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The glory of empire…built by slaves, reparations and lut

Those of us who read Jane Austen are not startled to face facts about the British Empire’s centuries-old role in slavery. Although Austen’s references to slavery are muted, in both Mansfield Park (1814) and her last novel, Persuasion (1818), the … Continue reading

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The most inexplicable Jane Austen reference ever

I just finished re-reading Mansfield Park, so I know the sentence to which this bizarre item in Harper’s July 2021 Findings refers. But… The sentence “If one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation … Continue reading

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Signed up for NetFlix. Am surprised.

A couple of years ago I subscribed to Acorn, until I had watched everything I wanted to see at least three times. (I know every line, every cadence to every line in every one of the Foyle’s War episodes.) Then … Continue reading

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