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Sarah Emsley

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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada / Author of Jane Austen's Philosophy of the Virtues (Palgrave) & editor of The Custom of the Country, by Edith Wharton (Broadview). Currently working on a novel.

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Jane Austen / Some favourites from the world of Jane Austen. Fiction, biography, the Regency period.

Jane Austen's Novels

Jane Austen's Novels / The Big Six: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey. Plus Jane Austen's unfinished novels, The Watsons and Sanditon, and her epistolary novel Lady Susan.

Edith Wharton / Edith Wharton on reading, writing, fiction, interior design, and gardening. My favourite Wharton novel is The Custom of the Country.

The Custom of the Country

The Custom of the Country / The Custom of the Country is my favourite Edith Wharton novel. I prepared an edition of the novel for Broadview Press, and in honour of the 100th anniversary, I wrote a series of blog posts: http://sarahemsley.com/the-custom-of-the-country-at-100/

Lives of Girls and Women

Lives of Girls and Women

Ambition / Is ambition a vice or a virtue? I'm researching and writing about this question in relation to Jane Austen's novels. I'm also thinking about ambition in works by two of my other favourite authors, Edith Wharton and L.M. Montgomery.

Writers and Writing

Writers and Writing / Writers' lives, the writing process, inspiration for writers.

Readers and Reading

Readers and Reading / On the joy of reading and talking about books with other readers.

Pride and Prejudice at 200

Pride and Prejudice at 200 / My favourite Jane Austen novel, and favourite novel of all time. I wrote a series of 10 blog posts in honour of the 200th anniversary of Pride and Prejudice: http://sarahemsley.com/pride-and-prejudice-at-200/

An Invitation to Mansfield Park

An Invitation to Mansfield Park / In 2014 I hosted a celebration of 200 years of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, with guest blog posts from 39 writers: http://sarahemsley.com/an-invitation-to-mansfield-park/. It was an essay collection and a party at the same time, and I enjoyed it so much I hosted a similar celebration in 2016 for Austen's Emma.

Emma in the Snow

Emma in the Snow / Celebrate 200 years of Jane Austen's Emma with us! I hosted a series of guest blog posts from December 2015 to March 2016: http://sarahemsley.com/emma-in-the-snow/

Youth and Experience: Northanger Abbey and Persuasion

Youth and Experience: Northanger Abbey and Persuasion / I'm hosting a blog series celebrating 200 years of Jane Austen’s novels Northanger Abbey and Persuasion: https://sarahemsley.com/celebrating-austen-wharton-and-montgomery/youth-and-experience-northanger-abbey-and-persuasion/

Jane Austen for Kids

Jane Austen for Kids / Looking for ways to introduce children to the life and works of Jane Austen. More details about children's books and other resources on my website: http://sarahemsley.com/jane-austen-for-kids/

L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery / I've loved L.M. Montgomery's books for many years, especially Anne of Green Gables and Anne of the Island, and recently I've been following in Montgomery's footsteps in Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia: http://sarahemsley.com/l-m-montgomery-in-nova-scotia/

Children's & YA Books

Children's & YA Books / Some of my favourites, from picture books to YA.

Nova Scotia / My beautiful home province.

19th Century Books & Writers

19th Century Books & Writers / The Brontës, George Eliot, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Henry James, Anthony Trollope, Constance Fenimore Woolson, and other 19th Century writers.

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island / I love Prince Edward Island's landscape, beaches, lighthouses, and L.M. Montgomery-related literary sites.

Massachusetts / One of my favourite (or should that be "favorite"?) places to visit. I lived in Boston for one year and Cambridge for five, and Massachusetts will always have a special place in my heart.

The Mount: Edith Wharton's Home

The Mount: Edith Wharton's Home / Edith Wharton's gorgeous house and gardens in Lenox, Massachusetts.

Alberta / I was born on the prairies, in Alberta, and grew up by the sea, in Nova Scotia.

Flowers and Trees

Flowers and Trees / Photography, illustration, paintings. Images of flowers and trees to remember all through the long weeks of winter.

Coffee, Tea, & Dessert

Coffee, Tea, & Dessert / Coffee is essential. Tea and dessert are very important. Preferably with "good company and a great deal of conversation" (or a good book). Recipes, sweet things, inspiration.

Running / "Run mad as often as you chuse; but do not faint—." – Jane Austen, Love and Freindship

Austen Film Adaptations

Austen Film Adaptations / Jane Austen's heroines and heroes go to the movies.

England / Literary sites and other favourites.

Books and Bookshelves

Books and Bookshelves / I can always find room in my house for another good book.

Books I read 2015-2017

Books I read 2015-2017 / From January 2015 to December 2017, I pinned the covers of books I found especially memorable. For a while, I also kept a record on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1469766.Sarah_Emsley), but then I switched back to recording titles by hand in my reading journal. I wrote about that journal in a blog post on L.M. Montgomery's novel Emily Climbs: https://sarahemsley.com/2017/03/17/i-have-to-write-emily-climbs/

Jane Austen's books & her sequels

Jane Austen's books & her sequels / This board wants to become a large archive of books written by Jane Austen and her prequel, sequel and spinoff in all languages.

More ideas from Sarah

Original title: Lucy Maud Montgomery at time of publication of Anne of Green Gables. Age 34, 1908. Courtesy of L. M. Montgomery Collection, Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph.

Original title: Lucy Maud Montgomery at time of publication of Anne of Green Gables. Age 34, 1908. Courtesy of L. M. Montgomery Collection, Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph.

Mistress Pat

Mistress Pat

Jane of Lantern Hill

Jane of Lantern Hill

Goodnight Anne

Goodnight Anne

Anne's Colors

Anne's Colors

Anne's Numbers

Anne's Numbers

Appearing happy is a cultural expectation. And I was tired of it.

Appearing happy is a cultural expectation. And I was tired of it.

“Do you mean we can write with the word ‘I’?” Opinion | The Soul-Crushing Student Essay - The New York Times

“Do you mean we can write with the word ‘I’?” Opinion | The Soul-Crushing Student Essay - The New York Times

Saturday’s Shot – MaritimeMac

Saturday’s Shot – MaritimeMac

Tracy K. Smith and Jacqueline Woodson Talk Reading, Race and Spreading the Gospel of Literature - The New York Times

Tracy K. Smith and Jacqueline Woodson Talk Reading, Race and Spreading the Gospel of Literature - The New York Times

Home Office Tour: Nova Scotia Author Kate Inglis | Apartment Therapy

Home Office Tour: Nova Scotia Author Kate Inglis | Apartment Therapy

Art, for one thing, consoles. It activates thinking. It troubles and pokes at the things that are wrong with the world. Art, in a certain sense, is the world. Art provokes, it makes us feel, it takes us out of ourselves. Art fills in blanks, it takes us places we wouldn’t otherwise go. Art enlivens us, emboldens us, and fills us with wonder and delight....

Art, for one thing, consoles. It activates thinking. It troubles and pokes at the things that are wrong with the world. Art, in a certain sense, is the world. Art provokes, it makes us feel, it takes us out of ourselves. Art fills in blanks, it takes us places we wouldn’t otherwise go. Art enlivens us, emboldens us, and fills us with wonder and delight....

The First Novel for Children Taught Girls the Power of Reading Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/first-novel-children-taught-girls-power-reading-180968765/#F7VL5QDgFqcyrAqL.99 Give the gift of Smithsonian magazine for only $12! http://bit.ly/1cGUiGv Follow us: @SmithsonianMag on Twitter

The First Novel for Children Taught Girls the Power of Reading Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/first-novel-children-taught-girls-power-reading-180968765/#F7VL5QDgFqcyrAqL.99 Give the gift of Smithsonian magazine for only $12! http://bit.ly/1cGUiGv Follow us: @SmithsonianMag on Twitter

Ron Charles: Wouldn’t it have been a blast to review Sense and Sensibility in 1811? Such elegant wit. And who is this remarkable “Lady” author? Imagine writing the first “at home” profile. (Like any book section editor, I’m always supposed to be thinking, “What can we do besides just a review?”) Ron Charles on the Elegant Wit of Sense and Sensibility and the Need for More Readers | Book Marks

On the Magical Landscapes of Anne of Green Gables | Literary Hub

On the Magical Landscapes of Anne of Green Gables | Literary Hub

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