aşk da bunlardan biri. Bunun iyi mi, yoksa kötü mü olduğu sonu görünmeyen bir tartışmadır tabii ki. Bana sorarsanız mesela özellikle aşkı kitaplardan okumak pek de iyi bir şey değil çünkü beklentilerinizi yükseltiyor ve çoğu zaman gerçek hayattaki aşk, edebiyattakini taklit edemiyor.

Huffington Post yazarlarından Claire Fallon da benim gibi düşünenlerden. 19’uncu yüzyıl romanlarından aşka dair aldığı dersleri paylaşıp, bir de iğneleyici teşekkür çakmış! Ben kısaca dersleri çeviriyorum; tamamını okumak için buraya tıklayabilirsiniz.

Jane Austen severlere müjde!

9.24.2012

Harvard University Press, Jane Austen'ın daha kolay okunabilmesi için kitaplarının açıklamalı versiyonlarını çıkarıyor.

Jane Austen'ın yüzüğü 234,668 USD'ye satıldı

7.25.2012

Austen 1817 yılında vefat ettiğinden beri ailesinde olan, yukarıda gördüğünüz yüzüğü açık artırmaya çıkarılmış. Tahmin edildiğinin beş katına, 234,668 USD'ye alıcı bulmuş

Çok zengin olduğumuzu farzedelim... Sevdiğiniz bir yazarın bu tarz bir eşyasına sahip olmak için dünya kadar para öder miydiniz?

Gerçek Jane Austen? / The real Jane Austen?

12.12.2011

Jane Austen'ı hep bu resminden biliyoruz. Ancak şu ana kadar hiç kimsenin Austen'ın gerçekten bu kadın olduğuna inananı görmedim. Resimdeki kadına da hakaret edermişim gibi olmasın ama bir türlü yazdıklarıyla uyuşmuyor bu resim. 

Geçen günlerde kendisinin aşağıdaki resmi ortaya çıktı. Ha, ikisi de aynı kadınsa bilemem ama ben benzetemedim şahsen. 

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We've always known Jane Austen as the woman in the portrait above. I've never seen anyone believe it's really her. I don't want to sound offensive toward the woman in the picture above, but somehow she doesn't match anything Austen's written.

A short while ago, a new portrait of her you see below has surfaced. I don't know if they're two different pictures of the same woman, but I don't see similarities.

Resmi ortaya çıkaran Austen araştırmacısı Dr. Paule Byrne'nin yorumlarını resmi yürüttüğüm sayfada okuyabilirsiniz.

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You can read the comments of the Austen scholar Dr. Paule Byrne who revealed the photo. Here's the link to the story, where I've also stolen the photo from.

Book Review - Jane Austen: A Life Revealed by Catherine Reef

1.03.2011

Jane Austen’s popularity never seems to fade. She has hordes of devoted fans, and there have been numerous adaptations of her life and work. But who was Jane Austen? The writer herself has long remained a mystery. And despite the resonance her work continues to have for teens, there has never been a young adult trade biography on Austen.

Catherine Reef changes that with this highly readable account. She takes an intimate peek at Austen’s life and innermost feelings, interweaving her narrative with well-crafted digests of each of Austen’s published novels. The end result is a book that is almost as much fun to read as Jane’s own work—and truly a life revealed. Includes bibliography and index.



ARC received as e-book from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt through NetGalley.

This is the first biography of Jane Austen aimed at teens. I loved Jane Austen for as long as I can remember, including my teens, so I can't speak for the teens of today, but the teen me would have loved it. The adult me did.

Catherine Reef looks at Austen's life in detail. She draws from historical facts, letters, etc. and includes recollections from family members, illustrations and photographs. When telling readers about Jane Austen and her life, she points out quite a bit of historical facts relevant to her time, and they're very fun and interesting to read. I especially enjoyed Cassandra's illustrations of one of Jane's very early works, the early illustrations of Austen's novels and the photo and description of 'bathing machines' from the 1800s.

In addition to these, Reef also uses images from film adaptations of Jane Austen's books, and doesn't forget to mention that her novel Emma inspired the 1995 film "Clueless," which I must add is one of my favorite movies.

The only parts that went slowly for me were the parts where Reef describes Jane's novels. I get the purpose it serves though: it's great for those who haven't read any of her novels and are planning to. But for me, it was slowing this book down since I've read the novels, all of them more than once.

I only have one warning: there's a family tree at the end of the book; look at it before you start reading. I didn't realize it was there until I got to the end, and I must admit the names might get confusing at times.



It still makes me want to re-read the Austen novels, though, which I just might do this year.

The book will be published on April 18, 2011.

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