You really pay attention when he's on screen, and not because he's nice looking. He's not a big name yet but I hope he will be. Mark Stanley ( Game of Thrones, Broken, Little Women) as Lord Babbington, is also an actor I love to watch. Strange, since in the first two episodes it seemed like she couldn't really act, but she got better as she went on. The story-line with Miss Denham actually took a really interesting turn, and by the end she was the character I was most invested in. Anne Reid was a brilliant Lady Denham, and I quite enjoyed rooting for young Stringer and getting annoyed at Sidney. I liked Rose Williams ( Reign) as Charlotte, despite reviews describing her as a bit bland, I didn't think so. The series also featured a mad episode where Charlotte ran off to London, a very weird dinner scene with a pineapple, lots of puns that were way too on the nose, quite a lot of male nudity (sea bathing, obviously) Miss Lambe starting off as a main character but being gradually forgotten about, a cricket match on the beach, too many close ups (weird direction choices) some questionable wallpaper (in the Denham's house) a sex scene in the middle of a marble floor with a giant snake design on it, and an ending that was very different to any Jane Austen I've ever read and leaves us in no doubt that Andrew Davies is angling for a second series. Clara Brereton, Lady Denham's dependant niece, is his object. Sir Edward Denham's introduction was fun too - he's basically a man who's read too many trashy novels and decided he's got all the equipment to be a rake and a seducer. And I knew exactly the sort of person Lady Denham was. Jane Austen, like in Emma, lets her characters talk a lot, so you get the gist of their personalities without any other comment.

My favourite character was Lady Denham, a twice widowed seventy-year old whose heirs are clamouring for her favour, and who is actually mean with money.

Parker's passion is the seaside resort of Sanditon, and he invites Charlotte to return with them - and so her adventure begins. and Mrs Parker meeting with the heroine, twenty-two year old Charlotte Heywood and her family. The story starts with a carriage being overturned on the road, and it's inhabitants, Mr. It's set in a seaside town, her characters are a different sort of circle than in her previous books, and it feels more modern. But different! It's set later, after the battle of Waterloo, and it's peacetime. Jane Austen had begun work on the novel during the months before her death, but had she ever finished it, I honestly think it would've been as good as her others. I wanted to keep reading - we'd just had a taster of the primary characters and only heard about others. An unfinished story is always going to be annoying, but this was really annoying. I picked up a copy of Sanditon, to read the original - or what there is of it - and it was actually really good.

Sanditon by Jane Austen