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May.20.2013
I know, I know. Caramel. Crunch. Or maybe it's the Mocha Cookie Crumble that has your number. No doubt Jane Austen would have gone for the crunch rather than, say, Hume's multi-volume History of England, and where would we be now? If Scott wouldn't have made the decision on his own,...
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Mar.26.2013
Though hardly enough is known about Jane Austen's too-brief, non-celebrity life, there is one biographical certainty we can surmise from this distance: No one ever asked her whom she'd pick to play Mr. Darcy in the movies.
May I weigh in? ("Insolent girl!" Lizzie Bennet would scold.) I do so...
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Feb.24.2013
There is something wonderful about finding a really good review of a book I've written and published, especially since it was my first self-published effort. I have had my share of awful reviews from people who "couldn't get into the book" and a few toilet reviews from people who didn't read the...
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Feb.01.2013
I certainly hope that some of my books will have the impact and longevity of Pride and Prejudice. But then, perhaps books on the internet will last forever. They won't have the weight and heft of these, however. [DE]
Jane Austen as pictured in the portrait discovered by Dr Paula...
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Nov.23.2012
Jane Austen Adaptation Sense and Sensibility
“Sister and Sistah”
ACT I
“Daddy,” Jamal called out as he rushed into the hospital room at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s intensive care unit in Los Angeles, California.
“Jamal, Jamal, Mr. Davis babbled as he...
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Nov.17.2012
Jane Austen. Who is Jane Austen I thought, as my faculty advisor recommended the course with enthusiasm? Her excitement about Jane Austen influenced my decision to register as an English African American female and English major. I knew nothing about Jane Austen; I had never heard of the...
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Nov.08.2012
“Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.” –Roger Crawford
It is easy to assume that great writers of the past such as Jane Austen and Charles Dickens as well as famous writers of today such as Stephen King and J.K. Rowling never had to face any obstacle in regards to...
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Nov.05.2012
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak’s Essay – Response
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak claims that in the discussion of nineteenth- century British Literature one should take into account two important facts. The first is that imperialism was “England’s social mission” and as such was a “crucial part of the...
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Oct.19.2012
Have you ever heard someone speak about a book or see a movie based on a book and wanted to read the original? I do. All the time. That's the case with The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham, also author of Day of the Triffids, which I've already read.
I don't know if it's curiosity (mostly, what...
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Aug.29.2012
Children wearing new clothes and carrying bright backpacks stand huddled waiting for the yellow buses that now dot the roads. A collective sigh can be heard from all the mothers who now have a few hours of quiet. Yes, school is back. Sharpened pencils, crammed notebooks and...
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