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The Anatomy of Elinor
Romantics, realists, sublime nature, and dirty laundry. We’re talking back to philosopher Alain de Botton. And also Jane Austen.
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August 2023
Get smart
Mary Wollstonecraft and Jane Austen want you to get it together
11
Token survivors and female monsters
Our Jane Austen heroines are not ok
13
July 2023
What happens in Weymouth stays in Weymouth
Travel, the ‘compensatory equation’, and who gets to get up and go in Jane Austen
12
Rethinking Caroline Bingley
She doesn’t give a damn about her bad reputation.
7
Heroines talk to themselves in Jane Austen
Elizabeth is dodging bullets, Fanny Price is on the phone to herself, Charlotte Heywood is summing up, Anne is musing, and Elinor is in hell
10
June 2023
Shy Girls of Jane Austen
They're mysterious, rich, rebellious, and cripplingly shy. What are they for?
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A Jane Austen hot girl summer
Happy birthday to us - we’re launching a birthday survey and a Heroines series here at the Austen Connection
13
May 2023
Castles and incarcerations - are we in a dream or a nightmare?
We’re looking at escape, confinement, and romance in Jane Austen, 'Beauty and the Beast', Disney mania, and Barbara Bourland’s ‘The Force of Such…
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The smartest mom in Jane Austen
It's Mother's Day - we’re looking at Northanger Abbey and gleaning wisdom from Mrs. Morland, best mum in Austen
6
April 2023
Dogma, doubt, and Jane Austen
We’re thinking things through.
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Finding a path through Sanditon
We’re navigating conspiracies, quacks, and shifting sands in a quiet seaside Regency town
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