The Defense of Novels in Northanger Abbey
Leslie Nyman is the author of an historical novel, The Sound of Her Own Voice, which tells the story of …
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Why Did Jane Austen Abandon The Watsons?
It’s a pleasure to introduce this guest post by Kathleen A. Flynn on Jane Austen’s unfinished novel The Watsons. Kathleen’s …
The Republic of Love Bookmark and the Carol Shields Memorial Labyrinth
“Just a love story, people say about a book they happen to be reading, to be caught reading. They smirk …
Jane Austen and her Emma in Spanish
Cinthia Garcia Soria is a freelance translator (from English to Spanish) and she’s working towards a Master’s degree in Applied …
Miss Bates in Fairy-land
Margaret C. Sullivan is the author of Jane Austen Cover to Cover and The Jane Austen Handbook. She wrote about …
Why do readers object to the romance between Emma and Mr. Knightley?
Kirk Companion is a member of two Jane Austen book clubs in the Boston area, and for one of them, …
Friendship, Transformation, and the Hope of Reconciliation
In 2014, when we were celebrating 200 years of Mansfield Park, Margaret Horwitz wrote about “The Comfort of Friendship” for …
Emma Abroad
Gillian Dow is curating an exhibition focusing on “Jane Austen’s Emma at 200: From English Village to Global Appeal,” which will …
Mrs. Woodhouse
George Justice is the editor of the Norton Critical Edition of Jane Austen’s Emma (2011). He specializes in eighteenth-century literature …
Mr. Woodhouse and What Matters in the End
Dr. Cheryl Kinney is a gynecologist in Dallas, Texas, and she has given lectures in the United States, Canada, and …
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