Friday, October 22, 2021

Another Missing Party-cipant in one of Jane Austen’s Novels

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I’ve received no answer to my tricky quiz, so now I will give the final (decisive) hints necessary to figure it out. HINT #1: The Austen n...
Tuesday, September 7, 2021

“…matter and impertinency mix'd!”: I am the Walrus as Lennon’s Shakespearean “reason in madness!”

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[Be sure to read this post to the very end, I've added a couple of significant points since I first posted this] I’ve long suspected Len...
Thursday, May 20, 2021

The Pious Hypocrite of Hunton….or Hunsford?: Austen's Anti-Slavery Parody in Pride & Prejudice

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My eye was caught today by a retweet by a sharp Twitter elf of the following article:  “The ‘Slave Bible’ is Not What You Think” by Jill Hic...
Monday, September 28, 2020

For Love, Money….and Worldly Wisdom: How to Read Jane Austen Better

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Today, a good (non-Janeite) friend alerted me to the publication of yet another article about Jane Austen: “How to Misread Jane Austen (or, ...
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Saturday, September 26, 2020

Quiz about two famous stories, seemingly unrelated, which actually have (at least) 9 parallels between them

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[Answer is given below when you scroll down] I’m thinking of two famous stories which are parallel with each other in each of the following ...
Monday, September 7, 2020

Austen's Persuasion & Richardson's Clarissa

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It seems like the author, Christopher Fanning, of one of the articles in the latest Persuasions #41 (2019) failed to use Google in checking...