General Tilney, the Ogre of Northanger Abbey
“In an age when we are examining sexual predation and male power as never before, it may be revealing to …
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Coincidence in Persuasion
“Coincidence can be an important element in the novelist’s armoury, providing it is handled with discretion,” writes Maggie Lane in …
L.M. Montgomery’s Halifax: A Literary Soirée, June 18th
L.M. Montgomery lived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, when she was a student at Dalhousie University in 1895-96 and then when …
Anne Elliot’s Journeys of Body and Mind
Hazel Jones says she is “a confirmed Austen addict, having fallen in love with Henry Tilney at the age of …
What Women Most Desire: Anne Elliot’s Self-discovery
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you may remember Maggie Arnold’s guest posts on Mansfield Park and …
Three Generations in Search of Anne Elliot
In 2014, when I hosted a celebration in honour of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, Mary Lu Roffey Redden wrote a …
After the Fall
“Falls communicate something, if we are paying attention,” writes Carol J. Adams in today’s guest post on Jane Austen’s Persuasion. …
What Anne Knew
“Anne at the beginning of Persuasion has nothing to learn, no knowledge to gain from ‘till this moment I never …
Revisiting Persuasion: Jane Austen on history and History
Today’s guest post is by Daniel Woolf, Professor of History, and Principal and Vice-Chancellor, at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. …
Jane Austen and Adventure
Is Anne Elliot Jane Austen’s most adventurous heroine? This is the question Elisabeth Lenckos addresses in her guest post for …
