Sunday, February 1, 2026

The King, the Wizard, and the Palace

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  Iolani Palace  photographed January 2026 by Charles Brown Portrait of King David by William F. Cogswell  Public domain, via Wikimedia Comm...
Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Many Happy Returns, Jane Austen

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Jane Austen candles Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775 -- just over half a year before the country of my own birth - -the United Stat...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

The Familiar Suitor Problem in Jane Austen's Novels

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Pride and Prejudice & Sense and Sensibility Desk Organizer "You will meet a tall, handsome stranger." That fortuneteller style...
Wednesday, July 2, 2025

The Frick Collection after its 5 year, $220 million renovation

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Mistress and Maid   by  Johannes Vermeer  c. 1667 in the Frick Collection .   Has it really been five years since I was last at the Frick pr...
Monday, June 16, 2025

Valuing kindness above cleverness: Emma's lesson

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  This blanket is one of the hundreds of themed  products available at  Totally_Jane_Austen   Facebook brought this New Yorker  cartoon into...
Sunday, June 8, 2025

Jane Austen at 250

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  Jane Austen at 250 by Totally_Jane_Austen Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775, which means that her 250th  birthday is still a f...
Monday, May 5, 2025

Subverting the Cinderella Story and Assumptions About the 1950s in "The Solid Gold Cadillac"

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  The Solid Gold Cadillac  is a 1956 comedy film starring Judy Holliday (pictured in the center of the photo above) as the irrepressible sma...