Category Archives: Jane Austen
Mansfield Park and Religion
For my Oxford course, one of our option activities was to look at the different ways religion is mentioned in the novel. My response is below, and I’ll post more as I can! I would have to return to the … Continue reading
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Cambridge Companion Chapter
Here is a posting I just made to my blog for my Oxford class. As it contains some interesting information, I thought it appropriate to publish it here as well. I read the chapter “Money” in The Cambridge Companion to … Continue reading
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An Oxford Class? Really? Oxford University?
I am taking a class on Jane Austen via Oxford University online, specifically Trinity College. Typing that sentence makes me: completely geek out, giggle, feel a sense of pride, and anticipate the next class I get to take. Also, it … Continue reading
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Mansfield Park – Entry 2
So, since I left off at the end of Chapter Three, that’s where I’ll begin today. First in the third chapter is a completely understandable admonition from Sir Thomas to Tom the younger regarding his lack of self-control and its … Continue reading
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Mansfield Park, Entry 1
There are several things on which I wish to comment in this post, and will attempt to organize it in the most logical manner based on my observations. In this instance, I will list my observations chronologically rather than by … Continue reading
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Beginning Mansfield Park
As I finished Sense and Sensibility, I was wondering about which Austen book to read next. Then, I happened to get the stomach flu or some such thing, and spent a day on the couch watching movies. After I watched … Continue reading
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Well, I finished one book.
Although I was disappointed in my quest for a disappointing father figure (with one only very minor exception in Mr. Palmer), I have to admit that I found Austen’s first official publication enjoyable. I can’t believe, having a Jane Austen … Continue reading
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Sense and Sensibility Reading and Thoughts – Entry 2
Well, I’ve been reading more and more, and I’ve come to several conclusions: 1. Being more than half-way through the novel, I can say with near certainty that I’m not likely to find a faulty father figure, apart from the … Continue reading
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More to come later, but…
I really don’t like Mrs. Fanny Dashwood.
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Sense and Sensibility Reading and Thoughts – Entry 1
I’ve been, as I mentioned, reading Sense and Sensibility in my investigation of Jane Austen father figures. Since the novel deals with the family surviving Mr. Dashwood, mentions of father figures have so far been a bit scarce. One exception … Continue reading
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