Simply Austen

Greetings gentle readers! The Ever Awkward Mr. Collin's Wave I've been a terrible blogger and exhibited Willoughby like behavior by vanishing from your presence. The past two years have been extremely eventful, including student teaching, graduation from college, the grown-up job of teaching, and now working toward my master's degree. I'm in need of a project again, and my Jane Austen/period costume drama love can no longer be contained; you can't discuss Pride and Prejudice with pre teens very well can you? (Trust me, I've tried.) Consider this a reintroduction to the blog and to me, we will be tackling all sorts of Jane Austen topics, and branching into new avenues as well, especially more period costume drama. First on my mind, due to its recent start in the US this past Sunday, and will probably be the topic of more than a few blog posts, is the second season of PBS's Masterpiece program, Victoria . I knew I was a goner when I first saw