The Autonomous Woman

Jane Austen meets Artemisia Gentileschi

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A Regency Romance (1)

PART ONE

PINK

 THE VAGUEST IMPRESSION

 

 ANGEL IN A PINK DRESS UNDER A PINK CEILING

part one

 

 ANGEL IN A PINK DRESS UNDER A PINK CEILING
part two

PRETTY POWERFUL IN PINK

DON'T CHANGE COLOUR

Epistolary (Half-) Eschewed

Portrait of a Young Woman, writing a letter, by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1802 -1804. 

Image courtesy of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. 

I am sorry to have interrupted her; she is rather lovely, rather to be loved and written about than briefly employed as a cover girl.

All roads in this land lead to Pemberley. Jane Austen, the prosaic revolutionary, waits quietly, with gloves and bonnet on, at the crossroads of 18th century and modern novels. The bonnet conceals the expression in her eyes, which isn't quiet at all.

Audio: Till this moment, I never knew myself

 

Pride and Prejudice, which seems so fresh and spontaneous on every reading, took eighteen years to evolve, from the first draft written in 1796-97 to publication in 1813. It had a gestation period almost as long as the heroine's life 

Epistolary

Part One

The Love Letter by Fragonard. 1770s. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Image: WGA

Part Two

 Clarissa Harlowe in the Prison Room of the Sheriff's Office by Landseer, 

exhibited 1833 © Tate Gallery London

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