by Diane Morris | Apr 30, 2022 | Anne de Bourgh, Disease, Pride and Prejudice, Publishing
Nearly everybody has heard of Elizabeth Bennet, the spunky young lady in Jane Austen’s beloved novel Pride and Prejudice. Elizabeth is so popular that she has her own Wikipedia page, where curious persons can read a detailed analysis of her character. Known for...
by Diane Morris | Mar 23, 2017 | Anne de Bourgh, Medicine
I keep track of the questions that bring readers and other curious parties to my website. A surprising number of people are interested in Anne de Bourgh’s inheritance, a scheme which I outlined in a 2014 blog post. A 2015 blog post considered Anne’s...
by Diane Morris | Jul 17, 2014 | Jane Austen, Medicine
July 18. At Winchester, Miss Jane Austen, youngest daughter of Rev. George Austen, Rector of Steventon, Hants, authoress of “Emma,” “Mansfield Park,” “Pride and Prejudice,” and “Sense and Sensibility.” These paltry words announced Jane Austen’s death in the...