Goodreads Monday – Darcy’s Voyage

I went looking for some new memes to keep the blog fresh and new ideas coming. I found one called GoodReads Monday. You look back through your GoodReads To Be Read list and share the oldest book on there. I tend to mark nearly any Jane Austen related book as To Be Read so I'll … Continue reading Goodreads Monday – Darcy’s Voyage →

Wordless Wednesday #108

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Regency Man Monday – James Gillray

James Gillray (13 August 1756/7 – 1 June 1815)James Gillray was an English caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires, mainly published between 1792 and 1810.Gillray has been called "the father of the political cartoon", with his works satirizing George III, prime ministers and generals. Regarded as being one of the two most … Continue reading Regency Man Monday – James Gillray →

Podcasting with Jane – Going to College

This month's podcast selection are lecture notes from British Literature II Jane Austen Lecture Notes.This podcast was part of the required course work for the class taught by Beth Ritter-Guth at Union County College in Cranford, NJ.You can listen to the podcast here - Lecture Notes for Jane Austen's Emmaand read the transcript here - … Continue reading Podcasting with Jane – Going to College →

Wordless Wednesday #107

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Leap Day Poll Results

It looks like a good number of votes believed that Marianne Dashwood would be the top pick to propose to a man on February 29!

Leap Day Poll

We're going to have some fun on this extra day. Vote day and I'll share the results tomorrow.

Fun Friday: February Poll Results

If you could pair up any two Austen characters and send them on a Valentine's Day date who would you pair up and where would you send them?Lady Susan and Captain Frederick Tilney are forced to spend the weekend at Bible camp. There is no electricity, but there is Mr. Collins and Lady Catherine to … Continue reading Fun Friday: February Poll Results →

Wordless Wednesday #106

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Pride and Prejudice Discussion

Yesterday we had our February meeting and we had a wonderful discussion about Pride and Prejudice. I put together a list of 15 questions that I pulled from various sources (list at the bottom of this post).Here are some of the ones we discussed:How are Elizabeth’s wit and intelligence and independence first made clear in … Continue reading Pride and Prejudice Discussion →