Article: Gossip as pleasure, pursuit, power, and plot device in Jane Austen's novels. (Conference Papers).

Article: Emma gets a clue Gwyneth Paltrow is about to become a star, ...
The Boston Globe;  August 4, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... coolly attempting to extend Jane Austen's latter-day winning streak ... stylistic rightness. Playing Austen's heroine, Emma Woodhouse ... an ironic smile the fact that gossip is the lifeblood of "Emma ... romance translate easily. And gossip is very much in place today ...

Article: Jane Austen and adultery.(Conference Papers)
Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... results in her fiction. Jane Austen's lifetime coincided with what ... the social scale. Emma, Jane Austen's last published novel, was ... peak of notoriety and scandalous gossip (16 February). Jane Austen's feelings were shared by a ...

Article: Jane Austen: A Life.
Cross Currents;  September 22, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... gleaned from others' remarks. Austen emerges slowly, as others allude ... Cassandra that survive show Austen's irresistible attraction to gossip and laughter. Tomalin reads ... with great care the evidence of Austen's life in her works. At first ...

Article: The Jane Austen diet: the weight of women in ...
Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... we remember their context; Austen wrote to close family and friends ... the letters contain, the news Austen reports to her sister, the gossip she gives her, can be understood ... ironically articulated. But Austen often eludes or confounds the ...

Article: Jane Austen now through the lens of Boca ...
Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... had great fun writing Jane Austen in Boca. The Distinguished ... the closed world of the Jane Austen novel. Here too, was a plethora of gossip, visiting, meals and romance ... that has taken place since Austen's time immediately obvious ...

Article: `Persuasion' Is a Convincing Take On Period Romance, Jane ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  October 27, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... Dear, based on the novel by Jane Austen. Running time: 103 minutes. Rated ... romance as she grew older. - Jane Austen, Persuasion The novels of Jane Austen are filled with conversation - with chatter, gossip, speculation and homily. But in ...

Article: Janeites bask in longevity: Austen gets her nights on the ...
The Washington Times;  January 10, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... applause. Connoisseurs consider Austen's style incomparable. She ... present-day entertainments. Austen had a wicked way, too, with intimate chat - "gossip" in our day. Janeites on ... Thompson at the meeting. The Austen Society is a low-cost membership ...