tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436417288060370638.post1833840690976557303..comments2024-01-29T03:20:32.291-05:00Comments on ...... SHARP ELVES SOCIETY ...... Jane Austen's Shadow Stories: Jane Austen was haunted by the Ghost of Mary WollstonecraftArnie Perlsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720424361279466002noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436417288060370638.post-82356562402003505222011-05-30T16:22:40.706-04:002011-05-30T16:22:40.706-04:00No worries, but for a moment I thought I was in lo...No worries, but for a moment I thought I was in lost in the Gothic world of Northanger Abbey, when the post I had just responded to vanished as soon as I did respond! ;)<br /><br /><br />Seriously.....I have done exactly what you did so many times....<br /><br />Anyway, thanks again for posting!<br /><br />ARNIEArnie Perlsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720424361279466002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436417288060370638.post-14565061735753734882011-05-30T16:18:53.664-04:002011-05-30T16:18:53.664-04:00Well, talk about a new angle on an old topic! I co...Well, talk about a new angle on an old topic! I come to this blog from the other side, as it were: <i>A Vindication of the Rights of Mary</i> is my focus. I can't wait to pick up <i>Northanger Abbey</i> again, and the whole canon, and look for signs of Mary Wollstonecraft. <br /><br />I have just begun to explore the links between the two authors (see <br /><a href="http://avindicationoftherightsofmary.blogspot.com/2011/05/jane-austens-secret-nod.html" rel="nofollow">Jane Austen's secret nod</a>).<br /><br />Glad would I be, could I in all honesty claim JA as another of MW's "lost sons and daughters"! I'd need a little more persuading, but after all, what is <i>Persuasion</i> for?<br /><br />[Sorry, I pressed PUBLISH when I meant to hit PREVIEW, hence the self-delete, to tidy up.)Roberta Wedgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13619847452197496153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436417288060370638.post-53070561379885521382011-05-30T16:15:50.431-04:002011-05-30T16:15:50.431-04:00Roberta, I can already tell this is the beginning ...Roberta, I can already tell this is the beginning of a wonderful intellectual friendship, as we are clearly kindred spirits who see the joy and wit, as well as the serious content, in the writings of these towering figures such as Wollstonecraft and Austen! <br /><br />Cheers, ARNIEArnie Perlsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720424361279466002noreply@blogger.com