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Leap of Faith
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Miss Georgiana Darcy of Pemberley
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For Myself Alone
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Tag Archives: Shannon Winslow
Good Company
“My idea of good company, Mr. Elliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.” “You are mistaken … that is not good company; that is the … Continue reading
The Indignities of a Heat Wave
What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance. So wrote Jane Austen in a letter – a bit of simple wisdom as true now as it was when she set it down on … Continue reading
The Pleasure of a Good Novel
“The person … who has not pleasure in a good novel must be intolerably stupid. I have read Mrs. Radcliffe’s works, and most of them with great pleasure. The Mysteries of Udolpho, when I had once begun it, I could … Continue reading
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Tagged Jane Austen, Jane Austen quotes, Northanger Abbey, novels, Shannon Winslow, The Mysteries of Udolpho, writing
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Rational Creatures
“I hate to hear you talking so … as if women were all fine ladies instead of rational creatures.” (Mrs. Croft to her brother, Frederick Wentworth, in chapter 8 of Persuasion) Although Jane Austen may not seem progressive to a … Continue reading
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Tagged equality of women, Jane Austen, Jane Austen quotes, Persuasion, Shannon Winslow
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Polluted Shades
“Heaven and earth! – of what are you thinking? Are the shades of Pelmberley to be thus polluted?” Did you know that pollution is not a problem exclusively of the modern era? Lady Catherine de Bourgh, as you see from … 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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Tagged Bath, Catherine Morland, For Myself Alone, Jane Austen, Jane Austen quotes, Northanger Abbey, Shannon Winslow, writing
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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
Leaving One’s Own Fireside
“A man must have a very good opinion of himself when he asks people to leave their own fireside, and encounter such a day as this for the sake of coming to see him. He must think himself a most … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Emma, hospitality, Jane Austen, Jane Austen quotes, party, Shannon Winslow
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A Well-Writen Letter
“Let us never underestimate the power of a well-written letter.” Okay, so I hear you JA aficionados saying, “Hey, where did she dig up that line?” And you’re right; it is not strictly a Jane Austen quote. But it certainly … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Elliot, Jane Austen, Jane Austen quotes, Lady Susan, letters, Persuasion, Shannon Winslow, Wentworth, writing
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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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