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Intoleralby stupid

Posted in Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, tagged , , , , , , , on 31 December 2007 | 2 Comments »

INTOLERABLY “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. I have read all Mrs. Radcliffe’s works, and most of them with great pleasure. The Mysteries of Udolpho, when I had once begun it, I could not lay down again; I remember finishing it in [...]

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English verdure

Posted in Jane Austen's Emma, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 30 December 2007 | 1 Comment »

VERDURE It was a sweet view — sweet to the eye and the mind. English verdure, English culture, English comfort, seen under a sun bright, without being oppressive. The Narrator on Abbey-Mill Farm, Emma, Chapter 42 These poetic lines were prefaced by a description of Abbey-Mill Farm, which Emma and her party of family and [...]

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Too ill to be endured

Posted in Jane Austen's Letters, tagged , , , , , on 29 December 2007 |

ENDURED  I danced with Mr. John Wood again, twice with a Mr. South, a lad from Winchester, who, I suppose, is as far from being related to the bishop of that diocese as it is possible to be, with G. Lefroy, and J. Harwood, who, I think, takes to me rather more than he used [...]

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Parting injuction

Posted in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, tagged , , , , , , , on 28 December 2007 | 1 Comment »

INJUNCTION As soon as they entered the house, Marianne with a kiss of gratitude, and these two words just articulate through her tears, “Tell mama,” withdrew from her sister and walked slowly up stairs. Elinor would not attempt to disturb a solitude so reasonable as what she now sought; and with a mind anxiously pre-arranging [...]

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Jane Austen Illustrators: Chris Hammond

Posted in Jane Austen Illustrators, tagged , , , , , , on 27 December 2007 | 9 Comments »

ILLUSTRATOR CHRIS HAMMOND Over the past 170 years, many have attempted to illustrate Jane Austen’s characters and scenes from her novels, but few have succeeded to complement her intent as well as the late 19th-century artists Chris Hammond. I rather think that Jane Austen would have approved of Miss Hammond. Their lives had similar parallels [...]

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My Austen inspired Santa wish list

Posted in Jane Austen Inspired, tagged , , , , on 23 December 2007 | 7 Comments »

HAPPY HOLIDAYS  Many happy returns of the holiday season to all my Janeite friends. I hope that you have wrapped up that last gift, trimmed the tree up right and dashed down a few hot buttered rum’s to get the season rolling! But before you get tucked up in your bed’s Christmas eve night, don’t forget to put out [...]

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