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Tag Archives: Pride and Prejudice

Living in Pride and Prejudice

January 28, 2023

Pride and Prejudice was published 210 years ago today, by Thomas Egerton, and Jane Austen earned £110 by selling the copyright. …

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Rereading Persuasion, Part 2

January 20, 2023

I don’t think I’ll ever tire of reading about second chances. I finished rereading Persuasion, and I’ve been thinking about the …

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“What are men to rocks and mountains?”

July 18, 2016

“What are men to rocks and mountains? Oh! what hours of transport we shall spend! And when we do return, …

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Of French Cooks and Hobs – A Pride and Prejudice Menu

June 17, 2016

I’m pleased to introduce a guest post from Erna Buffie on food in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Erna’s first novel, …

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Austen and Ambition (and Philadelphia)

June 12, 2015

I went to Philadelphia last weekend to speak on Jane Austen and ambition at a JASNA Eastern Pennsylvania meeting, and …

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Anne and Gilbert After the Happy Ending

May 1, 2015

I didn’t like Anne of Windy Poplars when I was ten and I don’t like it now. I remember disliking …

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Pauses: Moments in Jane Austen When Nothing and Everything Gets Said

February 14, 2015

For Valentine’s Day, I’m very happy to share with you this guest post by Nora Bartlett on the moments in …

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Flattery in Mansfield Park

December 18, 2014

Thirty-sixth in a series of posts celebrating 200 years of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park. For more details, open Your Invitation to …

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Why Tom Bertram Cannot Die

December 15, 2014

Thirty-third in a series of posts celebrating 200 years of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park. For more details, open Your Invitation to …

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Clarity and Complexity: Mansfield Park Begins

May 9, 2014

Happy 200th anniversary to Mansfield Park, published on this day in 1814. Mansfield Park is not as famous as Jane Austen’s …

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Welcome!

I write about Jane Austen, Edith Wharton, L.M. Montgomery, and other writers I admire, and I’ve hosted a few online celebrations here in honour of the 200th anniversaries of Jane Austen’s novels. After completing my PhD in 19th century English literature at Dalhousie University, I held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, and then I taught for a few years in the Writing Program at Harvard University. I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and I’m currently working on a novel.

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Youth and Experience

Youth and Experience

A 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.

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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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