Gentle Readers: One of our blog’s writers, Brenda Cox, is introducing her book Fashionable Goodness: Christianity in Jane Austen’s England this week to the Jane Austen community. I am not only excited about its publication, but honored to be the first person on this tour to interview her. Prior Praise: “Finally! Fashionable Goodness is the Jane […]
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Fashionable Goodness is Making its Debut: An Interview With the Author Brenda Cox
Posted in Jane Austen's World, tagged Book review, Brenda Cox, Fashionable Goodness: Christianity in Jane Austen's England on October 20, 2022| 5 Comments »
George Austen’s Spiritual Advice to His Son Francis Austen by Brenda Cox
Posted in Jane Austen's World, tagged Francis Austen, George Austen, Jane Austen's family, Letter from George Austen to son Francis on March 17, 2019| 10 Comments »
“Memorandums for the use [of] Mr. F. W. Austen on his going to the East Indies Mids[hip]man on board his Majesty’s Ship Perseverance Cap: [Sm]ith Decr. 1788” Thus begins a letter from Jane Austen’s father to her older brother Francis. Francis, who Jane called Frank, went to sea at age 14. He had been at […]
Fashionable Goodness by Brenda S. Cox: Book Review + GIVEAWAY
Posted in Anglican Church, book giveaway, Book review, Clergy, Jane Austen's life, Jane Austen's religion, Regency society on November 4, 2022| 29 Comments »
Our very own Brenda S. Cox has just published her new book Fashionable Goodness: Christianity in Jane Austen’s England. It’s already receiving a wonderful reception, and I know it will continue. For those of us who are always expanding our understanding of Jane Austen’s life, and particularly her personal life and faith, this new book […]
30-Day Journey With Jane Austen By Natasha Duquette (Fortress Press, 2020) Reviewed by Brenda S. Cox
Posted in Jane Austen's World, tagged Brenda Cox, Natasha dUquette, reflext with Jane Austen, Relax with Jane Austen on July 19, 2020| 4 Comments »
Till this moment, I never knew myself.”–Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, quoted in 30-Day Journey with Jane Austen. In these days of stress and anxiety, do you long for a few minutes of peaceful reflection each day? Take a 30-Day Journey With Jane Austen. Jane is an excellent travel companion! Natasha Duquette has chosen thirty profound passages […]
The Clerical Alphabet: Problems in Austen’s Church of England By Brenda S. Cox
Posted in 18th Century England, Georgian Life, Jane Austen's World, tagged A Clerical Alphabet, Brenda Cox, Regency caricature, Regency satire, Richard Newton on July 9, 2020| 13 Comments »
It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation.”—Edmund Bertram in Mansfield Park Richard Newton’s “Clerical Alphabet” satirizes the English clergy of Austen’s time. You may be familiar with cartoonists, or caricaturists, of the eighteenth century like […]
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