Jane Austen and the War of Ideas

July 1, 2021January 15, 2022 ~ Brenda S Cox ~ 9 Comments

Jane Austen's novels express the Christian moral principles of her time.

Celestial Persuasion by Mirta Ines Trupp

June 17, 2021May 31, 2021 ~ Brenda S Cox ~ 2 Comments

This prequel to Persuasion features a Jewish young lady who loves astronomy, and who travels to Argentina.

Book Review: Fanny, A Mansfield Park Story

May 6, 2021April 29, 2021 ~ Brenda S Cox ~ 4 Comments

What if Henry Crawford had "done as he ought"? How would Mansfield Park have turned out? Amelia Marie Logan explores this possibility in a delightful variation.

The Woman of Colour

April 19, 2021April 15, 2021 ~ Brenda S Cox ~ Leave a comment

The Woman of Colour tells us what life might have been like for a mixed-race heiress like Jane Austen's Miss Lambe of Sanditon.

Jane Austen’s Clergymen

March 27, 2021March 25, 2021 ~ Brenda S Cox ~ 9 Comments

A whole range of clergymen appear in Austen's novels. Were they mostly good or bad clergymen? How was each one unique?

The Joy of the Reticule

December 28, 2020November 17, 2021 ~ Brenda S Cox ~ Leave a comment

by Brenda S. Cox When Emma encountered Mrs. Elton visiting Jane Fairfax, “she saw [Mrs. Elton] with a sort of anxious parade of mystery fold up a letter which she had apparently been reading aloud to Miss Fairfax, and return it into the purple and gold ridicule by her side,”—Emma, Volume 3, chapter 16, Cambridge … Continue reading The Joy of the Reticule

The Philosophical Breakfast Club

December 7, 2020December 1, 2020 ~ Brenda S Cox ~ 4 Comments

Science and scientists in Jane Austen's time were very different than they are today. Four men helped to transform how science was seen and practiced.