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Yes, I have! I'm really excited. So far, it's not really like the book, but I imagine that's because it's not exactly following a storyline. Also, I don't know if they're really going to follow what was written except for the characters and setting, since the piece is short and unfinished. But I think it will give them more freedom that they didn't have w/ LBD, and it should be interesting!
Interesting, so would you recommend reading the book before the series finishes? (Since there won't be as many "spoilers"?)
I think everyone should read it because Austen wrote it!
Christopher H. made this comment in this group regarding on Austen's Sanditon on July 6, 2009:
"Austen's Sanditon appears to have been begun in January 1817 and her work on it was last dated 18 March 1817; and is a fragment that seemed to have endless possibilities; and I am convinced would have been a delightfully funny and satirical novel had Austen lived to complete it. While one can make a fairly educated guess as to how The Watsons may have ended, one cannot really hazard a guess as to where Austen intended to take Sanditon. Overall, it is a pretty rough fragment too, and she most certainly would have spent time cleaning it up. It appears to represent the last serious prose writing that she initiated after the completion of Persuasion and before she passed away on 18 July 1817.
It is interesting that Sanditon starts with a carriage accident. Austen lost two close friends (one a cousin, I believe) to horse and carriage accidents. Also, given that Austen probably knew that she was desparately ill, it is incredibly ironic at how much this fragment focuses on some of her character's perceived illnesses and the restorative power of being by the sea and 'sea-bathing'. Time and time again, there are references to the healthful benefits to be derived from sea and coast.
I think the other major theme that jumped out at me in reading Sanditon was the allusions to the contrasts between the old and the new. Sanditon is a new town, competing for tourists with the tried and true coastal resorts. The new style of houses being constructed there and their location (i.e., on hill-tops or bluffs and not down in swales, etc.). Austen, in the fragment, immediately contrasts the sensibilities and opinions of the nouveau riche (e.g., the Parkers) with the countrified gentleman, Mr. Heywood, Charlotte's father, and then later with the aristocratic Lady Denham. It may be that Austen may have sensed a change in the winds in the way the middle classes could be recognized and empowered in society, i.e., through being business-savy and with a good education (although we're still some 15, or so, years from the first Reform Law being passed).
Anyway, this is one of the fragments I would have loved to have seen her finish (well, I would have liked to have seen The Watsons finished too). Sanditon seems to have had so much potential as a full-length novel..."
Those of you who have read Sanditon - what do you think?
Christopher H. made this comment in this group regarding on Austen's Sanditon on July 6, 2009:
"Austen's Sanditon appears to have been begun in January 1817 and her work on it was last dated 18 March 1817; and is a fragment that seemed to have endless possibilities; and I am convinced would have been a delightfully funny and satirical novel had Austen lived to complete it. While one can make a fairly educated guess as to how The Watsons may have ended, one cannot really hazard a guess as to where Austen intended to take Sanditon. Overall, it is a pretty rough fragment too, and she most certainly would have spent time cleaning it up. It appears to represent the last serious prose writing that she initiated after the completion of Persuasion and before she passed away on 18 July 1817.
It is interesting that Sanditon starts with a carriage accident. Austen lost two close friends (one a cousin, I believe) to horse and carriage accidents. Also, given that Austen probably knew that she was desparately ill, it is incredibly ironic at how much this fragment focuses on some of her character's perceived illnesses and the restorative power of being by the sea and 'sea-bathing'. Time and time again, there are references to the healthful benefits to be derived from sea and coast.
I think the other major theme that jumped out at me in reading Sanditon was the allusions to the contrasts between the old and the new. Sanditon is a new town, competing for tourists with the tried and true coastal resorts. The new style of houses being constructed there and their location (i.e., on hill-tops or bluffs and not down in swales, etc.). Austen, in the fragment, immediately contrasts the sensibilities and opinions of the nouveau riche (e.g., the Parkers) with the countrified gentleman, Mr. Heywood, Charlotte's father, and then later with the aristocratic Lady Denham. It may be that Austen may have sensed a change in the winds in the way the middle classes could be recognized and empowered in society, i.e., through being business-savy and with a good education (although we're still some 15, or so, years from the first Reform Law being passed).
Anyway, this is one of the fragments I would have loved to have seen her finish (well, I would have liked to have seen The Watsons finished too). Sanditon seems to have had so much potential as a full-length novel..."
Those of you who have read Sanditon - what do you think?
Yes! lol I think Christopher is right. And I agree that everyone should read Sanditon, although I doubt it matters when you read it, Bianca. Since it is a bit different and the piece is unfinished, the order won't ruin it for you either way.
Okay, I take back some of what I said, because I just realized that they're not exactly making Sanditon into a new series--at least not one that they are interpreting. I guess what they're doing is setting up the story and environment, and then fans are role-playing in the world of Sanditon, making their own videos for Domino. I read in some Youtube comments that this is to bide time until the next finished series they start in the fall. That's not to say it's w/o merit, so I'm still gonna' give it some time, but don't expect it to be an Austen story. Definitely read the actual unfinished piece. :)
Interesting discussion. I do wonder how Austen and her writing would have changed had she not died so young. The world around her was changing rapidly.
Since Sanditon is encouraging viewers to create their own characters and stories I was wondering if any of you were participating or considered creating a character? It seems like a pretty different way to participate in a book, or rather adaptation of a book.
I've done things like that in the past with Harry Potter (I'm talking a while back), and it was fun for a while, but I stopped keeping up with it. Also, I don't really upload videos, so I haven't done anything with it. I'm interested to see if the rest of you are, though.
I don't have time to actually do the RP between full time work and full time school, but I am working on a BFA in visual effects and motion graphics so I got in touch with twitter user @SanditonGhost to see if she was going to do a vlog for the Domino Beta Portal and she was interested. I had a concept idea for how to do it, but I don't want to do the vlogging myself. I had her film what she wanted to do in front of a blue sheet so I could key it out and put her in front of whatever I wanted. Then I took a still from Clara's Trick or Treat video so I could photoshop Clara out and use that as a backplate. I layered in the still background, the ghost and the little spinning logo in the bottom corner from the original video; a little color correcting; removed the grain from the videos so I could add a single grain over all of it to make it look like the same video. Then added visual static when the ghost takes over the video. Then did sound design for the static and to make her voice ghosty...
so that was fun. One of the production team liked it enough to share the link on his in-character Pemberely Digital twitter, which kind of made my day. Anyway, I've only been following a little bit, but some people are getting really into it with relationship dramas, businesses, etc. I can't right at the moment, but I will come back and post links to some of the interesting storify posts. Also, one of the users created a book club account on twitter/goodreads. Their first book was Gatsby and second was The Fault in Our Stars. Not sure what is next.
I enjoy seeing people really have fun with it, but it's not necessary to follow or appreciate the story they are making. For those not familiar, the Monday videos posted on Pemberley Digital are actual story development and the Thursday videos are "extras" for fun. They include things that are happening, but don't push the story at all. If you want to see what vlogs fans have created (including The Friendly Ghost of Sanditon's video that I worked on) go check out Domino Beta Portal.
Ther're not all gems, but... Storify: http://storify.com/BeccaBeeSA
http://storify.com/HowdyTacos
http://storify.com/HauntedSanditon
http://storify.com/TempleDetective
http://storify.com/sanditonseries
http://storify.com/MeMyselfandI123/dr...
Twitter RP:
https://twitter.com/SanditonSeries/to...
Twitter official characters:
https://twitter.com/SanditonSeries/of...
Further to Megan's comment, Sanditon was not in fact written in 1817 but some time between 1805 and 1813. The town of Sanditon in the novel was based on Bognor Regis on the south coast of England. For evidence of this and further details please see my newly published book "Jane Austen - A New Revelation".
I have 7 in one book. I haven't read all of it and also Iplan to read Sanditon but first I want read all 7 in one book. I have watch all movies except Sanditon.
Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/user/Pemberle...
I haven't read Sanditon, so I'd love to know what others think of it that have read the book.