The Olive-Branch
At the end of Richardson¡¯s *Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded*, after Mr. B has married Pamela, he reveals to Pamela the story of his illegitimate daughter, Miss Goodwin. He does this in a back-handed way,
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Arnie Perlstein
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A Calendar for Austen's Sense and Sensibility
I am truly delighted that my blog-essay called A Calendar for Sense and Sensibility is now up on, and part of Sarah Emsley's Summer party for Jane Austen's S&S. It's based on my timelines from and for
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Ellen Moody
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My first published essay on S&S
I'm now writing a brief essay on the timeline & Tuesday in S&S (and other Austen novels) for Sarah Emley's blog -- perfect excuse to spend evening wallowing in the Ang Lee/Emma Thompon 1995 S&S and
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Ellen Moody
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#5241
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[SHARP-L] Call for Papers: The Global Jane Austen
I presume this will be a well- attended event, a very memorable one next summer. I hope it will have some hybrid events, and much be put on YouTube eventually. Ellen ---------- Forwarded message
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Ellen Moody
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#5240
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Re: [18thCWorlds] Collins Hemingway's blog on S&S as originally epistolary
I thought it was generally accepted that both S&S and P&P were first written as epistolary novels. That was the general mode of novels at the time those were written ,though authors were starting to
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Nancy Mayer
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#5239
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Re: [18thCWorlds] Collins Hemingway's blog on S&S as originally epistolary
Thanks for this, Ellen. Looks like an interesting analysis. The book now appears to be on ¡¯sale¡¯ for $35, fyi ¡ Dorothy Re: [18thCWorlds] Collins Hemingway's blog on S&S as originally epistolary
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Dorothy Gannon
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#5238
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Collins Hemingway's JA and the Creation of Modern Fiction
Still too high it's selling at Jane Austen Books (online bookstore) for $31. It will come down. I am going to the JASNa this year -- virtually. It's the only way I can. It is much cheaper virtually
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Ellen Moody
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#5237
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Re: [18thCWorlds] Collins Hemingway's blog on S&S as originally epistolary
After all $49 too high for me. Ellen <ellen.moody@...> wrote:
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Ellen Moody
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#5236
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New blog: Austen and death: widows & widowers; Ashford's The Mysterious Death
I've written a new blog about some reviews I'm working on, some essays published, and yet another sequel -- all out of Austen. The subject death, aging, illness -- and more neutrally water and spas in
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Ellen Moody
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#5235
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Re: Austen and death
Thanks for remembering Cousin Eliot's wife. I had forgotten her. Yes, it is a significant death. Now, the absence of Mr. Clay is somewhat more ambiguous.. Some say she definitely is a widow with two
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Nancy Mayer
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#5234
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Re: Austen and death
Nancy, I would add to the list of deaths in Persuasion the death of Mr Elliot¡¯s wife (do we ever learn her name?), which sets off a second cascade of events in the novel. I agree the the early
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Dorothy Gannon
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#5233
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Re: Ambiguity Careless & Intentional
No shadow story, in the story all can read. Nancy <arnieperlstein@...> wrote:
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Nancy Mayer
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#5232
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Re: Ambiguity Careless & Intentional
Up until 1835 when it became absolutely forbidden, church law disliked marriages between a man and his deceased wife's sister, or a widow and her deceased husband's brother. However, there were no
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Nancy Mayer
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#5231
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Ambiguity Careless & Intentional
Now, now.....if you'd like to discuss the significant roles of John and Isabella in the shadow story of the novel, you only have to ask..... ;) ARNIE <regencyresearcher@...> wrote:
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Arnie Perlstein
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#5230
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Re: Ambiguity Careless & Intentional
That is a rather anemic reply from you, Arnie. I rather expected something moe profound and subterranean Nancy. <arnieperlstein@...> wrote:
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Nancy Mayer
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#5229
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Ambiguity Careless & Intentional
It trivializes the story to dumb it down to a simple romance between Emma and Knightley - I would argue that the supporting character cast is more important in Emma than in any Austen novel - it¡¯s
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Arnie Perlstein
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#5228
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Re: Ambiguity Careless & Intentional
I haven't seen the musical nor read anything about it except for the Convesation between Arnie and Ellen. However, I can see the story of Emma without Mr. and Mrs. John Knightley. There have been
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Nancy Mayer
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#5227
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Ambiguity Careless & Intentional
ELLEN: "Have you seen the musical, Arnie. Is Mr Knightley in it?" I have not but as Susan B wrote in your other group, it is inconceivable that Knightley would not be in it. ELLEN: " If Gordin means
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Arnie Perlstein
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#5226
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Re: Austen and death
Nancy has seen my essay-review on academia..edu, which advertises the review, essays & other materials put there. I had meant to make a brief blog introducing the review and giving more context. I am
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Ellen Moody
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#5225
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Re: Ambiguity Careless & Intentional
Have you seen the musical, Arnie. Is Mr Knightley in it? If Gordin means "Knightly and Emma's brother and sister to mean Knightley's brother and Emma's sister, that is what Gordon should have written.
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Ellen Moody
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