Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Many Happy Returns, Jane Austen

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Jane Austen at 250 by  Totally_Jane_Austen Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775 -- just over half a year before the country of my own b...
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...
Monday, April 7, 2025

Generative AI in 2025 Vs. Computers on Television in 1978

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Computer vs. Kotter As the IMDB summary in the screenshot below says, this 17th episode in the third season of Welcome Back Kotter  featured...