Lady Aves of Allen Hall

Account for my experience in #7922Austen at @LSUEnglish. English PhD student, Bi/she/they, expect lots of strong feelings and .gifs. Usually @avesferatu

[Lady Aves of Allen Hall @AvesReadsAusten]

charlotte: “I’m 27, I have no money and no prospects, I’m a burden to my parents, and I’m frightened”
me: #7922Austen

[Elyse Martin @champs_elyse]

I have never before so understood the desire of Jane Austen characters to go on daily long walks through the country.

[Lady Aves of Allen Hall @AvesReadsAusten]

some light humor in our current situation #7922Austen

[Emily @OtherPens]

Jane Austen Characters during COVID - a thread

[Lady Aves of Allen Hall @AvesReadsAusten]

(so this was an Interesting Thread!)

[it's mountiny @mountiny_1024]

so, for some reason, it never crossed my mind that fanfiction of jane austens works was a thing and apparently they call them "sequels" or "variations".

my mind is blown.

i must investigate this, let's see what i can find 🔍

[Lady Aves of Allen Hall @AvesReadsAusten]

(seriously what is it with 27 being the specific age for old maids, it’s unsettling)

[Lady Aves of Allen Hall @AvesReadsAusten]

charlotte: “I’m 27, I have no money and no prospects, I’m a burden to my parents, and I’m frightened”
me: #7922Austen

[Lady Aves of Allen Hall @AvesReadsAusten]

@sophiepkennedy @austendaddy Mr. Collins’s patroness Lady Catherine de Burgh is either a borzoi or a really snooty Persian, can’t decide. #7922Austen

[Lady Aves of Allen Hall @AvesReadsAusten]

@austendaddy @molly_engl7922 so you’re just hella prepared for that week!!
(also @littlelionhands did the same thing for northanger abbey week, so don’t feel bad 😂)

[Lady Aves of Allen Hall @AvesReadsAusten]

@sophiepkennedy brothers in austen are always weirdly realistic to my experience of having them

[Lady Aves of Allen Hall @AvesReadsAusten]

finally, apropos of nothing scholarly, question for our esteemed ladies (and our dudes if they want) if you were Lizzie and went through that whole novel with Darcy being Darcy, would you accept his second proposal? I’m genuinely curious here & don’t want to assume. #7922Austen

[Lady Aves of Allen Hall @AvesReadsAusten]

also @littlelionhands and I have talked about THE HAND THING from the knightley/mcfayden adaptation like a million times, so I’d like to ask the rest of the class what they think of it and why it’s something that seems to resonate so hard?? #7922Austen

[Lady Aves of Allen Hall @AvesReadsAusten]

so clearly a lot of my questions this week will be focusing on why P&P gets the space in pop culture that it does. I’m really interested in comparing proposal/declaration scenes across the works we’ve read so far - does anything stick out about Darcy’s take 2? #7922Austen

[Jane Austen @JaneAustenLIVES]

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen — the first marriage proposal

[Lady Aves of Allen Hall @AvesReadsAusten]

@Olivia01411105 @R_druzdzel why does that remind me of the dude from evelina

[Lady Aves of Allen Hall @AvesReadsAusten]

@austendaddy I am always most attracted to someone when I hate them just a little for being a jerk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Lady Aves of Allen Hall @AvesReadsAusten]

@Olivia01411105 happy to help 🖤

[Lady Aves of Allen Hall @AvesReadsAusten]

Finally, please be prepared for me to mention Pride and Prejudice and Zombies at some point during seminar when (most possibly) appropriate. It’s going to happen, and it will very likely be ridiculous. #7922Austen

[Lady Aves of Allen Hall @AvesReadsAusten]

I’d also love to put all of Austen’s heroines in conversation with each other. Is Lizzie seen as the most pop-culturally aspirational, or is that just me projecting hardcore? #7922Austen

[Lady Aves of Allen Hall @AvesReadsAusten]

(sorry I disappeared, been a wild couple weeks)
I love P&P as both a novel and a big question of cultural engagement - why do we think this is the novel that gets the countless spinoffs and re-imaginings? I’m curious what people are thinking. #7922Austen

[Lady Aves of Allen Hall @AvesReadsAusten]

“An air of distraction, embarrassment, and stupidity” - found my new tinder bio. #7922Austen

[Lady Aves of Allen Hall @AvesReadsAusten]

My cat keeps trying to eat the Sedgwick piece. Can’t tell if that means he agrees or disagrees with her stance. 🧐 #7922Austen