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 […]
Tag Archives: Pride and Prejudice
Review of Best Friends for Frances
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 […]
Top 5 Botched Proposals
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 […]
Misunderstandings Are the Spice of Life
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.” […]
You Can Never Be Too Thankful…Just Ask Mr. Collins
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 […]
Tell Me About Yourself, Lady Catherine
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 […]
Dress For Success, Elizabeth
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 […]
Become a World-Class Networker (Like Mrs. Bennet)
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 […]
Don’t Bad-Mouth Your Former Boss, Wickham
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 […]
Everything (About Job Interviews) I Learned From Jane Austen
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 […]
