“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
Ever since 2012 when The Classics Club was conceived, we have accumulated a HUGE data base of reviews from our members. To honour all your hard work, reading and reviewing throughout this time, we will celebrate with In Review – an occasional look back on what you’ve read and what you thought about it. It will … Continue reading In Review…Northanger Abbey| 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
Ever since 2012 when The Classics Club was conceived, we have accumulated a HUGE data base of reviews from our members. To honour all your hard work, reading and reviewing throughout this time, we will celebrate with In Review – an occasional look back on what you’ve read and what you thought about it. It will … Continue reading In Review…Emma| 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
Mansfield Park, Jane Austen’s third published novel, came out in May 1814 in three volumes. Her name did not appear on the title page which read “By the author of ‘Sense & Sensibility,’ and ‘Pr…| 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