December 2019 – A sleepy conscience

Emma

Of all Jane Austen’s major novels, Emma stands out as the clearest example of her distinct style, which utilizes free indirect speech, a method she helped popularize. Though Emma was written in third-person, the narrative was designed to focus on the thoughts and feelings of Emma, our protagonist, and the society of Highbury, the settingContinue reading “Emma”

Jane Austen primary novels

(If you want to know more about how I think about these books, please check my book review section) Pride and Prejudice Setting: Longbourn, Netherfield Park, Rosings, Pemberley Introduction: The Bennet girls are in dire straits. Mr. and Mrs. Bennet are growing old and in a few years, will probably no longer be with theirContinue reading “Jane Austen primary novels”

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice is a very special book for me. It changed me and my reading habits forever. Basically, there was me before Pride and Prejudice and me after Pride and Prejudice. Because of it, I quit my habit of reading cheesy web novels and immersed myself in the world of Jane Austen. Her sharpContinue reading “Pride and Prejudice”

Jane Austen

How did she spend her 41 years on Earth? On December 16th 1775, Jane Austen, the queen of satire, was born to a family of eight children, one month later than her mother Cassandra had expected. Jane’s father, George Austen, was a rectum of a parish at Stevenson and supported the family with a modestContinue reading “Jane Austen”