Happy birthday, Jane Austen! We're celebrating with a field trip to Winchester Cathedral, where Austen is buried, and Jane Austen's House in Chawton, where she spent the last years of her life.

Resources:

Jane Austen's House, Chawton, UK

Smart, Stephanie. The House of Embroidered Paper

Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, UK

Woolf, Virginia. "Jane Austen."

Worsley, Lucy. Jane Austen at Home: A Biography (2017)

Wykeham Arms, Winchester, UK

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I've been derailed in the best possible way, by discovering a book that I could not put down: The Betrayal of Anne Frank, by Rosemary Sullivan. I share my personal history with Anne Frank, some provocative ideas from Sullivan's book, and one surprising connection to Jane Austen. I also take this opportunity to remember theater director and educator Yatesy Harvey and playwright Tom Stoppard. Next time, Sense and Sensibility!

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P.S. After finishing this episode, I learned there's some controversy about the conclusion of Sullivan's book, her identification of a single betrayer, and the "sensationalization" of history. I want to finish the book myself before commenting on the criticisms, but I find great value in what I've read so far of The Betrayal of Anne Frank.

Works Cited:

Anne Frank House. https://www.annefrank.org/nl/

Anne Frank's Only Existing Film Images: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hvtXuO5GzU

Austen, Jane. Sense and Sensibility.

Stoppard, Thomas. Arcadia.

Sullivan, Rosemary. The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation.

Yatesy Harvey. https://www.instagram.com/p/DQAfEvKjQz9/

Photo:

Anne Frank passport photo, May 1942. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anne_Frank_passport_photo,_May_1942.jpg

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It's December, the holiday season has officially begun, and it's time to simplify our schedule! Today we reflect and reset with less regret for the past and more hope for the future, with a little help from Elinor and Marianne Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility) and Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Works Cited

Austen, Jane. Sense and Sensibility.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "England in 1819."

---. "Ode to the West Wind."

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