I decided it would be fun to do a top ten list featuring some of the best moments in Pride and Prejudice. Seeing as the novel has so many great moments, it was a bit hard to limit myself to ten, but I forced myself to do so! I’ve included a snippet from the book for… Read the full blog post …
My week’s been pretty stressful, with my 17-year-old dog getting chewed up by a dog more than ten times his size. His front legs were paralyzed, but one of them seems at least somewhat usable now, so we are hoping he will continue to get better to where he can at least get around. I… Read the full blog post …
When you think of Jane Austen, you often think of ballrooms and conversations, but the characters who her novels focus on are often playing card games! I initially intended to showcase quotes from all of Austen’s novels concerning different games, but as I looked at Pride and Prejudice for certain key terms, I found myself… Read the full blog post …
I decided to try something different for my post this time. I made a crossword puzzle based on Pride and Prejudice! As this was my first time making a crossword puzzle, I found it to be a little difficult. I thought it would be easy! You can find it below: I hope this works for… Read the full blog post …
I thought I’d do something a little bit different. I’m sure you have seen this sort of thing numerous times, but I wanted to do Pride and Prejudice bits using social media! I wanted to do several more than this, but it took a surprising amount of time, so please forgive me! Also, I made these… Read the full blog post …
Happy holidays, folks! Above you can see the adorable reason why it is hard for me to get anything done lately. (Hahah. Well, one of the reasons anyway!) In pondering what to focus on for my December blog post, I naturally gravitated toward Christmas. Once known as “Christ’s Mass,” Christmas has certainly evolved into something… Read the full blog post …
As you know, this tends to be an incredibly busy time of the year. Considering you have Halloween, then Thanksgiving, and then Christmas, it’s a wonder anyone can do anything other than run around squawking like a chicken with its head cut off. (Or is that just how I feel at this time of year?… Read the full blog post …
” . . . When [Jane] was only fifteen, there was a man at my brother Gardiner’s in town so much in love with her that my sister-in-law was sure he would make her an offer before we came away. But, however, he did not. Perhaps he thought her too young. However, he wrote… Read the full blog post …
I think we are all quite aware that Austen’s writing is of a rather formal sort. Based on her writing style and on how people of the upper classes spoke, that means that sometimes, the conversation seems quite stilted to our modern eyes. In Pride and Prejudice, the following conversation between Jane and Elizabeth particularly… Read the full blog post …
Well, I had my baby five weeks early, but he is a real trooper! He didn’t have to spend any time in NICU and has been doing great. (Now, if he would only let me sleep at night instead of forcing me to be a vampire who sleeps during the day! Ha!) Naturally, any time… Read the full blog post …
As I have been put on bedrest for preterm labor issues, I am writing this post a bit in advance. I do not know when baby boy will get here, and the wait seems interminable! But he does need to bake a little longer. I began re-reading Pride and Prejudice recently to see what might… Read the full blog post …
I have recently started having limericks on my mind. It started with a battle with Alexa. Some text on my television screen suggested that I ask Alexa to tell me a Star Wars limerick. Naturally, being a Star Wars fan, I did so. Unfortunately, this led me into a battle with my Amazon Fire Cube, as it… Read the full blog post …
I had begun to reread Pride and Prejudice recently when it struck me just how impressive the first chapter is. At less than 1,000 words, you would expect it to be a mere toe-dip in the ocean of the novel, but it is actually quite masterful. Take that masterful first line: “It is a truth universally… Read the full blog post …
