Partly because I am trying to show off the pretty handouts I have created using Apple iWorks’s Pages, and partly because I wanted to try out Issuu, here is a collection of handouts for British literature. Open publication – Free publishing – More writing Open publication – Free publishing – More writing Open publication –…
When students read Pride and Prejudice, they often have difficulty understanding why Mr. Collins will inherit Mr. Bennet’s estate when he has five daughters who might inherit. They also wonder why Elizabeth would be encouraged to marry her cousin, Mr. Collins. That’s just ew right? The answer to both of these mysteries is, essentially, money….
In reading Jane Austen, one of the things I think students might find most foreign is the very different sense of propriety. Manners and customs were quite different from our own time as evidenced in her novels. The first thing students might notice is that her characters tend to refer to each other as Mr….
One of the reasons Jane Austen is a favorite in Hollywood, in my opinion, is the clothes. Costume drama is always much more expensive than drama that requires no period clothing or sets, but cost hasn’t discouraged adaptations of Jane Austen’s works. It is probably important for students to remember that until the advent of…
Quite apart from reading and appreciating Jane Austen’s language, it has been my experience that students have difficulty understanding her world. For example, is Mr. Darcy really rich? After all, £10,000 doesn’t sound like a lot of money. What’s a pelisse anyway? What’s with all the letter writing? What’s up with all the tea? Of…
