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3 days ago · Visiting Janeites Down Under. June 24, 2024 by Brenda S Cox. By Brenda S. Cox. “In 1775, Cassandra Austen gave birth to her second daughter whom she named Jane. The same year Captain James Cook was made a Fellow of the Royal Society, in recognition of his achievements in reaching Botany Bay, claiming New South Wales for the British Government ...
6 days ago · Austen wrote six full-length novels before she died: Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1816) – while Northanger Abbey and Persuasion were ...
3 days ago · Villains in Austen’s novels invariably share the lifestyle of the Prince Regent’s inner circle — fashionable, prodigal and loose in their sexual morals. Marriage might appeal to them, but romantic relationships are largely a flirtatious game that may well end in sin, with family life, as a whole, of little interest.
6 days ago · Growing up, I always loved reading, but it wasn’t until I discovered Jane Austen’s novels in middle and high school that I began to think about studying literature seriously. In particular, it was Northanger Abbey that inspired me. This novel, which wasn’t published until after Austen’s death but was the first she finished, ...
5 days ago · Author and historian Lucy Worsley takes a novel look at the life of author Jane Austen -- through the lens of the homes where she lived -- in this fascinating new biography.
4 days ago · In Northanger Abbey, Austen satirizes some common elements of the genre. Such books fuel the imagination of our heroine, whose inexperience sometimes blurs the line between fiction and reality. Her suspicion of General Tilney being a dangerous villain and the search for dark ancient secrets within the walls of the abbey, even though the place ...
2 days ago · Pride & Prejudice is a 2005 romantic drama directed by Joe Wright, in his feature directorial debut, and based on Jane Austen's 1813 novel of the same name.The film features five sisters from an English family of landed gentry as they deal with issues of marriage, morality and misconceptions. Keira Knightley stars as Elizabeth Bennet, while Matthew Macfadyen plays Mr Darcy who falls in love ...
2 days ago · The new Style and Sensibility exhibition at Judges Lodgings in Lancaster reveals the reality of historic fashions from 1800-1830s through dress, accessories and prints. And it turns out that Regency style is as pretty as we imagine, even if the full story is a little bit more complicated. Jane Austen’s famous novels were published during the ...
4 days ago · That book was Jane Austen’s Emma. I was reading, and my aunt came in. She saw the book and said, oh, Jane Austen. Extremely regressive. I honestly was so baffled, it took me a whole few minutes to process her words. I’ve never heard anyone call Jane Austen regressive before, nor have I ever felt so myself.
2 days ago · Jane Austen (; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.
