Mid-Voting Progress for Suggestions

 Here is the mid voting progress for the suggestions for the 2nd Period Drama Tournament! As of last night, the polls so far has been...

Esther Summerson (Bleak House) -- 28 votes

Bella Wilfer (Our Mutual Friend) -- 12 votes

Lizzie Hexam (Our Mutual Friend) -- 9 votes

Madeline Bray (Nicholas Nickleby) -- 7 votes

Kate Nickleby (Nicholas Nickleby) -- 9 votes
Lorna Doone (Lorna Doone) -- 5 votes
Mirah Lapidoth (Daniel Deronda) -- 10 votes
Gwendolen Fairfax (The Importance of Being Earnest) -- 5 votes
Cecily Cardew (The Importance of Being Earnest)  -- 5 votes
Dorothea Brooke (Middlemarch) -- 1 votes
Eleanor Tilney (Northanger Abbey) -- 18 votes

Meg March (Little Women) -- 18 votes
Jo March (Little Women) -- 19 votes
Beth March (Little Women) -- 15 votes
Amy March (Little Women) -- 15 votes

Marguerite Blakney (The Scarlet Pimpernel) -- 11 votes
Lady Violet (Downton Abbey) -- 10 votes
Anne Taylor Weston (Emma) -- 14 votes
Deborah Jenkyns (Cranford) --  6 votes

Helen Graham (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall) -- 2 votes

Catherine Earnshaw (Wuthering Heights) -- 3 votes

Tess Durbeyfield (Tess of the D'Urbevilles) -- 2 votes

Beatrice (Much Ado About Nothing) -- 8 votes

Portia (Merchant of Venice) -- 3 votes

Diana Barry (Anne of Green Gables) -- 16 votes

Tzeitel (Fiddler on the Roof) -- 6 votes

Miss Browning (Wives and Daughters) -- 9 votes

Miss Phoebe Browning (Wives and Daughters) -- 10 votes

Sara Stanley (Road to Avonlea) -- 5 votes

Ada Clare (Bleak House) -- 13 votes

Edith Adelon (The Inheritance) -- 6 votes

Louisa Musgrove (Persuasion) -- 3 votes

Lucie Manette (A Tale of Two Cities) -- 3 votes

Agnes Wickfield (David Copperfield) -- 12 votes

Esmerelda (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) -- 2 votes

Amelia Sedley (Vanity Fair) -- 1 votes

Catherine Linton (Wuthering Heights) -- 3 votes

Beatrix Potter (Miss Potter) -- 16 votes

Felicity King (Road to Avonlea) -- 4 votes

Cosette (Les Miserables) -- 4 votes

Peggy Bell (Return to Cranford) -- 8 votes

Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House On The Prairie) -- 15 votes

Emily Byrd Starr (Emily of New Moon) -- 6 votes
Bathsheba Everdene (Far From the Madding Crowd) -- 2 votes
Lucy Honeychurch (A Room With A View) -- 2 votes
Sara Crew (A Little Princess) -- 9 votes
Mary Lennox (The Secret Garden) -- 8 votes
Queen Elizabeth, wife of George VI (The King's Speech) -- 4 votes
Dorothy Stanbury (He Knew He Was Right) -- 3 votes
Bessy Higgins (North & South) -- 11 votes

Olivia King Dale (Road to Avonlea) -- 5 votes

Hetty King (Road to Avonlea) -- 2 votes

Roxanne (Cyrano de Bergerac) -- 3 votes
Wenneveria (Pendragon: Sword of His Father) -- 1 votes
Buttercup (Princess Bride) -- 14 votes
Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn) -- 3 votes
Charlotte Lucas (Pride and Prejudice)  -- 9 votes

Danielle De Barbarac (Ever After: A Cinderella Story) -- 9 votes

Maid Marian (Robin Hood) -- 13 votes

Caddy Jellyby (Bleak House) -- 4 votes

Lady Dedlock (Bleak House) -- 9 votes

Miss Buck (Upstairs Downstairs) -- 8 votes

Lady Maud Holland (Upstairs Downstairs) -- 9 votes

Lady Agnes Holland (Upstairs Downstairs) -- 7 votes

Lady Persephone Towne (Upstairs Downstairs) -- 2 votes

Mrs. Thackeray (Upstairs Downstairs) -- 6 votes

Rachel Perlmutter (Upstairs Downstairs) -- 3 votes

Ivy Morris (Upstairs Downstairs) -- 9 votes

Mrs. Isobel Crawley (Downton Abbey) -- 3 votes

Gwen (Downton Abbey) -- 3 votes

Daisy (Downton Abbey) -- 5 votes

Mrs. Elsie Hughes (Downton Abbey) -- 9 votes

Mrs. Patmore (Downton Abbey) -- 11 votes

The Top Ten Contestants So Far!

Esther Summerson (Bleak House) -- 28 votes

Jo March (Little Women) -- 19 votes

Eleanor Tilney (Northanger Abbey) -- 18 votes

Meg March (Little Women) -- 18 votes

Diana Barry (Anne of Green Gables) -- 16 votes

Beatrix Potter (Miss Potter) -- 16 votes

Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House On The Prairie) -- 15 votes

Beth March (Little Women) -- 15 votes

Amy March (Little Women) -- 15 votes

Anne Taylor Weston (Emma) -- 14 votes (tied)

Buttercup (Princess Bride) -- 14 votes (tied)


Don't see your favorite contestant in the Top 10 and haven't voted yet? Go and vote for your favorite!

God Bless,
 

Poll Results (Non-Tournament)

 I really should have put these up sooner, but here are the results from the two non-tournament polls.

Would you be interested in following a blog dedicated to the Period Drama Advice Column?

Yes - 28 votes

No - 8 votes

Thank you for voting in this poll. I've decided not to start up an entire blog for the Period Drama Advice Column, but I might do an event here at Elegance of Fashion for the Period Drama Advice Column. Stay tuned for that!

Which decade did most of your favorite period dramas come out?

70s - 2 votes

80s - 2 votes

90s - 37 votes

2000s - 34 votes

2010s - 2 votes

Thanks for voting in this poll!

I might not put up a non-tournament poll for a while due to the tournament, but maybe one day in the future!

God Bless,
 

Suggestions Poll Up

 Sorry it took longer than I thought to put up this poll. It was a bit of a busy day today. Because I put it up so late, I extended the polling time until November 9th. Go and vote!


God Bless,
 

New Polls! And the Results from the last poll...

 I know, I've been terrible about replacing the old polls. But I've finally added a new poll! But first, the results of the last two polls.

"Which Jane Austen Couple is your favorite?"

Elinor Dashwood & Edward Ferrars -- 8 votes (7%)

Marianne Dashwood & Colonel Brandon -- 2 votes (1%)

Elizabeth Bennet & Fitzwilliam Darcy -- 35 votes (30%)

Jane Bennet & Charles Bingley -- 4 votes (3%)

Fanny Price & Edmund Bertram -- 1 vote (0%)

Emma Woodhouse & George Knightley -- 26 votes (23%)

Harriet Smith & Robert Martin -- 0 votes (0%)

Jane Fairfax & Frank Churchill -- 2 votes (1%)

Catherine Morland & Henry Tilney -- 10 votes (8%)

Anne Elliot & Captain Frederick Wentworth -- 25 votes (22%)

"Which Jane Austen Couples do you like?" (may select more than one answer)

Elinor Dashwood & Edward Ferrars -- 50 votes (54%)

Marianne Dashwood & Colonel Brandon -- 40 votes (43%)

Elizabeth Bennet & Fitzwilliam Darcy -- 69 votes (75%)

Jane Bennet & Charles Bingley -- 57 votes (61%)

Fanny Price & Edmund Bertram -- 25 vote (27%)

Emma Woodhouse & George Knightley -- 65 votes (70%)

Harriet Smith & Robert Martin -- 23 votes (25%)

Jane Fairfax & Frank Churchill -- 17 votes (18%)

Catherine Morland & Henry Tilney -- 40 votes (43%)

Anne Elliot & Captain Frederick Wentworth -- 54 votes (58%)

Thank you everyone for voting in these polls! And now for the new poll!

"Which decade did most of your favorite period dramas come out?"

- The 70's

- The 80's

- The 90's

- The 2000's

- The 2010's

Go out and vote!


God Bless,
 

Side Bar Poll Closed and a New Poll!

Sorry this took so long to post. But here are the results of the side bar poll!

To the question, "Out of the Reviews that I have done (and the upcoming ones), which period drama adaptations are your favorite?"...

Adam Bede (1991) -- 0 votes (0%)

Amazing Grace (2006) -- 38 votes (39%)

Barchester Chronicles (1982) -- 3 votes (3%)

The Buccaneers (1995) -- 0 votes (0%)

Cranford (2007) -- 35 votes (36%)

Daniel Deronda (2002) -- 10 votes (10%)

Downton Abbey (2010 - ) -- 17 votes (17%)

Emma (1996) -- 13 votes (18%)

Emma (2009) -- 52 votes (54%)

He Knew He Was Right (2004) -- 6 votes (6%)

House of Eliott (1991 - 1994) -- 2 votes (2%)

The King's Speech (2010) -- 40 votes (41%)

Lark Rise to Candleford (2008 - 2011) -- 15 votes (15%)

Little Dorrit (2008) -- 28 votes (29%)

Middlemarch (1994) -- 3 votes (3%)

Mill on the Floss (1978) -- 0 votes (0%)

Northanger Abbey (2007) -- 22 votes (22%)

North and South (2004) -- 49 votes (51%)

Pride and Prejudice (1995) -- 61 votes (63%)

Sense and Sensibility (1971) -- 3 votes (3%)

Sense and Sensibility (1995) -- 43 votes (44%)

Sense and Sensibility (2008) -- 30 votes (31%)

Sense and Sensibility (2010) (Comic Book) -- 0 votes (0%)

The Ten Commandments (1956) -- 13 votes (13%)

The Way We Live Now (2001) -- 3 votes (3%)

Wives and Daughters (1999) -- 40 votes (41%)

Thank you everyone for voting!

And as promised, I have a new poll! Well, two new polls. These questions came to me after I read a comment by Elizabeth from The Endless Road; she suggested that a future tournament could be favorite period drama couples, which may be a future tournament. But for now, the new questions are "Who is your  top favorite Jane Austen couple?" and "Which Jane Austen couples do you like?" Both have the same choices, but the first question, you may only select one and the second one you may select as many as you like.

Elinor Dashwood & Edward Ferrars (Sense and Sensibility)

Marianne Dashwood & Colonel Brandon (Sense and Sensibility)

Elizabeth Bennet & Fitzwilliam Darcy (Pride and Prejudice)

Jane Bennet & Charles Bingley (Pride and Prejudice)

Fanny Price & Edmund Bertram (Mansfield Park)

Emma Woodhouse & George Knightley (Emma)

Harriet Smith & Robert Martin (Emma)

Jane Fairfax & Frank Churchill (Emma)

Catherine Morland & Henry Tilney (Northanger Abbey)

Anne Elliot & Captain Frederick Wentworth (Persuasion)

I'll have these polls up until July 12th.

 God Bless,
 

New Side Poll

I put up a new side poll: it will be up for one month. The Question is:

Out of the reviews that I have done (and the upcoming ones), which period drama adaptations are your favorite?

Go and vote for your favorites!

Want to comment on this poll? Leave a comment here!

Side Poll Results

Sorry it took me awhile to post this. Here are the results of the poll at the side:

To the question "What Period Drama Series do you like to watch?" and with the voters being allowed to select more than one choice:

42% (15 votes) said Downton Abbey

2% (1 vote) said House of Eliott

40% (14 votes) said Lark Rise to Candleford

40% (14 votes) said Other

Thank you everyone for voting. I'll put up the next side poll soon (it will have to do with the reviews that I have done, including the upcoming ones!)

Results of the Last Three Tournament Positions

The poll at the side bar was to decide which heroes were going to get the final spots in the Period Drama Hero Tournament. Here are the results:

Charles Darnay (Tale of Two Cities) -- 8 votes

Sydney Carton (Tale of Two Cities) -- 12 votes

Nicholas Nickelby (Nicholas Nickelby) -- 10 votes

Jack Worthing (Importance of Being Earnest) -- 9 votes

Dick Dewey (Under the Greenwood Tree) -- 5 votes

John Harmon (Our Mutual Friend) -- 6 votes

Eugene Wrayburn (Our Mutual Friend) -- 4 votes

Gabriel Oak (Far From the Madding Crowd) -- 3 votes

John Ridd (Lorna Doone) -- 9 votes

There was a tie for the final position between Jack Worthing and John Ridd. Randomly selected, the contestant that will be entered into the tournament is Jack Worthing.

The following heroes will be entered into the tournament:

Sydney Carton

Nicholas Nickelby

Jack Worthing

Stay tuned for the Period Drama Hero Tournament starting on May 1st. I can't wait!

Period Drama Hero Tournament Poll

Since a lot of readers made a lot of nominations for The Period Drama Hero Tournament, I decided to take all those nominations for the last three spots and put them into a poll. You can vote for multiple characters. The poll will last for about a week, and the top three choices will be added to the list of heroes

Plans Being Made for Hero Tournament! Some Questions for you... Banner Page... And a new poll!

Okay, I kind of combined this post into one big mega-post...

I'm currently in the process of making plans for the Hero Tournament. There are going to be more contestants in this tournament than the last one. If anyone would like to nominate someone to be a contestant, I will try to fit them in. I want to keep it less than 50. I have 40 picked out so far, so there are 10 spots available.

Also, I was thinking of adding in a new feature into the tournament: somewhere there will be a bonus poll where you could bring back a contestant (or more than one, I'll have to see how it would work) into the running. What would you think of that?

If you would like to answer these questions, leave a comment!

I also added a banner page for all the banners that I made and put up. I have a list of links at the bottom of the page for other blogs that you can find my banners on. If you added a banner of mine onto your blog and you don't see a link to your blog there, tell me so I can add it.

Oh! There is also a new poll up! Sorry I took so long to post a new regular poll: I had a hard time trying to think one up, but now I have one! The new question is: "What Period Drama TV Series do you like to watch?"

Update: Only 7 spots remain for nominations for the Hero Tournament.

Update: Only 6 spots remain for nominations for the Hero Tournament.

Update 4/12: 5 more to go!

Update 4/13: 4 more!

Update 4/13: 3 more!

Regular Polls closed!

Sorry it took a while to post this, but the regular polls are now closed. There were two polls: here are the results:

To the question "What is your favorite adaptation of Pride and Prejudice?"

76% (114 votes) said the 1995 Miniseries (Jennifer Ehle),

20% (30 votes) said the 2005 Movie (Keria Knightley),

The 1940's Movie (Greer Garson) and the 1981 Miniseries (Elizabeth Garvie) were tied at 1% (2 votes apiece),

and 0%* (1 vote) for another version.

To the question "What are some of your favorite adaptation/novel authors of classic literature?" with multiple choices being allowed:
81% (94 votes) said Jane Austen,
40% (56 votes) said Elizabeth Gaskell,
39% (46 votes) said Charles Dickens,
32% (38 votes) said The Bronte Sisters,
25% (30 votes) said Shakespeare,
12% (14 votes) said another author,
7% (9 votes) said George Eliot,
and 4% (5 votes) said Anthony Trollope.

Thank you everyone for voting! I'll try to have another poll up tommorow.

* Real percentage: .67%

Poll Closed!

The poll is now closed. Thank you everyone for voting! Here are the results!

To the question "What is your favorite Jane Austen novel?", 32 voters answered (and could pick more than one):

Pride and Prejudice with 23 votes (71%)

Persuasion with 10 votes (31%)

Sense and Sensibility and Emma tied with 9 votes (28% apiece)

Northanger Abbey with 8 votes (25%)

Mansfield Park with 5 votes (15%)

Juvenilia with 1 vote (3%)

Pride and Prejudice is the winner! I have two polls up now: one about Pride and Prejudice, the other a random topic.

The Pride and Prejudice poll question is "Which adaptation of Pride and Prejudice is your favorite?" You will be able to pick from the 1940 movie (Greer Garson), 1981 miniseries (Elizabeth Garvie), 1995 miniseries (Jennifer Ehle), 2005 movie (Keira Knightly), or another version. For this poll, you can only choose one option.

The random topic question is "What are some of your favorite adaptation/novel authors of classic literature?" You will be able to chose from more than one out of the following: Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, the Bronte sisters, Anthony Trollope, George Eliot, Shakespeare, and an other option.

Thank you again for voting! Feel free to vote in both polls! Voting for both of these polls will be open from now until April 2nd.

Poll Closed

The poll closed a couple of days ago. Here are the results:

To the question "Where do you usually watch your favorite period dramas?":

57% said DVD's

21% said Youtube

14% said PBS/Masterpiece Theater

7% said Other

0% said BBC/BBC America

Thank you everyone for voting! I'll leave the graph up at the sidebar for a while. A new poll is already up: "What is your favorite Jane Austen novel?" You may select more than one choice.

New Poll!

Hello again!

I just put up a new poll. This time, the question is "Where do you usually watch your favorite period dramas?" You can start voting now. The poll closes on December 20th at 12:00 AM.

~Admin

Poll Closed and Update

Hello,

I hope all is well with you all. I'm combining this post as an update and an announcement about the poll.

First on the agenda, the poll. The poll at the side is now closed. To the question "Which is your favorite historical fashion period?":

50% of voters said the Regency Era

30% said the Victorian Era

Tied with 10% was the Gregorian Era and Modern Era

No one voted for the Renaissance or earlier or the early 1900s. Thank you everyone for voting! I'll put up a new poll very soon. If you wish to see the graph, I will also leave that up for a little while.

Now for the update. I'm still continuing to work on reviews each week. They'll mostly be posted on Monday or Tuesday (though I will try for Monday most of the time). I have quite a bit of period dramas to review, but I'm also continuing to watch new ones (which I will eventually review).

I am also working on a new sewing project: a dress to wear to a formal event. Hopefully all will go well with it with the least amount of mistakes possible.

Also, remember to suggest your friends or anyone that might be interested in my blog. I would really appreciate it.

Until next time!
~Admin