A review of 'Northanger Abbey' by #JaneAusten after a second visit for #ReadingAusten2025 and #RIPxx. wp.me/sezD85-nabbey
“Born to be an heroine”: #ReadingAusten2025
William Beckford’s Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire, 1796 to 1813, demolished 1845. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, in Northanger Abbey & Persuasion, introduction by R Bromley Johnson. J M Dent…
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October 31, 2025 at 7:51 AM
A review of 'Northanger Abbey' by #JaneAusten after a second visit for #ReadingAusten2025 and #RIPxx. wp.me/sezD85-nabbey
Less a review, more somewhat random thoughts on 'Mansfield Park' (1814) by #JaneAusten, for #ReadingAusten2025.
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The genius and a dull elf: #ReadingAusten2025
James Andrews’ insipid watercolour portrait of Jane Austen (1869) based on Cassandra’s. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. Penguin Popular Classics, 1994 (1814). “‘I do no…
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June 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Less a review, more somewhat random thoughts on 'Mansfield Park' (1814) by #JaneAusten, for #ReadingAusten2025.
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How resonant was the phrase “pride and prejudice” in the years before and after #JaneAusten’s novels appeared? #BookSky wp.me/sezD85-abol
How resonant was the phrase “pride and prejudice” in the years before and after #JaneAusten’s novels appeared? #BookSky wp.me/sezD85-abol
“About the slave-trade”: #ReadingAusten2025
Jane Austen, 1775–1817. Before completing my re-read of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (1813) and preparing a new review for #ReadingAusten2025 I want to draw the attention of anyone else …
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April 12, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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How resonant was the phrase “pride and prejudice” in the years before and after #JaneAusten’s novels appeared? #BookSky wp.me/sezD85-abol
How resonant was the phrase “pride and prejudice” in the years before and after #JaneAusten’s novels appeared? #BookSky wp.me/sezD85-abol
The 'real' Northanger Abbey? Which building(s) may have inspired Austen? #Booksky #ReadingAusten2025 wp.me/sezD85-hngr
The ‘real’ Northanger Abbey? #ReadingAusten2025
The Sham Castle, Claverton Down, Bath, from an old postcard. High upon Claverton Down to the east of Bath is positioned the eye-catching façade of the Sham Castle: commissioned in the mid 18th cent…
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November 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The 'real' Northanger Abbey? Which building(s) may have inspired Austen? #Booksky #ReadingAusten2025 wp.me/sezD85-hngr
Sympathetic hearts: a final (for now, at least) look at 'Mansfield Park' for #ReadingAusten2025.
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Sympathetic hearts: #ReadingAusten2025
Godmersham Park, Kent. In case you thought – after the second of two reviews and at least two discussion posts – that I had said all I needed to say about Jane Austen’s 1814 novel Mansfield P…
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July 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Sympathetic hearts: a final (for now, at least) look at 'Mansfield Park' for #ReadingAusten2025.
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Reading progress during April, with #1952Club, #ReadingTheTheatre, and #ReadingAusten2025.
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Reading progress during April, with #1952Club, #ReadingTheTheatre, and #ReadingAusten2025.
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Bookwise 2025/4
‘Decadent Youth’ (1899) by Ramon Casas. This month my post ‘Why do I read?’ stimulated some fascinating discussion, though luckily nobody saw it indulgent or even, as in the…
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April 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Reading progress during April, with #1952Club, #ReadingTheTheatre, and #ReadingAusten2025.
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Reading progress during April, with #1952Club, #ReadingTheTheatre, and #ReadingAusten2025.
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Review of 'Love and Friendship' by Jane Austen, with a foreword by Fay Weldon, for #ReadingAusten2025 #BookSky
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Effervescent epistles #ReadingAusten2025
‘The Love Letter’ (ca 1790) by Thomas Rowlandson. Love and Friendshipby Jane Austen,foreword by Fay Weldon.Hesperus Books, 2003. ‘Beware of the insipid vanities and idle dissipati…
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January 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Review of 'Love and Friendship' by Jane Austen, with a foreword by Fay Weldon, for #ReadingAusten2025 #BookSky
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#BookSky ‘The History of England […]
by a Partial, Prejudiced and Ignorant Historian‘ (1791) by Jane Austen, for #ReadingAusten2025.
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by a Partial, Prejudiced and Ignorant Historian‘ (1791) by Jane Austen, for #ReadingAusten2025.
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Partial and prejudiced: #ReadingAusten2025
Cassandra Austen’s sitter, her sister Jane, 1775–1817. ‘The History of England […] by a Partial, Prejudiced and Ignorant Historian’ (1791)by Jane Austen, in Catharine and Ot…
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May 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
#BookSky ‘The History of England […]
by a Partial, Prejudiced and Ignorant Historian‘ (1791) by Jane Austen, for #ReadingAusten2025.
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by a Partial, Prejudiced and Ignorant Historian‘ (1791) by Jane Austen, for #ReadingAusten2025.
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#JaneAusten's wicked parody 'Plan of a Novel' (1816) compared with #GeorgeEliot's critique 'Silly Novels by Lady Novelists' (1856). #ReadingAusten2025 #BookSky wp.me/sezD85-silly
A genus with many species: #ReadingAusten2025
Cassandra Austen, ‘Portrait of Elizabeth I’ (c. 1790), from Jane’s The History of England (1791). Plan of a Novel according to Hints from Various Quarters [1816] by Jane Austen, i…
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August 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
#JaneAusten's wicked parody 'Plan of a Novel' (1816) compared with #GeorgeEliot's critique 'Silly Novels by Lady Novelists' (1856). #ReadingAusten2025 #BookSky wp.me/sezD85-silly
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'A Walk in the Park' discusses Jane Austen's 'Mansfield Park': why verisimilitude mattered to the author.
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'A Walk in the Park' discusses Jane Austen's 'Mansfield Park': why verisimilitude mattered to the author.
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A Walk in the Park: #ReadingAusten2025
Stowe House, Buckinghamshire. In preparation for revisiting Fanny Price, the Bertrams and the Crawfords over the next few weeks, I want to take a little walk in the grounds and enjoy the prospects …
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May 12, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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'A Walk in the Park' discusses Jane Austen's 'Mansfield Park': why verisimilitude mattered to the author.
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'A Walk in the Park' discusses Jane Austen's 'Mansfield Park': why verisimilitude mattered to the author.
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Jane Austen and Bristol: historical and literary connections considered.#ReadingAusten 2025 #Booksky wp.me/pezD85-n5
Jane’s Bristol: #ReadingAusten2025
Blaise Castle, Henbury, Bristol © C A Lovegrove. I’ve previously enjoyed Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen before reviewing it in my Calmgrove blog: in fact, my post (entitled ‘Irony and …
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September 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Jane Austen and Bristol: historical and literary connections considered.#ReadingAusten 2025 #Booksky wp.me/pezD85-n5
#Booksky. Today's buy: 'Evelina' by Frances Burney, one of Austen's favourite authors, for #NationalBookshopDay and #ReadingAusten2025.
October 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
#Booksky. Today's buy: 'Evelina' by Frances Burney, one of Austen's favourite authors, for #NationalBookshopDay and #ReadingAusten2025.
People at the Park: a discussion of personnel in #JaneAusten's 'Mansfield Park'. #ReadingAusten2025 wp.me/sezD85-mp3
People at the Park: #ReadingAusten2025
Stencil cover art by Bernie Reid for 2007 Everyman / Daily Telegraph edition of ‘Pride and Prejudice’. As I figuratively wander the house and grounds of Mansfield Park I naturally give …
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June 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
People at the Park: a discussion of personnel in #JaneAusten's 'Mansfield Park'. #ReadingAusten2025 wp.me/sezD85-mp3
“They said we were crazy. They said we couldn't put HAUNTOLOGY inside of JANE AUSTEN. They were wrong.”
Here's my final post for The Classics Club #ReadingAusten2025 readalong, playfully proposing a hauntological reading of Persuasion:
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Here's my final post for The Classics Club #ReadingAusten2025 readalong, playfully proposing a hauntological reading of Persuasion:
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Haunted by Persuasion: When Old Books Become Old Friends | Guest Host: Dr Adam J. Smith
On 1 November, Rach left the following comment on my first Persuasion post: “I think there is such magic in going back to these books and reading them again.” Then, This Reading Life added: “I’ve a…
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December 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
“They said we were crazy. They said we couldn't put HAUNTOLOGY inside of JANE AUSTEN. They were wrong.”
Here's my final post for The Classics Club #ReadingAusten2025 readalong, playfully proposing a hauntological reading of Persuasion:
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#JaneAusten
Here's my final post for The Classics Club #ReadingAusten2025 readalong, playfully proposing a hauntological reading of Persuasion:
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#JaneAusten
Huzzah! I found the choices made for this selection fascinating and enlightening, so thank you! I'd previously reviewed 'Silly Novels' from your selection in depth, comparing it with Austen's 'Plan of a Novel'. wp.me/sezD85-silly
A genus with many species: #ReadingAusten2025
Cassandra Austen, ‘Portrait of Elizabeth I’ (c. 1790), from Jane’s The History of England (1791). Plan of a Novel according to Hints from Various Quarters [1816] by Jane Austen, i…
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December 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Huzzah! I found the choices made for this selection fascinating and enlightening, so thank you! I'd previously reviewed 'Silly Novels' from your selection in depth, comparing it with Austen's 'Plan of a Novel'. wp.me/sezD85-silly
My view of 'Austen’s Women: Lady Susan' performed by Rebecca Vaughan and directed by Andrew Margerison for
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A most accomplished coquette: #ReadingAusten2025
Rebecca Vaughan in the Dyad Production of ‘Austen’s Women: Lady Susan’. Austen’s Women: Lady Susan. Performed by Rebecca Vaughan, directed by Andrew Margerison, Dyad Product…
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October 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
My view of 'Austen’s Women: Lady Susan' performed by Rebecca Vaughan and directed by Andrew Margerison for
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@dyadproductions.bsky.social #Booksky wp.me/sezD85-lsue
Dr Lizzie @historylizzie Rogers discusses #JaneAusten with Emily Briffett at BBC HistoryExtra.
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New Podcast | HistoryExtra, “Jane Austen: Life of the Week”
Hello and happy February! This year is already shaping up to be a true Jane Austen year, and I’ve been celebrating by having a wonderful conversation with Emily Briffett at BBC HistoryExtra a…
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February 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Dr Lizzie @historylizzie Rogers discusses #JaneAusten with Emily Briffett at BBC HistoryExtra.
#ReadingAusten2025
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Second impressions of 'Pride and Prejudice' by #JaneAusten: a reread for #ReadingAusten2025.
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Second impressions of 'Pride and Prejudice' by #JaneAusten: a reread for #ReadingAusten2025.
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Second impressions: #ReadingAusten2025
Stencil cover art by Bernie Reid for the 2007 Everyman / Telegraph edition. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Edited by Pamela Norris (1993), introduction by Peter Conrad (1978). Everyman’s…
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April 24, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Second impressions of 'Pride and Prejudice' by #JaneAusten: a reread for #ReadingAusten2025.
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Second impressions of 'Pride and Prejudice' by #JaneAusten: a reread for #ReadingAusten2025.
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Bookwise 2025/3: what was read and what's to-be-read. calmgrovebooks.wordpress.com/2025/03/30/wis…#ReadingAusten20252#1952Clubu#MarchMagics20252#ReadingWales252#readingirelandmonth2525
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March 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Bookwise 2025/3: what was read and what's to-be-read. calmgrovebooks.wordpress.com/2025/03/30/wis…#ReadingAusten20252#1952Clubu#MarchMagics20252#ReadingWales252#readingirelandmonth2525
Secrets, sickness and spinsters: a mini-essay on 'Sense and Sensibility' for #ReadingAusten2025.
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Secrets, sickness and spinsters #ReadingAusten2025
‘The Linley sisters, Elizabeth and Mary’, painted1772-1785 by Thomas Gainsborough (Dulwich Picture Gallery). Though I have previously written a review of Austen’s first novel in t…
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March 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Secrets, sickness and spinsters: a mini-essay on 'Sense and Sensibility' for #ReadingAusten2025.
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