Jane Austen on Nature: The Novels as Pastoral Literature
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Mary Jane Curry, author of Jane Austen on Nature: The Novels as Pastoral Literature (McFarland, 2024)
Cover photo of Derbyshire landscape courtesy of Steven J. Gibbons
Cover photo of Derbyshire landscape courtesy of Steven J. Gibbons
Sunday thought: Really, truly, the end of Trump is near
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December 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Sunday thought: Really, truly, the end of Trump is near
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It's NSPM-7 for short: Any criticism whatsoever, however reasoned, peaceful, and fact-based, can get you visited by the FBI.
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Labeling dissent as terrorism: New US domestic terrorism priorities raise constitutional alarms
A new Trump administration policy threatens free speech and association by targeting individuals and groups as potential domestic terrorists based on their beliefs rather than their actions.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It's NSPM-7 for short: Any criticism whatsoever, however reasoned, peaceful, and fact-based, can get you visited by the FBI.
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A perfect holiday gift for all the Austen fans on your list, or for yourself: Jane Austen on Nature discounted:
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December 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Kicking off publication week with a visit to the Jane Austen Society, Kent 🍾🍾🍾
Fab talk at the #JaneAusten Society Kent Branch AGM from the lovely @jessicabull.bsky.social about her lifelong love of writing, almost as long loving JA, then #AgathaChristie, and then putting it all together in her own Miss Austen Investigates novels! A Fortune Most Fatal out Thurs! #BookSky 🔎💀📚💙
March 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Kicking off publication week with a visit to the Jane Austen Society, Kent 🍾🍾🍾
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Dates are from the "A Year with Jane Austen" wall calendar I designed for the Jane Austen Society of North America-Wisconsin Region. The calendar has beautiful Edwardian illustrations of Austen’s books & important dates from Jane Austen’s life & novels. Buy from JASNA-WI here: tinyurl.com/bddpk2xu
2025 Jane Austen Calendar | JASNA Wisconsin
Did you know that Mr. Darcy first proposed to Elizabeth Bennet on April 9 and that she finally accepted him on October 6? Or that Jane Austen accepted a marriage proposal on December 2, 1802, but chan...
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December 20, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Dates are from the "A Year with Jane Austen" wall calendar I designed for the Jane Austen Society of North America-Wisconsin Region. The calendar has beautiful Edwardian illustrations of Austen’s books & important dates from Jane Austen’s life & novels. Buy from JASNA-WI here: tinyurl.com/bddpk2xu
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We are celebrating all things Jane Austen here at Readers Retreat. Follow this link if you would like to join the Jane Austen Society of Australia: jasa.com.au
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April 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
We are celebrating all things Jane Austen here at Readers Retreat. Follow this link if you would like to join the Jane Austen Society of Australia: jasa.com.au
#booksky #diaryofacoastalbookseller
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Good Day!
August by George A Weymouth 1974
Tempera on Panel
(Brandywine River Museum of Art)
August by George A Weymouth 1974
Tempera on Panel
(Brandywine River Museum of Art)
August 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Good Day!
August by George A Weymouth 1974
Tempera on Panel
(Brandywine River Museum of Art)
August by George A Weymouth 1974
Tempera on Panel
(Brandywine River Museum of Art)
If you subscribe to JA's Regency World, please see the review of JA on Nature, Sept/Oct issue, page 60.: "Academically rigorous and carefully researched and annotated, this is a book aimed more at the serious scholar. . . [but with] much to be enjoyed in Curry's analysis of scenes and events...."
September 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
If you subscribe to JA's Regency World, please see the review of JA on Nature, Sept/Oct issue, page 60.: "Academically rigorous and carefully researched and annotated, this is a book aimed more at the serious scholar. . . [but with] much to be enjoyed in Curry's analysis of scenes and events...."
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Petal deer, 2012 by Ellen Jewett, sculptor known for her often surreal depictions of animals #womensart
September 14, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Petal deer, 2012 by Ellen Jewett, sculptor known for her often surreal depictions of animals #womensart
Jane Austen disapproved of people who exploit those who cannot defend themselves or escape abusers. Think of Jane Fairfax oppressed by Mrs. Elton, the two Elizas exploited, "seduced" and abandoned by Willoughby, tradesmen's daughters seduced or raped and abandoned by Wickham--and "stupid" Lydia.
Epstein may be dead & Maxwell still behind bars, but make no mistake their child predator clients are still walking around free.
Maxwell should never have been transferred to a minimum security prison & more importantly should NEVER be pardoned.
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
Maxwell should never have been transferred to a minimum security prison & more importantly should NEVER be pardoned.
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
August 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Jane Austen disapproved of people who exploit those who cannot defend themselves or escape abusers. Think of Jane Fairfax oppressed by Mrs. Elton, the two Elizas exploited, "seduced" and abandoned by Willoughby, tradesmen's daughters seduced or raped and abandoned by Wickham--and "stupid" Lydia.
Actress Amanda Root, who IS Anne Elliot to me, on re-reading Austen's novels and performing the role of Anne.
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Unexpectedly Austen » JASNA
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August 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Actress Amanda Root, who IS Anne Elliot to me, on re-reading Austen's novels and performing the role of Anne.
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Epstein may be dead & Maxwell still behind bars, but make no mistake their child predator clients are still walking around free.
Maxwell should never have been transferred to a minimum security prison & more importantly should NEVER be pardoned.
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
Maxwell should never have been transferred to a minimum security prison & more importantly should NEVER be pardoned.
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
August 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Epstein may be dead & Maxwell still behind bars, but make no mistake their child predator clients are still walking around free.
Maxwell should never have been transferred to a minimum security prison & more importantly should NEVER be pardoned.
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
Maxwell should never have been transferred to a minimum security prison & more importantly should NEVER be pardoned.
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
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NEW FROM ME: How come no one's asked Trump WHY Epstein and Maxwell chose his upscale resort to hunt for vulnerable girls?
It turns out that court records and even help-wanted ads from the time offer plenty of answers...
It turns out that court records and even help-wanted ads from the time offer plenty of answers...
Trump's Mar-a-Lago Spa Was Tailor-Made for Epstein
The Trump Spa sought "young, attractive" college students to wear mini-skirts and "skin-tight" tops
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August 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
NEW FROM ME: How come no one's asked Trump WHY Epstein and Maxwell chose his upscale resort to hunt for vulnerable girls?
It turns out that court records and even help-wanted ads from the time offer plenty of answers...
It turns out that court records and even help-wanted ads from the time offer plenty of answers...
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If you are a member of JASNA, please see Elsa Solender's review of my book Jane Austen on Nature: The Novels as Pastoral Literature. The review is titled "Proposing a Pastoral Perspective."
The reviewer concludes, "Her work has converted me from a bit of a skeptic to an enthusiastic believer."
The reviewer concludes, "Her work has converted me from a bit of a skeptic to an enthusiastic believer."
August 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
If you are a member of JASNA, please see Elsa Solender's review of my book Jane Austen on Nature: The Novels as Pastoral Literature. The review is titled "Proposing a Pastoral Perspective."
The reviewer concludes, "Her work has converted me from a bit of a skeptic to an enthusiastic believer."
The reviewer concludes, "Her work has converted me from a bit of a skeptic to an enthusiastic believer."
If you are a member of JASNA, please see Elsa Solender's review of my book Jane Austen on Nature: The Novels as Pastoral Literature. The review is titled "Proposing a Pastoral Perspective."
The reviewer concludes, "Her work has converted me from a bit of a skeptic to an enthusiastic believer."
The reviewer concludes, "Her work has converted me from a bit of a skeptic to an enthusiastic believer."
August 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
If you are a member of JASNA, please see Elsa Solender's review of my book Jane Austen on Nature: The Novels as Pastoral Literature. The review is titled "Proposing a Pastoral Perspective."
The reviewer concludes, "Her work has converted me from a bit of a skeptic to an enthusiastic believer."
The reviewer concludes, "Her work has converted me from a bit of a skeptic to an enthusiastic believer."
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The bad part about a small town library is that they don’t always have the books you want, the good part is that sometimes someone will donate a book and the librarians will set it aside to give to you because they thought you might like it (and they will be right)
March 2, 2024 at 6:20 PM
The bad part about a small town library is that they don’t always have the books you want, the good part is that sometimes someone will donate a book and the librarians will set it aside to give to you because they thought you might like it (and they will be right)
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Two things.
1) Thank you to everyone who recommended the Kobo eReader! I love it!
2) Run, don't walk (or open a new browser tab quickly, not slowly) to pre-order WILD FOR AUSTEN by Devoney Looser, out September 3rd. I'm only a quarter of the way in and I can't stop highlighting it!!!
1) Thank you to everyone who recommended the Kobo eReader! I love it!
2) Run, don't walk (or open a new browser tab quickly, not slowly) to pre-order WILD FOR AUSTEN by Devoney Looser, out September 3rd. I'm only a quarter of the way in and I can't stop highlighting it!!!
May 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Two things.
1) Thank you to everyone who recommended the Kobo eReader! I love it!
2) Run, don't walk (or open a new browser tab quickly, not slowly) to pre-order WILD FOR AUSTEN by Devoney Looser, out September 3rd. I'm only a quarter of the way in and I can't stop highlighting it!!!
1) Thank you to everyone who recommended the Kobo eReader! I love it!
2) Run, don't walk (or open a new browser tab quickly, not slowly) to pre-order WILD FOR AUSTEN by Devoney Looser, out September 3rd. I'm only a quarter of the way in and I can't stop highlighting it!!!
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UChicago Press offers your summer reading list! "GREAT WRITERS & THE CATS WHO OWNED THEM" by Susannah Fullerton explores the history of seventeen writers and their feline companions.
Available now on our website!
Build your #summerreading list at pressblog.uchicago.edu.
Available now on our website!
Build your #summerreading list at pressblog.uchicago.edu.
June 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
UChicago Press offers your summer reading list! "GREAT WRITERS & THE CATS WHO OWNED THEM" by Susannah Fullerton explores the history of seventeen writers and their feline companions.
Available now on our website!
Build your #summerreading list at pressblog.uchicago.edu.
Available now on our website!
Build your #summerreading list at pressblog.uchicago.edu.
If authors and creators of books of all kinds haven’t joined @authorsabb.bsky.social yet, I highly recommend it. They helped plug me in to where to direct this kind of activism against book banning. There are local chapters around the US.
July 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Lucy Worsley corrects inaccuracies in an article about her Jane Austen at Home and Paula Byrne's Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things, both of which are fascinating.
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Jane Austen at Home | Lucy Worsley
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April 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Lucy Worsley corrects inaccuracies in an article about her Jane Austen at Home and Paula Byrne's Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things, both of which are fascinating.
lucyworsley.com/jane-austen-...
lucyworsley.com/jane-austen-...
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Finding treasure in Østmarka! 2025-04-05
April 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Finding treasure in Østmarka! 2025-04-05
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