Is it a coincidence that just as I'm finally getting through The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl (the first chapter was REALLY off-putting), I should come across this article? Probably not. Anyway, it makes me wonder if Jane Austen really looked like the drawing that her sister, Cassandra, did. For some reason, I picture Jane Austen looking rather like Emma Thompson or Juliet Stevenson, possibly Amanda Root.
My art history professor sternly admonished us young ladies that before we died, we HAD to read The Divine Comedy, so I may as well put that on my projects list for this year (see separate blog about yearly resolutions vs projects). I find it best not to ignore recurring themes the Universe puts in front of me.
Besides The Dante Club, I am just about finished reading the entire Sandman series. There are 10 or 11 graphic novels in the series (depends whom you ask). I'm on number 8, World's End, which I like so far (actually, I've liked them all so far). It has a Canterbury Tales structure to it, and rather a lot of stories within stories. This may not seem like a milestone to anyone, but when you consider the volume of writing that Neil Gaiman generates, not to mention all the hints, nods, references, and other allusions to history, culture, mythology, movies, literature, art, music, and whatnot that he sprinkles in everything he writes, it takes some eye work to keep up. The movie version of Stardust is coming out in July supposedly. And look who's in it: Charlie Cox, Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert DeNiro, Peter O'Toole, and Rupert Everett!
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