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Two World Cup fans celebrate and then suddenly stop.
Amber: My plastic surgeon doesn't want me doing any activity where balls fly at my nose. Dionne: Well, there goes your social life.
Oliver Twist holds up an empty bowl in Oliver Twist (1968).
The ball scene from Sense and Sensibility between Willoughby and Marianne Dashwood plays under commentary. It looks like a World Cup highlight reel.
The picnic scene from Box Hill from Jane Austen's "Emma" is presented like highlights from the World Cup. A scoreboard shows Emma vs. Miss Bates.
Caroline Bingley (Anna Chancellor) tells Louisa Hurst (Lucy Robinson) how she got Folarin Balogun’s red card suspension lifted. From Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Harry Kane looking very aristocratic (questionable) in his England kit.
The original dust jacket for The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. It is a plain cream background featuring a young white woman with short brown hair wearing a sleeveless white dress and a light pink shawl.
A humanoid white and black robot starts a marathon in Beijing. Several steps later, the robot trips over a tiny strip on the road and falls to the ground, shattering its upper half as its legs frantically kick. Captain Wentworth does not come to its rescue.
Presumably, while watching the women’s figure skating at the Olympics, Lady Catherine de Bourgh (Barbara Leigh-Hunt) says, “If I had ever learnt, I should be a true proficient.” From Pride and Prejudice (1995).
Title page for Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice: a novel in three volumes. By the author of Sense and Sensibility. Vol I London: printed by T. Egerton, 1813”
Image of Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice (1995) looking off camera at Lizzy as she tells him he's the last man in the world she could ever be prevailed upon to marry (sure, Lizzy). Below is a tweet by @wwxwashere "if you see me being yelled at by a beautiful woman, leave it. i'm exactly where i want to be."
Meme of man walking with girlfriend but looking at other woman. Man: Melville, girlfriend: the plot, other woman: whale anatomy facts.
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The title page for the first edition of Jane Austen’s “Emma.” “Emma: a novel in three volumes. By the author of “Pride and Prejudice” Vol I. London. Printed for John Murray 1816.”
Taron Egerton as Elton John wearing a loud pink feathered outfit sits next to Richard Madden in a muted black ensemble. Over Taron: “Jane Austen writing Northanger Abbey.” Over Richard: “Jane Austen writing Mansfield Park.”
Maeby from Arrested Development says “Well, that was a freebie.”
Pencil sketch of Jane Austen by her sister Cassandra Austen.
Celebrate Jane Austen's 250th Anniversary in Bath. Spring celebrations: April 7-12. Autumn Celebrations: October 13-18. StrictlyJaneAusten.com Use code Mrs Jennings.
Edmund Bertram Valentine's Day Card "You have my heart and 12.5% of my DNA. Be my Valentine, Dearest Cousin."
Montoya screams and cries on the beach with his shirt open
Elon jumping off the Cobb in Lyme
Beyoncé appears shocked at the Grammys
Henry Tilney (JJ Feilds) and Catherine Morland (Felicity Jones) in Northanger Abbey (2008).
Various Jane Austen characters spliced together to sing Happy Birthday to her.
Duolingo owl: you made 1296 mistakes this year
Wishbone Darcy in an adorable black jacket and white cravat
Glenn Close, John Mallovich, and Michelle Pfeiffer in Dangerous Liaisons (1988).
Mary Bennet smirks behind a pianoforte in Pride and Prejudice (1995).
Elizabeth Bennet watches President Biden walk into the Amazon rainforest.
Charlotte Lucas addresses Lizzy about her lack of prospects and how Leonardo DiCaprio won’t date her. From Pride and Prejudice (2005)
Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers. Attributed to SOCRATES by Plato, according to William L. Jun 3, 2015
Now Gen Z are waging war on our sandwiches! How younger Brits are ditching English classics like ham and mustard in favour of fancy woke fillings
Gray Text: photo of the cover of Sex, Lies and Sensibility by Nikki Payne Gray text: I just checked out the new romance bookstore in Alexandria and picks up this based on your suggestion. Very excited to read it Green text: woohoo! Hope you like it!
Owl at the Library’s profile. “Books, beauty, wholesome whimsy. Dickens lover. Married to Rachel Herrington. “Gets dressed up like a pillow so she’s always in bed.”
Newspaper headline from Marc’s, “Leonardo DiCaprio’s girlfriend curse broken: Vittoria Ceretti turns 26. All his past relationships came to an end before his partner was older than 25.”
Elizabeth Bennet and Caroline Bingley take a refreshing turn about the room in Pride and Prejudice (2005).
Sketch of Jane Austen by Cassandra Austen. A pencil sketch with very little detail of Jane’s seated form. Her face is colored with faint watercolors. Jane is pictured from the waist up. She is seated with her arms crossed and she looks to the left.
George Santos screams at a gaggle of reporters, “I take no leave of you, Miss Bennet. I send no compliments to your mother. You deserve no such attention. I am most seriously displeased!”
Ryan Gosling as Ken in the “my job… it’s just beach” scene.
Cher wears a red dress with a red bow. Over Cher's face is the Twitter bird logo. Amber wears the same dress at a party. Over Amber's face is the X logo. From Clueless (1995).
Mr. Knightley sprawled on his floor in Emma. (2020).