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elizabethdonnebook
Jun 28, 20212 min read
“Mr Malcolm’s List” by Suzanne Allain
One can picture many a merry argument continuing after the pages are done.
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elizabethdonnebook
Jun 14, 20215 min read
Gardening like Jane
Did Jane Austen emerge from the confines of winter with an enthusiasm for soil and greenery?
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elizabethdonnebook
May 31, 20213 min read
"Marianne" by Jenny Hambly
Marianne is a plain-speaking young lady — perhaps too plain-speaking by acceptable standards.
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elizabethdonnebook
May 17, 20215 min read
War in the Life and Works of Jane Austen
Three-quarters of Austen’s life was experienced through the lens of war. Why, then, do we see so little of it in her books?
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elizabethdonnebook
May 3, 20213 min read
The Earl’s Lady Geologist by Alissa Baxter
Alissa Baxter has woven fascinating details about the fossils at Lyme Regis into a most enjoyable narrative.
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elizabethdonnebook
Apr 19, 20212 min read
What's wrong with an envelope?
It would be unusual for a Regency author to write a scene in which the heroine eagerly rips open an envelope.
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elizabethdonnebook
Apr 5, 20213 min read
The Governess of Penwythe Hall by Sarah E. Ladd
The descriptions of Cornwall in general, and the characters’ more immediate environments in particular, are detailed and exquisite.
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elizabethdonnebook
Mar 8, 20214 min read
Rescuing Lord Inglewood by Sally Britton
The title caught my attention at once. It is not often the heroine saves the gentleman.
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elizabethdonnebook
Dec 28, 20203 min read
Sense and Sensibility: Finding Happiness in the Average
“I wish as well as everybody else to be perfectly happy; but like everybody else it must be in my own way. Greatness will not make me so.”
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elizabethdonnebook
Nov 2, 20208 min read
Emma: What the Humor Hides
distressing aspects of the book that lie beneath the veneer of Austen’s wit
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elizabethdonnebook
Aug 3, 20206 min read
Religion in Mansfield Park
Through the worldly characters of Henry and Mary Crawford, Austen presents an unexpectedly controversial debate.
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elizabethdonnebook
May 25, 20204 min read
Jane Austen in the 21st Century
the movie adaptations have gone a long way to bringing Austen’s works to life again
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