First Impressions: Jane Austen’s radical female friendship
Congratulations to Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney, whose book A Secret Sisterhood: The hidden friendships of Austen, Brontë, Eliot …
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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 …
“She knew that a hard struggle was before her”: Emily’s Quest
At the beginning of L.M. Montgomery’s Emily’s Quest (1927), Emily Starr has “very clear-cut ideas of what she was going …
“I have to write”: Emily Climbs
In L.M. Montgomery’s Emily Climbs (1925), one of the novels Emily Starr reads is The Children of the Abbey (1796), …
“I am important to myself”: Emily of New Moon
“I am important to myself,” says Emily Byrd Starr when she’s told by her late father’s housekeeper that she ought …
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 …
Listening Carefully and Watching Intently
I spent part of the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend in Mahone Bay and Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, reading, writing, and taking pictures. …
On Not Skipping from September to November
Inspired by Christy Ann Conlin’s guest post on “The Sweet Exhilaration of Solitude,” I spent some time in the Halifax …
Spring in Rainbow Valley
I spent last weekend in Prince Edward Island and one of the books I read was L.M. Montgomery’s Rainbow Valley, …
A Man of Genius: Q&A with Janet Todd
After Janet Todd wrote about “English verdure” for Emma in the Snow, I wanted to know more about her new …
