Every time I watch TOS I'm blown away by the luminous glow young Shatner had. I remember a friend of mine watching it for the first time and being absolutely amazed at how attractive he was, having been absolutely not prepared for him to be attractive at all.

I'm not sure if I've ever read Northanger Abbey (I've got a complete works of Jane Austen next to my bed, but I've spilled coffee on it so many times it's become a brick), but Persuasion is definitely my favourite Austen. There's just something so much more mature about it than her other work.