June 5, 2024 -
Aaron Morey
I don’t have a whole lot to say. It didn’t leave me with much impression. It was competent; great prose as you’d expect from Jane Austen, but less substantial in the character building. The villain is obvious practically from the moment he appears
May 24, 2024 -
Aaron Morey
“Ah! He has got a partner; I wish he had asked you,” said Mrs. Allen; and after a short silence, she added, “he is a very agreeable young man.” “Indeed he is, Mrs. Allen,” said Mrs. Thorpe, smiling complacently; “I must say it,
May 21, 2024 -
Aaron Morey
Bear in mind, I’m only 5 chapters in, but it seems like Austen is breaking with her usual style of telling the story mostly through the viewpoint of her main character. She has a number of authorial asides already, most notably her defense of the
December 9, 2022 -
Aaron Morey
I posted a while back about the title of Persuasion. It seemed out of place to me. Today I happened to be looking at the Persuasion Wikipedia entry and found this helpful note:
May 8, 2022 -
Aaron Morey
The naming of Jane Austen novels is always interesting to me. Is she trying to say something by the title, or did she just slap a name on it and call it a day? Sense and Sensibility or Pride and Prejudice? Yeah, I get it. Man