Welcome to Litsy!

Somebody went a little Austen crazy in the University of Chicago Press sale catalog!

What‘s in a name? For Jane Austen, her use of names and place names have layered meanings. Doody investigates this in Austen‘s works.

I think I posted about this awhile ago...still haven‘t read it, and like anything else on my #tbr pile, I hope to get to it soon. #thingummybob #RedRoseSeptember

What‘s in a name? According to Doody, Jane Austen creates characters and settings that hold special meanings. Every name, every place name has a deeper meaning, which, according to Doody, shows Jane‘s cleverness in her writings. I can‘t remember how I got this book, but rediscovering it on my shelves today makes me want to read it immediately. #creator #NoFemmeber

I did it! I read for 24 hours as part of the @24in48 Readathon this weekend!! I finished Jane Austen's Names, Hidden Figures, The Secret Loves of Geek Girls, and The Ghost in the Shell, listened to part of Scrappy Little Nobody on audio, and read parts of The Penguin Anthology of 21st Century Poetry and We Were Feminists Once. I didn't have a plan for this weekend, only that I seriously wanted to try for 24 hours of reading. #24in48 #readathon

Finished book 1 of #24in48readathon! (Whee, academic writing makes for slow reading - BUT it was a good pick for Readathon since I was making time for long stretches of reading, which is what this book needed.) I ❤❤ this book a lot - the minutiae of place names and personal names and etymology and how that commented on Austen's characterizations was so great. Recommended for Austen fans and people super-into English history.

And we're off! Starting my #24in48readathon with some of Jane Austen's Names (and tea...and a cat who keeps getting in the way 😉 ) #24in48

Aw, yeah, one of @Shelleydewees ladies from Not Just Jane pops up as an example of an enterprising, contemporaneous Mrs. Smith in straightened circumstances in the Persuasion section. I lurve this book. *nerdpurr*

Oh, we delicate Americans! 😂😂

She totally would. (Also the new stickers in the Litsy update are pretty sweet)

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I love the level of detail in this book. ❤️📚

Got my tea (Teavana Lavender Dreams), my book, my pens, and my electric blanket (and I've fed the cats so I get ten minutes to myself 😂) #amreading #books #tea

My #newbooks bought today. I love perusing the Literary Criticism section at Prairie Lights - given that they're so close to the UI they sometimes get interesting books in the subject. Like this whole, entire book about names in Jane Austen. My little heart went pitter-pat (and it was only $22.50, get out!). Also couldn't pass up a Kingsley Amis I didn't already own.