About Sharry…
I’m a fourth year uni student and who has always loved historical fictions – it’s such an engaging way to learn about history! If I could, I would love to spend a day in the Romantic Age or the Victorian Age, though I don’t think I’d survive very long in society. I think it’s so thrilling to see the paintings and photographs, the costumes and mannerisms, take life on the big screen. Apart from European period dramas, I’m also hopelessly addicted to Asian and Indian period dramas. The very first period drama I’ve watched and still remember was Anne of Green Gables!
So I’ve finally got around to watching a movie for the “Period Drama Challenge” hosted by Lights, Camera…History! It’s normally not so difficult for me to make time to watch my favorite period dramas, but just as I make the committment to do so, I got swamped in other tasks. Tonight, though, I thought I’d better get going since I’ve got six movies to watch! And, it’s a rainy evening, so I immediately thought of the 2007 version of Northanger Abbey. I’m putting this one down for the Bonnets and Hessians (the Regency Period) category.
“Perhaps after all it is possible to read too many novels!”
The “scatterbrain little creature” Catherine Morland lives more in her novels than in the real world. When she is invited by Mr. and Mrs. Allen to visit the big city of Bath, she is giddy with excitement. Little does she realize the scandals and adventures of the real world are so much less romantic than those that play out in her daydreams.
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