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I'm completely engrossed on the latest Masterpiece Theater production. If you missed it on television, you can watch online here until May 3:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/master.....watch.html
I'm particularly impressed with Matthew Macfadyen. He's quite a good actor--despite his so-so performance in Pride and Prejudice.
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Hurry and watch, today's the last day. Also, Jane Austen Today has a great post on the series with some interesting links and pictures. Love that purple wedding dress!
http://janitesonthejames.blogs.....l-may.html
Included in that post is a link to Dickensblog which explains the Clennam family secrets. In the series, this part isn't explained in great detail. I was very confused on how Amy Dorrit was involved. This post explains it all for you:
http://dickensblog.typepad.com.....-faqs.html
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In the Weekend Wall Street Journal (May 2-3, 2009), Tina Brown listed Middlemarch as one of the five best novels about the vagaries of reputation. She mentioned that this is her favorite of the five. Little Dorrit was also mentioned in this list
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Do you have a link to that article?
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Here is the link. I didn't know whether it would work if you didn't have a Wall Street Journal Online account, but you can try it.
http://online.wsj.com/article/.....79543.html
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I think it works for a few days after the pub date for those of us without accounts.
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