A comic exercise imagining how a teenage John Roberts would interpret various classics.
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Tag Archives: Pride and Prejudice
How Roberts Might Rewrite the Classics
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged 1984, Anna Karenina, Christmas Carol, Don Quixote, Huckleberry Finn, John Roberts, Jungle, Lolita, Modest Proposal, Narrative of Sojourner Truth, Oliver Twist, Othello, Scarlet Letter, Supreme Court, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Tom Jones Comments closed
“Better Living” Emerged from a Midnight Epiphany
In the latest installment of “A Life Lived in Literature,” I recount the origins of “Better Living through Beowulf.”
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Alexander Pope, Benjamin Franklin, blogging, Daniel Defoe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Geoffrey Chaucer, Great Gatsby, Jane Austen, Poor Richard’s Almanack, Rape of the Lock, Robinson Crusoe, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Wife of Bath Comments closed
Why Emma Is My Favorite Austen Novel
Why “Emma” is my favorite Austen novel. It all has to do with Mrs. Elton, Emma’s double.
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Early Scenes from a Marriage
My memoir continued, this time looking at my relationship with Julia during our grad school years in Atlanta.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "River Merchant's Wife", Anna Karenina, Country Wife, Ezra Pound, Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy, Marriage, William Wycherley Comments closed
An Iranian Hostage Recalls Tolstoy
In which one of the 1980 Iranian hostages explains why “War and Peace” meant so much to him at the time.
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Austen: Romance without Words
Jane Austen never directly reports a protagonist saying “yes” to a marriage proposal. For Valentine’s Day, I explore why.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Emma, Jane Austen, love, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility, Valentine's Day Comments closed
Our Round of Austen-Like Visitations
Julia and I spent the last week in a series of visits such as one encounters in Jane Austen novels.
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