by Brenda S. Cox When Emma encountered Mrs. Elton visiting Jane Fairfax, “she saw [Mrs. Elton] with a sort of anxious parade of mystery fold up a letter which she had apparently been reading aloud to Miss Fairfax, and return it into the purple and gold ridicule by her side,”—Emma, Volume 3, chapter 16, Cambridge … Continue reading The Joy of the Reticule
What does Jane Austen have to say about gratitude and thankfulness?
The 2020 movie version of Emma is beautiful and fun to watch. Where does it differ from the novel and from the 1996 version?
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The real climax of each Jane Austen novel is when someone reaches a turning point, and sees the darkness in his or her own heart.
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Was Austen's Mr. Woodhouse a hypochondriac, or an old man with valid concerns about everyone's health?
