In this latest memoir installment, I look at the friendships in my life that revolved around literature.
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Tag Archives: Northanger Abbey
My Friendships Grounded in Literature
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The Joys of Reading Fanny Burney
In which I share my first-time reading experience of Fanny Burney’s Cecilia, which I couldn’t bear to put down.
Why Emma Is My Favorite Austen Novel
Why “Emma” is my favorite Austen novel. It all has to do with Mrs. Elton, Emma’s double.
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Austen: Romance without Words
Jane Austen never directly reports a protagonist saying “yes” to a marriage proposal. For Valentine’s Day, I explore why.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Emma, Jane Austen, love, Mansfield Park, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Valentine's Day Comments closed
Our Round of Austen-Like Visitations
Julia and I spent the last week in a series of visits such as one encounters in Jane Austen novels.
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Libby Changes the Way We Read
Listening to Libby books on my cellphone has opened up a new dimension of engaging with novels.
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On Men and Novel Reading
Thoughts on the differences between women and men reading novels.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Jane Austen, Melodrama, men reading Comments closed
Atwood & Austen on Abortion in Texas
Texas’s new abortion law, which incentives citizens to snitch on their neighbors, brings to mind “Handmaid’s Tale,” “1984,” and “Northanger Abbey.”
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A Christian Attack on Toxic Masculinity
In “Sir Charles Grandison,” Richardson attacks toxic masculinity in ways that feel very modern.
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