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Dorothy: “Arnie, I love the quotation that began your researches. I think the closest JA came to the idea you were looking for comes at the return of Jane and Elizabeth from Netherfield, early in

In terms of irony vis-à-vis how the real Jane Austen is still ignored in favor of a false, Bowdlerized version of her, this news tidbit that popped up today is right up there alongside the ersatz

There are all sorts of things unfinished whe Vol 2 ends, in a hasty couple of sentences all but one (Anne has not told Lady Russell what a hypocritical snake he is). Here's my calendar with the

Why do you think that the author is diving into his or her subconscious in these cases?

I’ve now watched the first 3 episodes - I enjoyed these little interviews with all the actors: https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/mediapacks/miss-austen It's particularly interesting to read the very

Dear Nancy and Dorothy and all, Just on the many dramatic narratives or dialogues in P&P: the prevalence of dramatic dialogue or narrative in parts of P&P. These are found everywhere in epistolary

Why thank you, Dorothy. I saw your email earlier today about the prevalence of dramatic dialogue or narrative in parts of P&P. These are found everywhere in epistolary novels, which when they really

Ellen, I’m fascinated by your thoughts on the process of creating and revising the novels. I have a vivid recollection of where I was the first time I read S&S (perhaps the only one of Austen’s

The conversations could have been reported by a character who isn't much in evidence in the novel. Perhaps Margaret in S &S for some scenes . Perhaps, Elizabeth wrote indignantly to Jane about the

Nancy wrote: Those first two books show evidence of having first been written as epistolary novels. Though they both were successfully turned into the novels we know, some aspects of the epistolary

I too seem to remember being told about Wordsworth's brother. I've never come across this written down. Not that written things are necessarily true. Now it strikes me as wish fulfillment -- you

I have heard that one of the friendships with a man was with Wordsworth's brother at a seashore. Nancy [email protected]> wrote:

I know most of the people because I xeroxed (this was before the Internet became ubiquitous) a very thick volume of letters, documents, diaries put together by her brother's son and a grandson and

I watched art 2 last night. o have to let yourself "go" be immersed. I found it powerful. I am glad of these hitherto "obscure" characters (members of the Austen clan, extended) particularly the new

Nancy says it succinctly. one aspect of the epistolary mode is the characters not directly involved with writing are heard much less from. Except among the masters of the for, therea re fewer dramatic

In response to Dorothy, Well I'm an interested party. I wrote and published one paper ferreting out the underlying calendar of S&S; the other 6 I did it was too much ( lifetime) to try to write up

Those first two books show evidence of having first been written as epistolary novels. Though they both were successfully turned into the novels we know, some aspects of the epistolary form remain.

Ellen writes: I find it interesting there are no scenes in S&S of Marianne talking with Brandon because similarly there are no scenes in P&P of Jane and Bingley talking to one another. Yet the pairs

Ellen writes: I find it interesting there are no scenes in S&S of Marianne talking with Brandon because similarly there are no scenes in P&P of Jane and Bingley talking to one another. Yet the pairs

The Moonstone: a schedule and links and pictures" https://ellenandjim.wordpress.com/2025/05/16/a-little-wilkie-collins-in-the-night-trollopepeers-groups-io-are-reading-the-moonstone-together/ Ellen