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Re-visiting Jane Austen
How do you perceive Jane Austen’s novels? I have something to say on this topic, and am prompted to say it by this New York Times story about the new approach that’s being taken within the Jane Austen museum in … Continue reading
Posted in political campaigns, Racism, The Facts of Life
Tagged abolitionism in England, Antigua, Caribbean slave plantations, East India Company, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, Persuasion, slave plantations, slavery in England, slavery in Mansfield Park, West Indies
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Expectations for the election and what happens now
The results of the presidential election were deeply satisfying. But it was a grievous disappointment that so many people, despite the last four years of rolling catastrophes, still voted to roll on. Moreover, the Senate. It’s hard to swallow how … Continue reading
Posted in political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life, voting rights
Tagged Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, the presidential election, the US Senate
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A man without heart or conscience…
…”a designing, wary, cold-blooded being, who thinks only of himself; who, for his own interest or ease, would be guilty of any cruelty, or any treachery, that could be perpetrated without risk of his general character. He has no feeling … Continue reading
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Tagged Jane Austen, Persuasion, Trump
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