A review of 'Emma' (1815) by Jane Austen, dramatised in two parts by April de Angelis (2000) on BBC Sounds.
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Mischief-making: #ReadingAusten2025
Maria Bicknell in 1816, painted by her husband, John Constable. Emma (1815) by Jane Austen. Dramatised in two parts by April de Angelis, music by Martin Souter and Sarah Stowe, directed by Jonquil …
The 'real' Northanger Abbey? Which building(s) may have inspired Austen?
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The ‘real’ Northanger Abbey? #ReadingAusten2025
The Sham Castle, Claverton Down, Bath, from an old postcard. High upon Claverton Down to the east of Bath is positioned the eye-catching façade of the Sham Castle: commissioned in the mid 18th cent…
A review of 'Northanger Abbey' by
#JaneAusten after a second visit for
#ReadingAusten2025 and
#RIPxx.
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“Born to be an heroine”: #ReadingAusten2025
William Beckford’s Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire, 1796 to 1813, demolished 1845. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, in Northanger Abbey & Persuasion, introduction by R Bromley Johnson. J M Dent…
Today's buy: 'Evelina' by Frances Burney, one of Austen's favourite authors, for
#NationalBookshopDay and
#ReadingAusten2025.
Jane Austen and
#Bristol: historical and literary connections considered.
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Jane’s Bristol: #ReadingAusten2025
Blaise Castle, Henbury, Bristol © C A Lovegrove. I’ve previously enjoyed Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen before reviewing it in my Calmgrove blog: in fact, my post (entitled ‘Irony and …
A rambling overview of Jane Austen's 'Emma' for
#ReadingAusten2025.
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About Miss Woodhouse: #ReadingAusten2025
Maria Bicknell in 1816, painted by her husband, John Constable. Emma by Jane Austen.Edited by Brian Reeve. Alma Classics, 2015 (1816). Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable…
#JaneAusten's wicked parody 'Plan of a Novel' (1816) compared with
#GeorgeEliot's critique 'Silly Novels by Lady Novelists' (1856).
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A genus with many species: #ReadingAusten2025
Cassandra Austen, ‘Portrait of Elizabeth I’ (c. 1790), from Jane’s The History of England (1791). Plan of a Novel according to Hints from Various Quarters [1816] by Jane Austen, i…
Sympathetic hearts: a final (for now, at least) look at 'Mansfield Park' for
#ReadingAusten2025.
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Sympathetic hearts: #ReadingAusten2025
Godmersham Park, Kent. In case you thought – after the second of two reviews and at least two discussion posts – that I had said all I needed to say about Jane Austen’s 1814 novel Mansfield P…
The Men of Mansfield Park
This year, I’ve been reading through the novels of Jane Austen in publication order, something I don’t think I’ve ever done before. Thanks to the hosts of the Reading Austen 2025 …
Less a review, more somewhat random thoughts on 'Mansfield Park' (1814) by
#JaneAusten, for
#ReadingAusten2025.
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The genius and a dull elf: #ReadingAusten2025
James Andrews’ insipid watercolour portrait of Jane Austen (1869) based on Cassandra’s. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. Penguin Popular Classics, 1994 (1814). “‘I do no…
Christopher Lovegrove
Lory Widmer Hess