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Please join us today as James Jenkins, Gothic fiction authority and publisher of Valancourt Books chats with us today about the Gothic novels that influenced Jane Austen to write her novel Northanger Abbey, and the seven "horrid novels" recommended by her character Isabella Thorpe to our young heroine in the making Catherine Morland. " ‘Valancourt?... Continue Reading →
"Nay, my beloved, sweetest friend," continued the other, "compose yourself. I am amazingly agitated, as you perceive. Let us sit down and talk in comfort. Well, and so you guessed it the moment you had my note? Sly creature! Oh! My dear Catherine, you alone, who know my heart, can judge of my present happiness.... Continue Reading →
Please welcome web mistress of The Emma Adaptations Pages, Graphic and Web Designer of Strangegirl Designs, and Regency fashion and style authority Kali Pappas today, as she chats about the "frivolus distinctions" of fashion in the two movie adaptations of Northanger Abbey. Enjoy! "Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it... Continue Reading →
At half past twelve, when Catherine's anxious attention to the weather was over and she could no longer claim any merit from its amendment, the sky began voluntarily to clear. A gleam of sunshine took her quite by surprise; she looked round; the clouds were parting, and she instantly returned to the window to watch... Continue Reading →
Austen-esque author, web mistress, editrix and Team Henry Tilney Leader Margaret (Mags) Sullivan joins us today to chat about Jane Austen's most charmingly endearing hero, Henry Tilney, affectionately know to many as da Man. Enjoy! "A Very Gentlemanlike Young Man" The master of the ceremonies introduced to her a very gentlemanlike young man as a... Continue Reading →
To be disgraced in the eye of the world, to wear the appearance of infamy while her heart is all purity, her actions all innocence, and the misconduct of another the true source of her debasement, is one of those circumstances which peculiarly belong to the heroine's life, and her fortitude under it what particularly... Continue Reading →
if adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad The Pump Room's Little-Known and Well-Known Facts at Jane Austen's World As faithful readers of Jane Austen's novel Northanger Abbey know, Bath plays a central part in the adventures of the young heroine Catherine Morland. Her first excursion... Continue Reading →
With more than usual eagerness did Catherine hasten to the pump-room the next day, secure within herself of seeing Mr. Tilney there before the morning were over, and ready to meet him with a smile; but no smile was demanded - Mr. Tilney did not appear. Every creature in Bath, except himself, was to be... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
Welcome Recently, I was surprised to learn that Northanger Abbey is one of the least popular of Jane Austen novels based on book sales. Oh my. It must be because they have not read it yet. I unabashedly adore it. Just the thought of being with heroine Catherine Morland as she discovers early nineteenth-century Bath... Continue Reading →
Gentle readers, it may appear from time to time, that our Austen connections run far and wide, but modesty precedes us as we happily submit this review for your perusal from our dear friend and fellow Janeite Deborah Jane who attended the new stage adaptation of Pride and Prejudice presented by The Citadel Theatre in... Continue Reading →
I have been reading Jane Austen's Juvenilia and find it delightful. Love and Freindship, (note the original misspelling on friendship) a novella written as an epistolary inscribed "Deceived in Friendship & Betrayed in Love" was dedicated to Madame la Comtesse de Feuillide (Jane Austen's cousin Eliza Hancock who married a French Count, Jean-Francois Capot de... Continue Reading →
