An 18th century chaise Dear friends and readers, It’s been more than a month since we discussed a letter by Austen, the last two 93 and 94, Austen at Godmersham, writing to Cassandra, with Henry… more →
Reveries Under the Sign of Austen, Twowrote 5 hours ago: My brother in law recently posted a blog entry about five film characters he absolutely loved. He ev … more →
wrote 11 hours ago: “‘If I could persuade myself that my manners were perfectly easy and graceful, I should … more →
wrote 1 day ago: I will always love painting the superheroes and princesses that were the start of this endeavor, but … more →
wrote 1 day ago: These films, despite their lavish visual effects, lush orchestral scores, or moving dialogues shall … more →
wrote 2 days ago: “[Marianne] was sitting by Edward, and in taking his tea from Mrs. Dashwood, his hand passed s … more →
wrote 4 days ago: 1905 Wharton’s novel tells the story of the decline of Lily Bart, a well-bred New York woman c … more →
wrote 5 days ago: “Oh! mama, how spiritless, how tame was Edward’s manner in reading to us last night! … more →
wrote 5 days ago: More on the introduction to Sense and Sensibility: James-Cavan cites one Alistair Duckworth as claim … more →
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wrote 1 week ago: What’s it all about?: Who was the real Jane Austen? Overturning the traditional portrait of th … more →
wrote 1 week ago: So I’m reading in Kathleen James-Cavan’s introduction to the Broadview edition of Sense … more →
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wrote 1 week ago: This is a critique of the second story in the steampunk anthology ‘Mechanized Masterpieces’ edited b … more →
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wrote 1 week ago: Sense and Sensibility (Photo credit: cwasteson) Genre : Classics Sometimes the Dashwood girls do not … more →
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wrote 1 week ago: *-As usual, these characters are not mine, they belong with respect and affection belong to Miss Aus … more →