“If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.” I am so pleased to be back here at The Classics Club to invite you all to step into the witty world of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, a novel that encourages us not just to read, but to … Continue reading Reading Austen 2025 – Northanger Abbey with Guest Host, Adam B.| The Classics Club
Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken. As July slips away, we come to the end …| The Classics Club
In conjunction with Brona @This Reading Life and her yearlong #ReadingAusten25 project, The Classics Club is hosting a Sync Read (or readalong) of all six of Jane Austen’s novels, in chronological …| The Classics Club
I hope everyone has enjoyed Mansfield Park! As I said in my starting post, Mansfield Park can be viewed as a novel about the qualities required to maintain one’s own identity and integrit…| The Classics Club
I hope everyone has settled in nicely with their reading (or re-reading) of Jane Austen’s novel Mansfield Park. The first chapter gives you lots of background information so you know exactly …| The Classics Club
Ahhh. Upon closing the cover of this oft admired book, one can sigh with the relief that it is a sweet story well told. My High School teachers of literature told us that a novel has a beginning, a…| The Classics Club