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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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Mysteries of life: I’ve changed since November 2016
My friend Michele came to visit the other day. I was apologizing for not going down to DC to visit her, and tried to explain what had become of me in the past two years, how I don’t seem to … Continue reading
Posted in Mysteries of Life, Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged Acorn TV, Brighton Beach, Coney Island, Emma, Forstye Saga, Foyle's War, Ghelphs, Ghibellines, I Promessi Sposi, Jane Austen, Lake Huron, Lord of the Rings, Lucas Davenport, Mansfield Park, Michael Kitchen, New York Aquarium, Reacher, Vanity Fair, Virgil Flowers
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