On June 11th, the Hedgerow Theatre Company in Delaware County is producing a free staged reading of Persuasion (adapted by Sarah Rose Kearns). How exciting!
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Jane Austen & The “Angel of Death”
Jane Austen died on July 18, 1817 at the age of 41. Death lurks on the pages of her Regency era novels — Persuasion, for
Love, Money, & Marriage: Would Jane Austen Be Astounded?
Should a person’s motive for getting married matter when they get divorced? The North Dakota Supreme Court considered this question, among others, in Degnan v.
A Novel Inspired By Real-Life Litigation (& Jane Austen, Of Course)
In Jane Austen’s Persuasion, Anne Elliot was only 14-years-old when she lost her mother, the sensible and amiable Lady Elliot. The year was 1800, according
Amelia Elkins Elkins by A. M. Blair: A New Retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion
Amelia Elkins — A Modern Anne Elliot — Seeks Justice For Her Mother’s Death: In 1817, if childbirth didn’t kill a woman, then there were
Persuasion: Is It Better With Age?
As amusing as it is to have an “annotated” e-book version of Jane Austen’s Persuasion with so-called “exclusive” content identical to a Wikipedia article, I