Up until this moment, Emma has been the social butterfly; talkative and all aglow.
The Second Time Around
Reading Austen’s eponymous Emma for the second time around is a vastly different experience than ...
Glitches and Stitches
Utilizing the G+ hangout for virtual book club discussions has been proving both technically difficult ...
To Emma Sans Love
As you are aware, the celebration of Valentine's Day provides an opportunity for expressing our ...
Valentine’s Day Card to Mr. Robert Martin
Upon reading Mr. Robert Martin’s letter again some few months later, and having given it ...
Family Values and Society
John and Isabella Knightley enjoy the company of each other, their children, and their family ...
Here’s to a Well-Ordered World
Secluded in a Jane Austen novel, protected by the structures of plot and story–this is the well-ordered world I dream up.
He That Sighs and Offers Fine Words to Emma
I never in my life saw a man more intent on being agreeable than Mr. Elton.
The Word of the Day is Valetudinarian
One of the things I love about Jane Austen’s work is her vocabulary.
Emma; Work-in-Progress
“Emma has been meaning to read more ever since she was twelve years old.” That’s what Mr. Knightley tells us during his conversation with Mrs. Weston. The fact is, Emma is unable to finish a project.
Poor Execution with Werewolves
It isn’t often that I come across a book that leaves me in utter disappointment to the extent that I would go so far as to discourage anyone else from reading it–especially if reading it involves spending any money–but Emma and the Werewolves by Jane Austen and Adam Rann is just such a book.
Janeite or Austenite?
It seems a silly question at first. You most emphatically stated your answer the moment you read the title, but was it the right one?
My Sad Accomplishments
The ladies of Jane Austen’s time, and indeed within her works, had accomplishments to recommend them as ladies.
Free Northanger Abbey and Angels and Dragons
That’s right, readers! We have it on good authority that for a limited time Northanger Abbey and Angels and Dragons by Jane Austen and Vera Nazarian will be available for FREE…
The Normal Amongst the Absurd
As I reluctantly sat down to watch, “this bomb” as I put it, I rolled my eyes at the absurd notion of mashing-up cowboys with aliens.
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