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Spending time in Sanditon

5th November 2022 by Mark 4 Comments
 

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My reading habits seem to ebb and flow with the state of the news. The worse the latter, the less reading. So you can guess how much reading got done in 2022 and 2021 despite my best intentions. Part of the problem might also be that great books … [Read more...] about Spending time in Sanditon

Filed Under: Random musings Tagged With: Jane Austen, Lona Manning, Rose Servitova, Sanditon

Back to Bath

25th April 2022 by Mark 2 Comments
 

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One of life's little jokes is I grew up in or near Jane Austen country, but left the area long before discovering her writing. The pandemic largely kept me away from returning to England and family, but we managed a trip over Easter and made the … [Read more...] about Back to Bath

Filed Under: Random musings Tagged With: Bath, Jane Austen

Losing my ignorance

21st August 2021 by Mark 4 Comments
 

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As further evidence that I still have much to learn, I only found out today through a kind and informative Twitter comment that none of the original manuscripts of Jane Austen's six novels survived. We have just two alternative Persuasion chapters … [Read more...] about Losing my ignorance

Filed Under: Random musings Tagged With: Jane Austen, Juvenilia

Team Mrs Bennet or Mr Bennet?

26th April 2021 by Mark Leave a Comment
 

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Mr Bennet was so odd a mixture of quick parts, sarcastic humour, reserve, and caprice that the experience of three and twenty years had been insufficient to make his wife understand his character. (Click here to view at the Probably at the … [Read more...] about Team Mrs Bennet or Mr Bennet?

Filed Under: Random musings Tagged With: Jane Austen, Mr Bennet, Mrs Bennet, Video

Adventures with Austen’s cheesecakes

10th March 2021 by Mark 2 Comments
 

Part of a Devizes cheesecake

At Devizes we had comfortable rooms, & a good dinner to which we sat down about 5; amongst other things we had Asparagus & a Lobster which made me wish for you, & some cheesecakes on which the children made so delightful a supper as to … [Read more...] about Adventures with Austen’s cheesecakes

Filed Under: Random musings Tagged With: Cheesecakes, Devizes, Jane Austen

Accidental Austen journeys

17th October 2019 by Mark 6 Comments
 

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Now and then, fate raises her delicate hand and gently ushers you somewhere you didn't expect to be. And so it was a few weeks ago when holidaying in the UK. It was meant to be a couple of days walking the North Downs Way in Surrey with old … [Read more...] about Accidental Austen journeys

Filed Under: Random musings Tagged With: Bath, Box Hill, Jane Austen

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