This post was originally posted on July 19, 2010Versailles and More's Catherine Delors shares, "Fans of Jane Austen will remember Lady Bertram in Mansfield Park sitting on her sofa with her pug by her side. “The next time Pug has a litter you shall have a puppy,” she tells her niece Fanny. Lady Bertram can … Continue reading Flashback Friday – Pugs, Jane Austen, political conspiracy and mass murder
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Monday Quote – Explain
Trying something new here on the blog, using a random word generator I will get a word and find it in one of Jane's novels. I will share that quote here. ExplainAnother burst of tears; but in spite of that burst, and in spite of that great black word miserable, which served to introduce it, Sir … Continue reading Monday Quote – Explain
Wordless Wednesday #158
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Wordless Wednesday #152
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It’s Monday! What are you reading? Mansfield Park Revisited
Title: Mansfield Revisited Author: Joan AikenPublication Date: October 3, 2008Synopsis: In Aiken's sequel to Jane Austen's complex and fascinating novel, after heroine Fanny Price marries Edmund Bertram, they depart for the Caribbean, and Fanny's younger sister Susan moves to Mansfield Park as Lady Bertram's new companion. Surrounded by the familiar cast of characters from Jane Austen's original, and joined by … Continue reading It’s Monday! What are you reading? Mansfield Park Revisited
Fun Friday – Mansfield Park Poll Results!
In doing research for this month's poll, I kept seeing Mansfield Park rated at the bottom of lists, or people saying how they don't care for the novel. I happen to like the novel and was wondering how everyone else feels about CNJ-JASNA's novel of 2017.I first asked if readers liked the novel: Then I … Continue reading Fun Friday – Mansfield Park Poll Results!
Wordless Wednesday #142
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Wordless Wednesday #140
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Fun Friday – Mansfield Park Poll
In doing research for this poll, I kept seeing Mansfield Park rated at the bottom of lists, or people saying how they don't care for the novel. I happen to like the novel and was wondering how everyone else feels about CNJ-JASNA's novel of 2017.
It’s Monday! What are you reading? – Mansfield Park
Title: Mansfield ParkAuthor: Jane AustenPublication Date: July 1814Synopsis: Taken from the poverty of her parents' home, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with only her cousin Edmund as an ally. When Fanny's uncle is absent in Antigua, Mary Crawford and her brother Henry arrive … Continue reading It’s Monday! What are you reading? – Mansfield Park