Author: elaineowenauthor207097889
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Fanny Price, A Heroine For Our Times
I get it. I really do. Mansfield Park is probably Austen’s most controversial novel. Certainly it’s the one most likely to earn you a few raised eyebrows, Darcy-style, if you announce how much you enjoyed reading it. And I understand why. About halfway through my first reading of Mansfield Park, when Fanny was too weak…
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Favorite Austen Quotes + A Giveaway
Recently I casually re-posted a meme I saw online: Tell me your favorite Jane Austen character without telling me your favorite Jane Austen character. To be honest, I wasn’t expecting a terribly strong response, and I thought the people who did respond would probably post memes or pictures of their favorite characters. Instead, I got…
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Journey to Jane
How did you fall in love with Jane Austen? Probably all of you reading this are in love with Austen or you wouldn’t be on this site. (Although there might be a few newbies!!) What was it that first drew you to her? Did you have a first encounter that, like Elizabeth and Darcy, you…