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Austen Tattler: News and Gossip around the Blogosphere
“All that she wants is gossip, and she only likes me now because I supply it.” Marianne Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility, Chapter 31 Jane Austen around the blogosphere for the week of Febru… more →
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The Enduring Appeal of Jane Austen
wrote 1 month ago: by Emily Waldorf The characters in Jane Austen’s brilliant novels inhabit your imagination ind … more →
Friday, October 16, 2009
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wrote 2 months ago: Friday, October 16, 2009 Day before dark moon Neptune Retrograde Uranus Retrograde Rainy and cold Sl … more →
It is a Charles Dickens Trend
wrote 3 months ago: I am soooo behind on my blogging. There seems to be a renaissance in Charles Dickens biograhies thes … more →
Austen Tattler: News and Gossip around the Blogosphere
wrote 10 months ago: “All that she wants is gossip, and she only likes me now because I supply it.” Marianne … more →
Jane Austen Biographer: Mary Augusta Austen-Leigh
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wrote 11 months ago: Was Jane Austen a Moralist? No! many of her fervent admirers will exclaim – ‘Thank Heave … more →
John Milton 400 round-up
wrote 1 year ago: This Tuesday (9Dec) sees the 400th anniversary of Milton’s birth. Here’s a round-up of M … more →
Art Imitates Life, Life Imitates Art, or...
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wrote 1 year ago: Neither. After reading Tomalin and Shields on the life of Jane Austen, I am inclined to draw that c … more →
Austen Tattler: News and Gossip on the Blogosphere
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wrote 1 year ago: “All that she wants is gossip, and she only likes me now because I supply it.” Marianne … more →
What was Jane Austen really like? Reading Tomalin and Shields
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wrote 1 year ago: You are invited to vote on the poll question: Which Austen heroine do you think Jane was most like? … more →
Jane Austen and the Modesty of Genius
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wrote 1 year ago: I would not let Martha read First Impressions again upon any account, and am very glad that I did no … more →
Struggling to find a seat in the British Library?
wrote 1 year ago: In the Guardian today, (which I read while actually having my lunch at the BL.) Apparently, Claire T … more →
Left to Right
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wrote 1 year ago: This is the chaos that is our living room Christmas morning. It is also a pretty fair approximation … more →
A Glimpse of Jane Austen
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wrote 2 years ago: Jane’s beloved niece, Fanny, recalled Jane and Cassandra in 1869, when Fanny was in her sevent … more →
The Gifts of Donald Hall: "Retriever"
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wrote 3 years ago: _____ by Donald Hall Retriever … more →
