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I'm also a usually quiet, reserved Lady, who enjoys books, tea, baking, and movies! I spend most of my time reading one of my favorite books or wishing I was reading my favorite books. My Grand Passion is history, particularly the Regency Period in England, when Jane Austen wrote, Lord Nelson defeated the French Fleet at Trafalgar, the Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon, and men were Gentlemen and women Ladies. I cherish the thought of being a Lady and love manners, being proper, and having proper tea. My favorite tea is Twinings, especially Earl Grey or Prince of Wales. My specialty to make is Scones with Devon Cream. I am a Catholic and a Conservative.

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Thursday, March 30, 2006

Much Ado About a Folio

Oh, I wish I could buy this! Or at least see it and smell it and feel the old pages beneath my finger tips. How exquisite it must be. Such history.

Reuters: Much ado about Shakespeare's first folio sale---

LONDON (Reuters) - A complete First Folio edition of William Shakespeare's plays, in prime condition and still in its 17th century calf leather binding, is expected to fetch up to 3.5 million pounds when it goes on sale in July.

Hailed by auctioneer Sotheby's as the most important book in English literature, the First Folio is credited with saving for posterity many of the bard's plays including "Macbeth," "Twelfth Night" and "Julius Caesar" which had never before been printed.

"The First Folio preserves 18 of his plays, including some of the most major, which otherwise would have been lost for all time," English literature specialist Peter Selley said as the volume was put on show on Thursday.

"Relatively complete copies of the Folio in contemporary or near contemporary bindings very rarely come to market. There is only one copy recorded as remaining in private hands," he added.

The only copy in private hands similar to the one going for sale was bought by Paul Getty in April 2002.

Printed in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare's death and containing 36 plays, only about 250 copies of the First Folio survive and most of those are incomplete.

The volume up for sale on July 13 has been in the William's Library -- a key research facility for English Protestant dissent -- since about 1716, making it the longest uninterrupted ownership by a public library of any copy in the world.
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The thick tome with its heavy, yellowing pages and portrait of England's leading playwright on the front is not only unique for its completeness and condition.

It contains detailed notes in the margins made, it is believed, by contemporary scholars and giving an insight into the understanding and interpretation of the wordsmith's masterworks soon after his own era.

"The profusion of markings in this volume does much to illuminate a contemporary or near-contemporary reader's taste for, and in some measure interpretation of, Shakespeare's works," said Sotheby's English manuscript expert Peter Beal.
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(Crossposted at A Lady's Ruminations)

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Sunday, March 05, 2006

Pride & Prejudice Quizzes!

Elizabeth Bennet
Elizabeth Bennet


Which of the Pride & Prejudice Sisters are You?
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Hooray! Lizzy is my favorite!

And:

Mr Darcy
Your proud and prejudiced match is Mr Fitzwilliam

Darcy! One of those dark and mysterious

hotties... mmmm...


Which 'Pride and Prejudice' guy is for you?
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Oh, Mr. Darcy, I love!

And:

Elizabeth Bennet
Elizabeth Bennet.


Which Pride and Prejudice Woman Are You?
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And:

You are most like Jane. You don't let your feelings

for a person show, are quiet, and more

reserved.


Pride and Prejudice? (girls)
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And:

HASH(0x8cd7550)
You are Elizabeth Bennet! You are smart and funny

and you love to read. You will find the

perfect person in the end!


Which Pride and Prejudice Character are you?
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And, the best, as it concerns the newest movie version!:

pride
Lucky you!
You are a real Mr. Darcy fan.
I agree, he was an arrogant man at first, who seem

realy intolerable and proud. But as we get to

know him, he's a handsome man of feelings!


Pride and Prejudice
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*faints* :)