This book could be considered a companion piece to the BBC documentary Jane Austen: Behind Closed Doors. “Young people reading Jane Austen for the first time think… Read more “Jane Austen at Home”
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Nights End
Nights End, the final in the Nights Champion trilogy, released the first day of Lexicon. I finished reading it the last day of Lexicon. This feels appropriate… Read more “Nights End”
Lexicon 2017
lexicon noun, plural lexica [lek-si-kuh], lexicons. a wordbook or dictionary, especially of Greek, Latin, or Hebrew. the vocabulary of a particular language, field, social class, person,etc. inventory or record:… Read more “Lexicon 2017”
A little Austen in your everyday life
I am wondering whether I need a tag line: A little Austen in your everyday life because, whether intentionally or not, she keeps popping up in my… Read more “A little Austen in your everyday life”
The plague
Imagine 19 people in a 5 bedroom home for a long weekend. Imagine these people are related. Now imagine these people one-by-one succumb to the plague. Sounds… Read more “The plague”
Jane Austen The Secret Radical
I read several reviews of Jane Austen The Secret Radical before reading the book itself. Reviewers Abigail Bok and John Mullan agree that there isn’t much new. This is amusing as Mullan’s What Matters… Read more “Jane Austen The Secret Radical”
We Won’t Know the Ramifications
Last week was the six year anniversary of the Christchurch earthquake that killed 185 people. A memorial wall was unveiled for the occasion, much like a war… Read more “We Won’t Know the Ramifications”
