Linda Troost
@lvtroost.bsky.social
Prof of English and Professional Writing, esp. 18th c British lit; expert on Jane Austen adaptations; former English department chair; Smithie, Penn Ph.D. https://www.clippings.me/ltroost
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Happy publication day to Jenny Uglow and the team at @faberbooks.bsky.social!
Available from all good book shops including ours!
Available from all good book shops including ours!
September 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Happy publication day to Jenny Uglow and the team at @faberbooks.bsky.social!
Available from all good book shops including ours!
Available from all good book shops including ours!
One of the great days at Global Jane Austen.
My 18C “home game” — or at least some of us! @emnk.bsky.social @lvtroost.bsky.social @sayregreenfield.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
One of the great days at Global Jane Austen.
Be an early arrival at JASNA and enjoy themed cocktails and hear us talk a bit about the 1940 Olivier-Garson P&P film, which I first saw when packing for my first year at college (the next night, I finished my packing to the 1952 film of The Importance of Being Earnest). jasna.org/agms/baltimo...
JASNA 2025 AGM - Baltimore
Information about the Jane Austen Society of North America 2025 Annual General Meeting in
Baltimore, Maryland, October 10-October 12, 2025.
jasna.org
May 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Be an early arrival at JASNA and enjoy themed cocktails and hear us talk a bit about the 1940 Olivier-Garson P&P film, which I first saw when packing for my first year at college (the next night, I finished my packing to the 1952 film of The Importance of Being Earnest). jasna.org/agms/baltimo...
My Renaissance Poetry students made commonplace books today. Next task: write in them.
January 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
My Renaissance Poetry students made commonplace books today. Next task: write in them.
This gets it just right.
Honestly the difference between a synopsis and an outline is that in a synopsis, you can say "They had many adventures before finally arriving at the Dark Lord's castle" but in an outline you have to SPECIFY or when you're drafting you will run headfirst into that gap like man-sized pothole
January 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This gets it just right.
A sampling of events for #Austen250.
#JaneAusten's 250th birthday year (aka Austen 250) has arrived! A (small) sampling of the (many, many) celebratory events coming our way: www.deborahyaffe.com/post/celebra...
Celebration, by any name
A 250th birthday goes by many names. It can be called a semiquincentennial, a sestercentennial, a quarter millennial--even a bicenquinquagenary or a bisesquicentennial. (Or not.) It’s been so long sin...
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January 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A sampling of events for #Austen250.
And an update on aquisitions for Chawton House's library--a Godmersham "lost sheep" roundup.
An overview of our LOST SHEEP finds in 2024: with thanks to all of you for your support!
readingwithaustenblog.com/2024/12/27/t...
readingwithaustenblog.com/2024/12/27/t...
The Godmersham Lost Sheep ~ Overview for 2024
As we near the end of 2024 (!), I’d like to give you all an update on the state of our LOST SHEEP for the past year. The last few months have brought us several new finds – once again giving …
readingwithaustenblog.com
January 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
And an update on aquisitions for Chawton House's library--a Godmersham "lost sheep" roundup.
Chawton House has now joined Bluesky--just in time for #Austen250. Read about their forthcoming display Pride and Prejudice through the Ages.
From Friday 17th January to Saturday 1st February find our new Library Display: Pride & Prejudice through the Ages. See rare and beautiful editions of Jane Austen’s beloved novel, Pride & Prejudice in the Library, starting with a first edition on loan.
chawtonhouse.org/whats-on/lib...
chawtonhouse.org/whats-on/lib...
Library Display: Pride & Prejudice through the Ages - Chawton House
See rare and beautiful editions of Jane Austen's beloved novel, Pride & Prejudice in the Library, including a first edition, alongside illustrated editions and translations.
chawtonhouse.org
January 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Chawton House has now joined Bluesky--just in time for #Austen250. Read about their forthcoming display Pride and Prejudice through the Ages.
A useful tool.
🗃️ #C19th #Genealogy #LocalHistory
A reminder that if you need an excel calculator that works with pounds, shillings and pence, I have one you can download and use freely. Please share…
chartistancestors.blog/2023/07/12/n...
A reminder that if you need an excel calculator that works with pounds, shillings and pence, I have one you can download and use freely. Please share…
chartistancestors.blog/2023/07/12/n...
Need a calculator that works with pounds, shillings and pence?
If you struggle to add, multiply and divide sums of money written in pre-decimal currency, then you are not alone – and you may wish to download the Excel calculator I’ve created for just tha…
chartistancestors.blog
December 30, 2024 at 3:19 PM
A useful tool.
Wow! @friede.bsky.social is featured in this fun pice on CNBC about Dungeons and Dragons, play, and community. www.cnbc.com/video/2024/1...
How Dungeons & Dragons helped bring in over $1 billion
Dungeons & Dragons, which turned 50 in 2024, has exploded in popularity over the last decade. In 2014, an edition of the game helped simplify it for new players. But also important was the rise of D&D...
www.cnbc.com
December 29, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Wow! @friede.bsky.social is featured in this fun pice on CNBC about Dungeons and Dragons, play, and community. www.cnbc.com/video/2024/1...
And a happy 249th birthday to you, #JaneAusten! #OTD
December 16, 2024 at 2:58 PM
And a happy 249th birthday to you, #JaneAusten! #OTD
Reading the delightful Book-Makers as my students write their final exams for Brit Lit 1 Survey. @adamwithbooks.bsky.social
December 12, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Reading the delightful Book-Makers as my students write their final exams for Brit Lit 1 Survey. @adamwithbooks.bsky.social
I am quoted in this article on couples and the two-body problem in academia. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
How to Marry Into Academia
When you get a job as a professor, your partner may get one too.
www.theatlantic.com
December 11, 2024 at 2:37 PM
I am quoted in this article on couples and the two-body problem in academia. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
This essay on 18th c British musicals was my first foray into #RobinHood studies.
31 Days of #RobinHood Books, Day 11. Robin Hood in Popular Culture edited by Thomas Hahn is the collection of papers from the original 1997 Rochester, NY conference. Includes S. Knight, R.B. Dobson, Lorraine Stock, Thomas Ohlgren, Laura Blunk, Michael Eaton, Sherron Lux, @lvtroost.bsky.social, etc
December 11, 2024 at 1:38 PM
This essay on 18th c British musicals was my first foray into #RobinHood studies.
Favorite dinner: Thanksgiving leftovers.
November 29, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Favorite dinner: Thanksgiving leftovers.
#WoodpeckerWednesday A Pileated in PA through a scope with a phone.
November 27, 2024 at 8:24 PM
#WoodpeckerWednesday A Pileated in PA through a scope with a phone.
A great walk this afternoon with Sayre--we both had grading to do, of course.
November 27, 2024 at 8:21 PM
A great walk this afternoon with Sayre--we both had grading to do, of course.
And this! Free newspapers for the 18th-19th centuries including the Morning Chronicle, one I find very useful.
Thought I’d make my first post both positive and useful-so here’s a list of all of the free-to-view titles now available on the British Newspaper Archive:
blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2024/09/19/a...
blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2024/09/19/a...
List of Free to View Pages | British Newspaper Archive
Working in partnership with the British Library, here we present a list of all newspaper pages included in our free to view newspaper collection.
blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
November 24, 2024 at 2:55 PM
And this! Free newspapers for the 18th-19th centuries including the Morning Chronicle, one I find very useful.
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This is huge news. The microfilm (& OCR?) of EEBO and The Eighteenth Century (ie ECCO) is available via Internet Archive! I need to dig derper but I wonder about the reactions from libraries, Gale, and ProQuest. H/T to David Smith @dasmiq.bsky.social for sharing news. archive.org/details/bim_...
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.org
June 3, 2024 at 4:24 PM
This is huge news. The microfilm (& OCR?) of EEBO and The Eighteenth Century (ie ECCO) is available via Internet Archive! I need to dig derper but I wonder about the reactions from libraries, Gale, and ProQuest. H/T to David Smith @dasmiq.bsky.social for sharing news. archive.org/details/bim_...
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We're all about accessibility: we finally got rails up the front steps. Bring on the ice!
November 23, 2024 at 5:19 PM
We're all about accessibility: we finally got rails up the front steps. Bring on the ice!
I'm trying something new in my gen-ed course on allegory. Bringing in dice so they can "roll their own" tale.
November 22, 2024 at 2:13 PM
I'm trying something new in my gen-ed course on allegory. Bringing in dice so they can "roll their own" tale.
Dogs and #JaneAusten and reading.
Speed Bump by Dave Coverly for November 19, 2024 | GoComics.com
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November 19, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Dogs and #JaneAusten and reading.