Sense and Sensibility

Associated Locations: Jane Austen’s Home, Chawton, England Associated Dates: 1811 – Sense and Sensibility published Summary Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen, and was her first published work when it appeared in 1811 under the pseudonym “A Lady”. A work of romantic fiction, Sense and Sensibility is set in southwest England between 1792 and 1797, and portrays the life […]

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Pride and Prejudice

Associated Locations: Jane Austen’s Home, Chawton, England Associated Dates: January 28, 1813, Published Summary Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of […]

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Cross Fire: The Eight Years with Eisenhower

Associated Dates: 1962, Published Summary Ezra Taft Benson was one of the two cabinet members with Eisenhower through his eight years. This is a book about Benson’s experiences in the white house under President Eisenhower. A forward looking conservative, Eisenhower’s most embattled cabinet officer, tells the story of harsh political infighting, of deep spiritual convictions, […]

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A Memoir of Jane Austen

A Memoir of Jane Austen is the Austen family’ s memoir of the beloved 19th-century English novelist. Written and compiled by Austen’ s nephew, James Edward Austen-Leigh, A Memoir of Jane Austen reveals the author as her family knew her. A Memoir of Jane Austen did, however, reveal for the first time Austen’ s authorship […]

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