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Murder at Northanger Abbey
Prayer & Praise: a Jane Austen Devotional
The Ladies of Rosings Park
Leap of Faith
Leap of Hope
Miss Georgiana Darcy of Pemberley
The Persuasion of Miss Jane Austen
The Darcys of Pemberley
For Myself Alone
Return to Longbourn
Tag Archives: For Myself Alone
Finishing the Fragments
You may have heard on the news that a fragment of an unfinished Jane Austen novel called The Watsons hit the auction block this past week – a few yellowed pages of hand-written manuscript, complete with cross-outs and corrections selling at … Continue reading
Last Lines
To continue with my recent theme, I decided to put together a quiz about endings for all you Janeites. You might recognize most if not all the first lines, but how well do you know the last lines of Austen’s novels? Let’s find out. … Continue reading
Whose Mother Is She?
With it being Mother’s Day, I started thinking about the mothers portrayed in Jane Austen’s novels: Mrs. Bennet, Mrs. Morland, Mrs. Dashwood, and Mrs. Price. Not exactly an exemplary group, but at least they lived to see their children to adulthood. Two others … Continue reading
Shall We Dance?
I admit it; I watch Dancing With the Stars every week. It’s not just for the sake of seeing people dance, for I usually ignore the numbers done by all professionals. I think what intrigues me most is the magic of the non-dancing “stars” (a term interpreted very … Continue reading
Mightier than the Sword?
A couple of days ago there was another report in the news about the terrible consequences of cyber-bullying, kids using social media to dis their classmates on a massive scale. Not that gossip and slander are new. They’ve always been around; only the … Continue reading
Call to Adventure
No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be a heroine. Her situation in life, the character of her father and mother, her own person and disposition, were all equally against … Continue reading
The Pump-room
> Every morning now brought its regular duties – shops were to be visited; some new part of the town to be looked at; and the Pump-room to be attended, where they paraded up and down for an hour, looking … Continue reading
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A Charming Rake
“The gentleman offered his services, and perceiving that her modesty declined what her situation rendered necessary, took her up in his arms without further delay and carried her down the hill.” Willoughby, oh Willoughby. Such a dashing rake. No wonder … Continue reading
Truth in Irony
“A woman especially, if she have the misfortune to know anything, should conceal it as well as she can.” This well-known line is taken from Northanger Abbey, the narrator’s response to Catherine Morland’s admission that she knows little about what … Continue reading
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