A collection of stories tagged 'austen' from NPR. http://www.reverbiage.com/ Copyright 2006 Reverbiage.com. Reverbiage is not affiliated with NPR nor its member stations. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:45:32 EST Andrew Davies is the go-to screenwriter for adapting classic literature for television and the movies. He adapts Northanger Abbey and Sense and Sensibility as PBS prepares to air The Complete Jane Austen. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/44221 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18212238&ft=1&f=1021 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:00:00 EST Robin Swicord is the writer and director of the new film The Jane Austin Book Club. She talks about being one of a relatively few female directors in Hollywood -- and what it's like to make the transition from screenwriter to director. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/39752 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14623527&ft=1&f=1008 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:00:00 EDT After a summer of pure escapism, Hollywood has decided that this fall, audiences are ready for something real. We look ahead to the autumn box office, with films that range from the war in Iraq, to Jane Austen, to corporate corruption. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/38967 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14083513&ft=1&f=1008 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EDT The dialogue in this fanciful "biography" certainly isn't up to the beloved novelist's standard, but the performances do sparkle and the look is Merchant Ivory-lush -- so there's plenty of pleasure to be had. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/37776 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12075000 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:00:00 EDT In a modern twist to Jane Austen's classic novels, author Shannon Hale tells the coming-of-age story of a woman who grapples with her Jane Austen obsession at Pembrook Park, a British resort that caters to Austen-crazed women. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/36098 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11259913 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:18:00 EDT Christie's is putting up for sale the only known oil painting of Jane Austen. The portrait could fetch up to $800,000 at auction, but some skeptics say the young girl in the painting is just too pretty to be the author. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/33500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9669835 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:01:00 EDT Some of the world's greatest prose and poetry may lie in the ash heap of history, according to Stuart Kelly. In The Book of Lost Books, he describes works by Jane Austen, Aristophanes, Sylvia Plath and others whose bibliographies may be incomplete. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/20268 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5476008 Sat, 10 Jun 2006 19:53:00 EDT Director Joe Wright's screen adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" opens today, but members of the Jane Austen Society have already gotten a sneak peek. Some of the group's members have openly criticized the movie, much to the chagrin of the film studio. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/3141 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5008725 Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST