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Frances Burney, Writer of Her Times, a Guest Post from Collins Hemingway

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Regina Jeffers

Fanny Burney was the female writer before and during Jane Austen’s life. Both in popularity and literary regard, she stood astride the Regency era as the Colossus stood astride the harbor of Rhodes. She published her first novel, Evelina, when Jane Austen was … Continue reading →

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Austen’s Use of Coincidence and Character Development, a Guest Post from Collins Hemingway

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Regina Jeffers

This post originally appeared on Austen Authors on 22 January 2020. Enjoy!  In a recent blog, I wrote about coincidences in Jane Austen’s work. I’m following up again today with a few more examples of how she used them and how … Continue reading →

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“It Was Certainly a Very Remarkable Coincidence!” a Guest Post from Collins Hemingway

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Regina Jeffers

“It was certainly a very remarkable coincidence!”—Northanger Abbey. Writing from roughly 1795 on, Jane Austen is usually seen as the last major writer of the 18th century. In many novels of that century, plot coincidences were not only accepted, they were … Continue reading →

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‘It was certainly a very remarkable coincidence!” – a Guest Post from Collins Hemingway

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Regina Jeffers

This post originally appeared on Austen Authors on October 3, 2019. The question is how do the main characters meet? And is “coincidence” and “compaction” necessary for writers? “It was certainly a very remarkable coincidence!”—Northanger Abbey. Writing from roughly 1795 … Continue reading →

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How Do We Know Jane Austen’s “Stuff” Actually Belongs to Her? a Guest Post from Collins Hemingway

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Regina Jeffers

This post originally appeared on Austen Authors on March 21, 2019. Enjoy! A few weeks ago, Alexa Adams, one of our Austen Authors, wrote an interesting blog on the Rice portrait, which is believed by some to be a painting of … Continue reading →

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London Run Riot: The Overt Politics of Austen’s Gothic Romp, a Guest Post from Collins Hemingway

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Regina Jeffers

(This post originally appeared on the Austen Authors’ blog on November 1, 2018. Enjoy!)  During Jane Austen’s life and beyond, England was beset with constant internal strife—labor protests, political riots, and military mutinies. These came as the result of falling … Continue reading →

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Putting History in Historical Fiction, a Guest Post from Collins Hemingway

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Regina Jeffers

This post originally appeared on Austen Authors on 12 July 2018. Ernest Hemingway once said: “If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. … The dignity of movement of an … Continue reading →

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Austen Sideroads Yield Interesting Journeys, a Guest Post from Collins Hemingway

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Regina Jeffers

Combing the internet for information on the life and times of Jane Austen sometimes leads to links in which the English author is mentioned in passing or as part of a broader story. More times than not, these side trips … Continue reading →

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Retracing Themes in Austen’s Life and Works, a Guest Post from Collins Hemingway

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Regina Jeffers

This post originally appeared on Austen Authors on February 22, 2018. Enjoy!!!  My blogs over the last two years have covered a wide expanse of territory: Jane Austen’s fiction; her speech patterns; her looks; her romantic life, both real and … Continue reading →

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Jane Austen’s Political Stance (or Lack Thereof), a Guest Post from Collins Hemingway

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Regina Jeffers

Miss Austen–No Politician, She In April, Collins Hemingway included this post on Austen Authors. I thought it worthy and asked his permission to share it here.   In this, the 200th anniversary year of Jane Austen’s death, we learn that white … Continue reading →

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