Tag Archives: Money

Jane Austen to Grace £10 Note

By Robin Bates | Published: July 31, 2013

The good and the bad of Austen appearing on British £10 note

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True Love and a Steady Income

By Robin Bates | Published: December 14, 2009

Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson as Edward, Elinor I’ve been reading essays on Sense and Sensibility and thinking of all the useful lessons it teaches, including about the influence of money on people’s dating decisions.  One of my students focused on the figure of Lucy Steele, whom she compared to a woman in the reality […]

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Jane Austen’s Subtle Stiletto

By Robin Bates | Published: December 10, 2009

I’m teaching Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility at the moment and, once again, recalling what a masterpiece it is.  The interactions between the sisters never fail to elicit sibling stories from my students.  Some of us see ourselves as the elder sister Elinor, others as the younger sister Marianne.  As the oldest in my family, […]

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