Review of Little Women
If anyone asked my nine-year-old self what was my favorite book, they would have gotten the unequivocal and quite enthusiastic answer, “Little Women by Louisa May Alcott…of course!” I found […]
If anyone asked my nine-year-old self what was my favorite book, they would have gotten the unequivocal and quite enthusiastic answer, “Little Women by Louisa May Alcott…of course!” I found […]
My little sister purchased the print and audio versions of this book at the book fair when we were little kids. We read and listened to it incessantly (well, we […]
You don’t know love when you see it. You’ve tricked something out with your imagination that you think love, and you expect the real thing to look like that. Anne […]
There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil—a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.” “And your defect is to hate everybody.” […]
Tip # 6: Send a Thank You Note So, hopefully, with the help of our previous 5 tips, your interview was a blazing success. All that remains is waiting for […]
Tip 5: Stay On-Topic My mother used to say, “If you can’t think of something nice to say about someone, don’t say anything at all,” so Lady Catherine de Bourgh […]
Tip 4: Don’t Show Up Slovenly Dressed Elizabeth Bennet may have scored points with Mr. Darcy when she turned up in Mr. Bingley’s breakfast-parlour in mud-drenched petticoats, but not everyone […]
Tip 3: Do Network The hopelessly frivolous Mrs. Bennet may have been a constant source of chagrin to the sensible Jane and Elizabeth, but she was amazingly right on point […]
Tip 2: Don’t Be a Wickham Pride and Prejudice’s infamous cad, George Wickham, might seem to be the last person qualified to help one get a job since he spent […]
Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings. I first encountered Jane Austen when I was sixteen and purchased a mass-market paperback copy of Pride and Prejudice from a […]