If you're a reader of Jane Austen's works, then you might notice a trend for the most talkative gentleman to be the villain of the story. Let us consider the books. In Sense and Sensibility, the man who enters into lively conversation is Mr. Willoughby. Wickham fills the role in Pride and Prejudice. Henry Crawford … Continue reading Tilney Tuesday–Austen’s best conversationalist
Wacky Wednesday– Mix up
Can you guess which Jane Austen heroines I have mixed up in the following opening line? Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and no one who had ever seen her in her infancy would have supposed her … Continue reading Wacky Wednesday– Mix up
Rose Fairbanks 