Jennifer AbellaMay 17, 2017Six times Jane Austen wrote about ships in her lettersScorpion Dec. 24-26, 1798: Admiral Gambier in reply to my father’s application writes as follows. — “As it is usual to keep young...
Jennifer AbellaApr 12, 2017When history and penmanship go hand in handWith computers, tablets and cellphones, handwriting seems as if it’s becoming a lost art. Benjamin Bartgis is helping to keep it alive....
Jennifer AbellaMar 29, 2017How two playwrights brought Jane Austen’s ‘Persuasion’ to lifeIt’s one thing to read “Persuasion” and take in its themes and characters. It’s another to take those themes and characters and bring...
Jennifer AbellaMar 22, 2017‘Persuasion’ playlists: What Anne and Frederick would listen toWhat would Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth listen to if they existed today? We can only imagine…. Here are two Spotify playlist...
Jennifer AbellaMar 15, 2017‘Persuasion’ throwbacks: What reviews said about these Jane Austen adaptationsWe’ve all got our favorite “Persuasion” adaptation — or if you don’t yet, you might by the time you leave the Jane Austen Summer Program...