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Lona Manning
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author: Jane Austen author: George MacDonald Fraser T.H. White
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The Mansfield Trilogy reviewed in Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine
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Becoming Mrs. Norris: A Mansfield Park Prequel (Twisted Austen #3):
"Feel sorry for the mean-hearted Mrs. Norris of Mansfield Park fame? I would have never thought to admit such a shocking truth. However, the Twisted Austen series with their strong hints of gothic can bring such horrors to reality.
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Who Cooked the Last Supper?: The Women's History of the World:
"This may be the most unorganized, poorly thought-through book I've ever read.
That would sum up my review, but I feel that I should be more descriptive. When I bought this book, what I thought I was getting was a look behind the male-centric view o..." Read more of this review » |
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Neville Chamberlain's politics of appeasement were, as far as we can judge, inspired by good motives; he was probably less motivated by considerations of personal power than were many other British prime ministers, and he sought to preserve peace and to assure the happiness of all concerned. Yet his policies helped to make the Second World War inevitable, and to bring untold miseries to millions of men. Sir Winston Churchill's motives, on the other hand, were much less universal in scope and much more narrowly directed toward personal and national power, yet the foreign policies that sprang from these inferior motives were certainly superior in moral and political quality to those pursued by his predecessor. Judged by his motives, Robespierre was one of the most virtuous men who ever lived. Yet it was the utopian radicalism of that very virtue that made him kill those less virtuous than himself, brought him to the scaffold, and destroyed the revolution of which he was a leader.
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A society that puts equalityin the sense of equality of outcomeahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom. The use of force to achieve equality will destroy freedom, and the force, introduced for good purposes, will end up in the hands of people who use it to promote their own interests. On the other hand, a society that puts freedom first will, as a happy by-product, end up with both greater freedom and greater equality. Though a by-product of freedom, greater equality is not an accident. A free society releases the energies and abilities of people to pursue their own objectives. It prevents some people from arbitrarily suppressing others. It does not prevent some people from achieving positions of privilege, but so long as freedom is maintained, it prevents those positions of privilege from becoming institutionalized; they are subject to continued attack by other able, ambitious people. Freedom means diversity but also mobility. It preserves the opportunity for
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Fried Eggs with Chopsticks: One Woman's Hilarious Adventure into a Country and a Culture Not Her Own:
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I should've known from the outset by the poorly designed cover and obnoxious title that this book would be a disappointment. With a pitiful sense of humor that limps weakly from page to page, the author delves into the filt..." Read more of this review » |
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| 4.5 rounded up to 5 for sheer audacity and wit. This homage to Austen is unlike any other Austen fan fiction I have read. For one thing, it is not a romantic comedy -- there are people in love and there are weddings -- but it's more about the choices ...more | |
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| As another reviewer noted, the title of this book is somewhat misleading. The scope of the book is broader than the role of the clergy in Austen's time. I bought it expecting to learn more of the nuts and bolts of a clergyman's life, and though I did ...more | |
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