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Sarah Emsley

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Sarah Emsley

Category Archives: Nova Scotia

Summer

August 31, 2018

Here are some of the pictures I took this summer in Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. On …

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L.M. Montgomery’s Halifax: A Literary Soirée, June 18th

June 4, 2018

L.M. Montgomery lived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, when she was a student at Dalhousie University in 1895-96 and then when …

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Austens in Halifax, Nova Scotia: A Walking Tour

July 14, 2017

Jane Austen died two hundred years ago this month, on July 18, 1817. Readers around the world are commemorating the …

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Reading Jane Austen’s Poems in the Halifax Public Gardens

June 30, 2017

Last Sunday, on a warm summer evening during the Jane Austen Society of the UK conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia, …

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Listening Carefully and Watching Intently

October 14, 2016

I spent part of the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend in Mahone Bay and Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, reading, writing, and taking pictures. …

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Running in Halifax

September 18, 2015

I love thinking about the history of Halifax when I’m running. Long runs give me a chance to explore my …

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Reading, Writing, Running

September 8, 2015

Today is my birthday, and I’m planning to celebrate by reading the last chapter of Jane Austen’s Emma early this …

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Let’s Bookmark Nova Scotia’s Literary Landmarks

January 9, 2015

“All of us are better when we’re loved.” The powerful last line of Alistair MacLeod’s International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award-winning …

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Pride and Prejudice Fundraiser for Halifax Humanities 101

February 23, 2013

Mr. Darcy and Mr. Wickham do battle in court, and you’re invited to watch. No, this isn’t a scene from …

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A Passion for Dead Leaves: Jane Austen and The Penderwicks

October 30, 2012

Sense and Sensibility was published two hundred and one years ago today, and I thought of Jane Austen’s heroine Marianne …

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Welcome!

I write about Jane Austen, Jane Austen for kids, and Edith Wharton. Sometimes I post about other writers I admire, such as L.M. Montgomery, and about places I love (especially Nova Scotia and Alberta). I taught writing at Harvard University before I decided to come home to Nova Scotia to write full time.

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Youth and Experience

Youth and Experience

A new blog series celebrating 200 years of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.

Emma in the Snow

Emma in the Snow

Guest posts in honour of the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's Emma.

Essays

Approaches to Teaching Austen's Mansfield Park

My essay “The Tragic Action of Mansfield Park" appears in Approaches to Teaching Austen’s Mansfield Park.

Among the Proto-Janeites

"Among the Proto-Janeites: Reading Mansfield Park for Consolation in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1815" was published in Persuasions On-Line 35.1.

Top Posts & Pages

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    Jane Austen’s “Darling Child” Meets the World
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    From Halifax to Vancouver and Home Again
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    A Visit to Green Gables
  • “I am important to myself”: Emily of New Moon
    “I am important to myself”: Emily of New Moon
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    Down to the Sea

An Invitation to Mansfield Park

An Invitation to Mansfield Park

A series of guest posts celebrating 200 years of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park.

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"I must keep to my own style & go on in my own Way; And though I may never succeed again in that, I am convinced that I should totally fail in any other." Jane Austen to James Stanier Clarke, 1 April 1816

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