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Sarah Emsley

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Tag Archives: Edith Wharton

Eight Years!

July 29, 2018

Here are eight of my favourite blog posts, to mark the eighth anniversary of my blog: Jane Austen’s “Darling Child” …

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L.M. Montgomery and the Halifax Public Gardens

October 22, 2015

“She’ll feel awful bad if her flowers get frosted, especially them dahlias. Octavia sets such store by her dahlias.” In …

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“Do not imagine, Miss Bennet, that your ambition will ever be gratified”

October 9, 2015

Lady Catherine insists to Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice that she must not think she will ever improve her …

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Five Years!

July 29, 2015

Jane Austen’s letters, her novels Emma and Persuasion, the virtue of charity, the history of Nova Scotia, and the composition …

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The Custom of the Country Turns 101 Today

October 18, 2014

Today is the 101st anniversary of the publication of Edith Wharton’s novel The Custom of the Country. She called it her …

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A Summer (Reading) Marathon

August 11, 2014

“A girl came out of lawyer Royall’s house, at the end of one street of North Dormer, and stood on …

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Edith Wharton’s Passion for Order

January 24, 2014

It was Helen Pinkerton who introduced me to Edith Wharton, and in honour of Wharton’s birthday today I’d like to …

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Mansfield Park is a Tragedy, Not a Comedy

January 17, 2014

I’m really excited about discussing Mansfield Park with all of you this year – so excited that I can’t wait …

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How Much Did Edith Wharton Revise The Custom of the Country?

November 7, 2013

Tenth and last in a series celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Edith Wharton’s novel The Custom of the Country. “I have …

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Edith Wharton’s Portrait of a Lady

October 24, 2013

Part Nine in a series celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Edith Wharton’s novel The Custom of the Country. During her New …

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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

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