Showing posts with label Jane Austen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jane Austen. Show all posts
Friday, July 3, 2026

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, July 2, 2026

How "The Other Bennet Sister" subverts narrative convention

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We've seen it countless times in romance films. The unassuming heroine who never thought of herself as a beauty gets a makeover that mak...
Tuesday, June 16, 2026

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...
Wednesday, May 6, 2026

"The Other Bennet Sister" is Closer to Jane Eyre than Jane Austen

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O nce upon a time there was a girl born without the gift of beauty, grace, the pleasing manners of extroverts, or the prospect of a fortune....
Friday, May 1, 2026

Mary and Marylin: the girl in the glasses finds love

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Marilyn Monroe in How to Marry a Millionaire Mary flanked by Mr. and Mrs. Bennet in The Other Bennet Sister Having finished reading The Othe...
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...
Sunday, June 8, 2025

Jane Austen at 250

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Jane Austen magnets by Totally_Jane_Austen Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775, which means that her 250th  birthday is still a full h...