Hey there! Do you love Mary Bennet from Pride & Prejudice? Then you should read my post for the Jane Austen Centre on why Mary Bennet rocks. Seriously — she’s nerdy, smart, serious, and knows Fordyce’s Sermons by heart. Here’s a snippet of Why We Love Mary Bennet: Oh, Mary. Read more…
The six are the Jane Austen canon — Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, and Emma. The following is my analysis of the six, in no particular order. Pride & Prejudice I first read Pride & Prejudice in high school and didn’t like it. I Read more…
So many readers suggested North & South by Elizabeth Gaskell in the comments during the Birthday Soiree that I decided to read it over Christmas. I can see why many fans love the book and suggested it but I was also stunned by how different it was from Jane Austen’s Read more…