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The Cookbook Collector, by Allegra Goodman – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Contemporary Inspired Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , on 9 September 2010 | 14 Comments »

As a Janeite, it is impossible ignore the siren call when an author announces to the book buying world that her new novel The Cookbook Collector is “a Sense and Sensibility for the digital age.” Whoa! My first reaction was “this is literary suicide.” Why would anyone want to equate themselves to a beacon of [...]

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The Season of Second Chances for The Season of Second Chances, by Diane Meier – A Review & Rant

Posted in Book Reviews, Randomly Not Jane Austen Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , on 14 August 2010 | 10 Comments »

I recently finished The Season of Second Chances, by Diane Meier and liked it so much that I didn’t want to write about it! I do that sometimes after experiencing a great movie, opera, musical or book. When something touches me profoundly, I want it all to myself. Talking or writing about it somehow takes [...]

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Austen at Large: The Flaws & Perfections of Miss Eliza Bennet

Posted in Jane Austen Adaptations, Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen's Works, Pride & Prejudice Movies, tagged , , , , , on 28 February 2009 | 7 Comments »

As many people who read this blog each week may know, Elizabeth Bennet is my favorite heroine. She is witty, caring, intelligent, honest, and bold. All characteristics which though I myself may not possess, I respect them in characters, as well as in people. In Elizabeth Bennet I do not see an idealized woman, yet [...]

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Austen at Large: Some of my own prejudices when it come to Pride and Prejudice

Posted in Jane Austen Adaptations, Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen's Works, Pride & Prejudice Movies, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 21 February 2009 | 20 Comments »

This week, as I began to reread Pride and Prejudice with my Jane Austen class, I have discovered some prejudices that I have. In reading a book that I know and love so well, I have almost found it hard to understand some people’s opinions of it. I will say that most girls in my [...]

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Persuasion: “I am so ill I can hardly speak.”

Posted in Jane Austen's Persuasion, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , , , on 18 December 2008 | 9 Comments »

“So, you are come at last! I began to think I should never see you. I am so ill I can hardly speak. I have not seen a creature the whole morning!”   “I am sorry to find you unwell,” replied Anne. “You sent me such a good account of yourself on Thursday!”   “Yes, I made [...]

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Jane Austen and the Seven Deadly Sins: Pride and Vanity

Posted in Jane Austen Inspired, Jane Austen's Emma, Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen's Persuasion, Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , on 10 December 2008 | 4 Comments »

Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot’s character; vanity of person and of situation. He had been remarkably handsome in his youth; and, at fifty-four, was still a very fine man. Few women could think more of their personal appearance than he did; nor could the valet of any new made [...]

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Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey Wrap Up: Giveaway Winners Announced!

Posted in Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , , on 31 October 2008 | 10 Comments »

“But now you love a hyacinth. So much the better. You have gained a new source of enjoyment, and it is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible. Besides, a taste for flowers is always desirable in your sex, as a means of getting you out of doors, and tempting you to [...]

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Northanger Abbey Chapters 1-3: Summary, Musings & Discussion: Day 2 Giveaway

Posted in Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, tagged , , , , , , on 2 October 2008 | 17 Comments »

No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be a heroine. Her situation in life, the character of her father and mother, her own person and disposition, were all equally against her. The Narrator, Chapter 1  Quick Synopsis  Catherine Morland the unlikely heroine lives a pretty [...]

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