Category: Jane Austen

Me and Jane Austen

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

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This month’s meme from The Classics Club is all about Jane Austen.  Do we love her?  Hate her?  What’s our favorite work, if any?  I thought I’d start by sharing some delightful thoughts on Austen, from one of my favorite writers, Mark Twain. In… Continue Reading “Me and Jane Austen”

Category: Blog Post, Classics Club, Jane Austen, Opinion, Personal

Thoughts: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Posted on February 3, 2013 by

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Mansfield Park by Jane Austen Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 10 Jane Austen is perched on a curious point in the literary timeline, caught somewhat between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, both of which influenced her work. She greatly admires Samuel Johnson… Continue Reading “Thoughts: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen”

Category: 1001 Books, Book Review, British Literature, Jane Austen, Pragmatism, Romanticism, Victorian

Review: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Final Verdict: 4.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 38 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful (socially, academically, etc.) “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in… Continue Reading “Review: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen”

Category: 1001 Books, Book Review, British Literature, Classics, Jane Austen, Literature

Review: Sanditon by Jane Austen (#AustenInAugustRBR)

Posted on August 17, 2012 by

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Sanditon by Jane Austen Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 31 Sanditon, though unfinished, is perhaps Austen’s most exciting, unusual, and promising piece of literature.  Unlike The Watsons, whose plot and ending can be relatively inferred, Sanditon is quite different from any of her other… Continue Reading “Review: Sanditon by Jane Austen (#AustenInAugustRBR)”

Category: Austen in August, Book Review, British Literature, Fiction, Jane Austen, Literature, Unfinished Works

Review: The Watsons by Jane Austen (#AustenInAugustRBR)

Posted on August 15, 2012 by

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The Watsons by Jane Austen Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 30 There is something bizarre about my relationship with unfinished works by brilliant writers; for some reason, these works end up being my favorites.  My favorite Hemingway novel, for instance, is The… Continue Reading “Review: The Watsons by Jane Austen (#AustenInAugustRBR)”

Category: Austen in August, Book Review, British Literature, Classics, Fiction, Jane Austen, Literature, Unfinished Works

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