Jane Austen
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Is There Such a Thing as Too Many Copies of a Jane Austen Novel?
I think you all know where I stand on this question. No. Absolutely not. There is no such thing as too many copies of a Jane Austen novel. This is especially true when Chronicle Books publishes another of their lovely books that include ephemera from the novel. I already own Pride and Prejudice in this edition and wrote a very enthusiastic post about it here. Last year, they published an edition of Little Women which I wrote about here. I have been eagerly waiting to see what this year’s book would be. Imagine my joy when I found out it was a lovely edition of Persuasion. The fact that I…
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Books As Our Identity
It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you want to be my friend you have to like Jane Austen. Tell me that you don’t like one of her novels and I will judge you. Ask me, as someone recently did, who Jane Austen is and I will pass out from shock, recover and judge you, and then I will pass out again. As with many book mad people, the books I love have become part of my identity. Tell me you don’t like Jane Austen and you are telling me you don’t like part of who I am because I can trace Jane Austen and her novels back through…
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Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Fanny Price is no Elizabeth Bennett. But really, why should she be? There is no reason for Jane Austen to have written the same character and the same story over and over. However, it seems that many people fall in love with Pride and Prejudice and then expect Austen’s other works to be the same. They want all her novels to be “light and bright and sparkling” as Austen described Pride and Prejudice. Mansfield Park is a darker, less sparkling book but it stands squarely on its own merit. It is a novel with a quiet, meek, yet morally strong heroine and it contains a biting commentary on the society…
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“Write About Me”
That was my daughter’s suggestion when I was trying to pick a topic for a blog post. She suggested I write about her and her activities in the yard and that I follow her around outside and photograph her for my blog. Needless to say, I am not doing that but it did get me thinking. When do we all lose that absolute self-confidence? When do we lose the belief that we are interesting? When do we lose the ability to say “here I am. I am a fascinating person in my own way.”? Because we are fascinating and we are interesting and really, I just want to be ten…
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Little Things #7
This weekend we went to Barnes and Noble. I had a couple of gift cards and an afternoon spent wandering around a book store sounded peaceful. Remind me never to go to Barnes and Noble on the weekend again. It was crazy getting there and it was crazy once we were there. So many people, and I am not a people person. Despite that, we had a nice time. The kids each found something they wanted and my husband kindly donated his gift card to me. What a nice man. I got this. I need another copy of Pride and Prejudice like I need a hole in my head but…
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