tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129024732653900038.post66826375466059958..comments2023-11-04T21:26:59.215+08:00Comments on Becoming Jane Fansite: JA Quote Week Four by LindaIchahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11201156394951497511noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129024732653900038.post-64809466380809452152008-05-17T08:33:00.001+08:002008-05-17T08:33:00.001+08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17149333094566635594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129024732653900038.post-28767371198789726652008-05-17T08:33:00.000+08:002008-05-17T08:33:00.000+08:00Linda, I always enjoy reading your thoughts and co...Linda, I always enjoy reading your thoughts and commentaries, and this week was no different. Thank you for sharing with us!! I LOVE the TL/1795/Scripture ref. It makes me get tingles up my spine it is that good. Take care!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17149333094566635594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129024732653900038.post-71280745396146071542008-05-15T00:43:00.000+08:002008-05-15T00:43:00.000+08:00Schoey, oops, sorry, I should have expanded my com...Schoey, oops, sorry, I should have expanded my comments beyond those works of Addison etc to include the following comment from James Austen’s “The Loiterer” No. 9, dated March 28, 1789, which a lot of people, including me, believe that Jane Austen wrote. She says:<BR/><BR/><I>You must know, Sir, I am a great reader, and not to mention some hundred volumes of Novels and Plays, have, in the last two summers, actually got through all the entertaining papers of our most celebrated periodical writers, from the Tatler and Spectator to the Microcosm and the Olla Podrida. Indeed I love a periodical work beyond any thing, especially those in which one meets with a great many stories, and where the papers are not too long.</I><BR/><BR/>Also, to back that up, somewhere it is noted that Jane’s Father, Rev. Austen had quite a few books in his library – the number 500 comes to mind. Putting all that together, it makes me believe that Jane, indeed, was quite well-read other than conduct books and Hannah Moore. Hope that helps.<BR/><BR/>Linda the LibrarianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129024732653900038.post-10853567804115649772008-05-14T09:16:00.000+08:002008-05-14T09:16:00.000+08:00-Very- intriguing. I wonder what Jane's contributi...-Very- intriguing. I wonder what Jane's contribution to a Benwick's library might have been. I have a hard time believing they would be the same as Anne's (I get the distinct impression that she would be on the side of conduct books and Hannah Moore), but they might be similar. There's a wonderful article concerning -- okay, this might take some clever journal spelunking, as I am writing from a laptop with my legs kicked-up -- Jane Austen and Circulating Libraries. I'm pretty sure this isn't the title, but it's awfully close. In it, the author focuses on popular and often gothic novels (which had a reputation similar to comic books) that Jane enjoyed, devoured, and highly recommended.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com