"Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness." Jane Austen in a letter to her sister Cassandra.?
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I finally remembered to take a picture of my current #Crochet shawl from the Always Austen first quarter shawl box I subscribed to through Wonderland Yarns 🧶
💛💛💛💛🎉🎉🎉🎉🙌🙌🙌🙌Christine thank you so much! these all arrived in different packages and made it feel like the birthday extravaganza it was! Also- while i love it all- i was going to order variegated embroidery thread and now it is here!!!! This is going to be fun for a very long time.
I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it.
#ABookADay2025
This chapter on Mansfield Park's DL commentary on the slave trade seems not only the most plausible of Kelly's claims, but also the most fascinating. Why else, in a novel centered on morality, would Austen have so many references throughout? From the names "Mansfield" and "Norris", which would have obvious connotations for her audience, to repeatedly invoking Cowper, who famously wrote anti-slavery poetry, I feel like the connection is undeniable.
so-soIt took me a long time to finish this one. While it was informative, I basically had the same issue with it as with the collection of Jane Austen's letters: there were so many names and ordinary events.
It's a well researched and comprehensive biography, and the author is clearly passionate about her subject matter. However, I personally would have been happier with fewer details about the wider social circle around Jane Austen.
Was #yuleswap a one off? It was a fun one. Did I miss seeing it for last winter?
