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  1. JA to CA -"I will not say that your Mulberry trees are dead, but I am afraid they are not alive" makes me think of the cat's up a tree joke.
  2. "Your Aunt C does not like desultory novels...I allow much more latitude and think nature and spirit cover many sins of a wandering story."
  3. Last installment of "Did Sherlock Holmes Read Jane Austen" compares Lady Frances Carfax with Mrs. Smith of Persuasion.
  4. Part III of "Did Sherlock Holmes Read Jane Austen", entitled "Damsels in Distress" is up! Click on "comments", top right, to comment.
  5. @LitCricket The "daughter" half of our team is planning to be there!
  6. JA on S&S + me on Lady Vernon and Her Daughter: "I cannot help hoping that many people will feel themselves obliged to buy it."
  7. A Mansfield Park Thanksgiving prayer? "God grant that her influence does not make him cease to be respectable!"
  8. An Emma Woodhouse Thanksgiving prayer? "What a blessing it is when undue influence does not survive the grave!"
  9. A Lady Susan Thanksgiving prayer? "I am grateful for so favorable a sign of my daughter's sense."
  10. A Bennet family Thanksgiving prayer? "Let us be thankful that you are preserved from such a state of insensibility."
  11. "Lady Vernon and Her Daughter" book signing Dec 12th in Ocean City, NJ @ Sun Rose Words and Music - a few surprises & giveaways in store!
  12. JA on a widow's remarriage: "[She] is so much pleased with the state of widowhood as to be going to put in for being a widow again."
  13. JA on the current fashions: "I cannot help thinking that it is more natural to have flowers grow out of the head than fruit."
  14. @writethebook I tend to agree re the 7 characteristics (though I'm not a fan of critique groups) - and would add 1 more: good manners.
  15. JA on a popular novel: "If the warmth of her Language could affect the Body it might be worth reading in this weather."
  16. @johannaharness Not RIGHT now. Right now I'm having my coffee, checking emails and feeding bits of my buttered toast to the pound hounds.
  17. @bluestockingbb Sun Rose said you're very welcome to bring in your own book to have it signed - pre-Christmas Sats in OC are great fun.
  18. We'll be signing copies of "Lady Vernon and Her Daughter" at Sun Rose Words & Music in Ocean City, NJ Sat. 12/12 from noon 'til 2 PM.
  19. Did Sherlock Holmes read Jane Austen? Go to janetility.com to read Part II: Dauntless Beauties: Mary Crawford & Irene Adler.
  20. Oops - it's Historical Tapestry where our "Why We Love Jane Austen" essay's posted - I have no business posting before my 2 coffee minimum!