Word: austen
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...WATSONS (318 pp.)-Jane Austen (and John Coates)-Crowell...
...true lovers of Jane Austen are those who do not advertise their devotion, but are content to whisper 'Dear Jane' as they pause at the grave in the ancient aisle of Winchester Cathedral." This remark (from the Concise Cambridge History of English Literature) shows precisely the position Jane Austen holds in English literature, for would anyone whisper "Dear Alfred" at Tennyson's grave or "Dear Charles" at Dickens'-still less be urged to do so by an academic history? The fact is that though no two "Janeites" can ever agree on what words...
Bone-Dry Wit. Born in a Hampshire parsonage in 1775, Jane Austen grew up in the world of the French and American Revolutions, and showed no trace of interest in either. The world of her six novels is simply and finally that of genteel young women gunning for husbands (she herself died a spinster at 41). Included inevitably in this world are harassed fathers and embattled moms, superfluous daughters and choosy suitors, haughty heiresses and dashing cads, all playing their parts in an endless round of dances, tea parties and chaperoned strolls, and doing their best never...
...Reading is the only thing I really enjoy. I have read constantly since I was twelve. I read about four or five books a week, and I have finished over 200 books in the last five months alone." Capote is particularly disposed to Proust, Flaubert, Jane Austen, Turgenev, and, among living writers, E. M. Forster. He has a voluminous Proust collection, including a number of obscure biographies...
...group of undergraduates are adapting original Russian folk songs to accompany the book which was written by J. Jeremy Johnston '61. Charles M. Castleman '61 and John Austen '61 are organizing an orchestra which will be directed by Andrew Schaence '62. John B. Prizer '61 and Marcel Ugels '61 are producing Drumbeats, with Mark J. Mirsky acting as director...