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Tag Archives: Sense and Sensibility
The influence of Jane Austen’s social background on two of her novels
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Portrait Miniatures
Cherished Tokens of Regency Love
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Sense and Sensibility: The Bicentenary Edition
All that is old becomes new again in this annotated and illustrated version of Sense and Sensibility
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Annotating Jane Austen: What Would Elinor Do?
Margaret C. Sullivan takes an in depth look at Sense and Sensibility
Illustrating Jane Austen: The Artist’s Challenge
Cassandra Chouinard discusses her recent illustrations for Sense and Sensibility.
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Publishing Austen in the E-Book World
A Q&A with Laura McDonald of GirleBooks
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From Prada to Nada
A review by Vic Sanborn
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He’s in the news again
Martin Salter our Meeter/Greeter gets on the TV again with presenter Amanda Vickery. Take a look.
Willoughby’s Return: A Tale of Almost Irresistible Temptation By Jane Odiwe
Set four years after the close of Sense and Sensibility, Willoughby’s Return starts off apace with a surprise visitor (no, not that one…) plans for a ball and mounting tension in the Brandon household. Marianne Brandon wonders if she has lost that part of herself that used to be so wildly impetuous and romantic. Has [...]
Sense and Sensibility Goes Gothic
Sir Walter Scott confessed that, although he could write action adventure novels “like any now going,” he lacked Jane Austen’s genius, “the exquisite touch, which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting.” Filmmakers should take note. Infusing an Austen novel with testosterone does not make it better, and the 2008 BBC Sense and Sensibility seems [...]
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