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Literature’s Worst Mothers…Just in Time for Mother’s Day!

05.07.2010 - 4 Comments Click here to read/write comments

I could probably write three books on crappy mothers in literature (not to mention the angelic ones like Caroline Ingalls or Marmee), but a simple blog post will have to suffice as I reflect on a few of literature’s most insufficient, yet appealing, moms. Who would you add to this

Artsy-Fartsy Friday: Pride and Prejudice Covers

03.05.2010 - Be The First To Comment

It’s Friday, and my Google Image Search obsession is as strong as ever. Since Friday is a day for fun, I hereby bring you the first in a series of Friday blogs about covers of books included in The Heroine’s Bookshelf. First installment: Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, originally published

Happy Birthday, Pride and Prejudice!

01.28.2010 - 1 Comment

Today is the 197th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen’s immortal (so far) Pride and Prejudice, which is fittingly the very first book I dove into when writing The Heroine’s Bookshelf. After all, what bibliophile in her right mind can really resist such a spirited, flawed, funny, sexy, and

Self

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Lizzie Bennet – Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken!
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