The Second Time Around

The Second Time Around

Reading Austen’s eponymous Emma for the second time around is a vastly different experience than ...

Emma and the Green-Eyed Monster

Emma and the Green-Eyed Monster

Up until this moment, Emma has been the social butterfly; talkative and all aglow.

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Here’s to a Well-Ordered World

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.

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He That Sighs and Offers Fine Words to Emma

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.

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The Word of the Day is Valetudinarian

The Word of the Day is Valetudinarian

One of the things I love about Jane Austen’s work is her vocabulary.

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Emma; Work-in-Progress

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.

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Emma’s World and Too Many Men

Emma’s World and Too Many Men

I think Emma is the only Austen novel with far too many eligible men.

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Poor Execution with Werewolves

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.

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Janeite or Austenite?

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?

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My Sad Accomplishments

My Sad Accomplishments

The ladies of Jane Austen’s time, and indeed within her works, had accomplishments to recommend them as ladies.

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Free Northanger Abbey and Angels and Dragons

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…

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The Normal Amongst the Absurd

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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