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I have a real soft spot in my heart for Austen's spoof of gothic novels, and her most adorkable couple ever.
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All in the TimingNov. 08, 2021 | Comments Dates and times are important for Austen's stories, and the characters of Northanger Abbey are no exception. |
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Gentlemen of GloucestershireChapter 19 (Nov. 06, 2021) | Comments He woke, he ate, he read, and felt every moment as if he must improve. But still his body betrayed him with tremors and pains. |
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Gentlemen of GloucestershireChapter 18 (Nov. 03, 2021) | Comments Though provided with all the necessary articles of a morning study in the form of pen, paper, prayer book, and perhaps most importantly time, Henry found he was unable to marshal his full attention. |
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Gentlemen of GloucestershireChapter 17 (Oct. 30, 2021) | Comments Helped by the maid, she made her preparations without delay and went to check on Henry before going down to the breakfast parlour. |
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Gentlemen of GloucestershireChapter 16 (Oct. 27, 2021) | Comments She had fairly well made up her mind that she must attempt some conference with the man that evening, unpleasant as the interview might prove. |
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Allusions in Austen: Gothic and PoeticOct. 25, 2021 | Comments With October nearly gone, and Halloween almost upon us, it feels necessary to devote at least one post to the stories that fueled the imagination of Catherine Morland and, to a different degree, Jane Austen herself. |
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Gentlemen of GloucestershireChapter 15 (Oct. 23, 2021) | Comments The doctor's visit, so long anticipated, was not as satisfactory as might have been hoped. |
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Gentlemen of GloucestershireChapter 14 (Oct. 20, 2021) | Comments Henry was glad not to feel a complete invalid, as he was at least sensible to the world around him rather than buried beneath drugged or fevered dreams |
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Gentlemen of GloucestershireChapter 13 (Oct. 16, 2021) | Comments When Henry Tilney awoke in a strange bed, with little awareness of how he had come to be there nor knowledge of where he was, his only comfort was to find his wife close at hand. |
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Gentlemen of GloucestershireChapter 12 (Oct. 13, 2021) | Comments Catherine managed to spare a prayer of thanks that she was so close by, for however awful the experience was, ignorance would be worse still. |