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Jane Austen ring goes up for auction
Jacket CopyA ring once owned by Jane Austen, which has been in her family for centuries, will be offered for sale for the first time.... -
Nora Ephron dies at 71; writer of sharp-edged romances
This article has been corrected. See note at the bottom for details. Nora Ephron, who cast an acerbic eye on relationships, metropolitan living and aging in essays, books, plays and hit movies including "Sleepless in Seattle," "When Harry Met Sally..."...Tags: Nora Ephron, All the President's Men (movie), Entertainment Events, Authors, Pneumonia
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Word power
Earlier this year, when Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a 100-book required reading list for his compatriots, it provoked anxiety, rekindling memories of Soviet-era censorship. The furor underscored an important point: that literature plays a...
Tags: Agatha Christie, Unrest, Conflicts and War, John Steinbeck, Graham Greene, Lorraine Hansberry
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Printers Row Lit Fest roundup
Literary editor"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid," wrote Jane Austen in Northanger Abbey. And those who have denied themselves the pleasure of a Jane Austen novel have done so at great cost. William...Tags: Elizabeth Taylor, Humboldt Park, Literature, Arts and Culture, Chicago Tribune
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A word, please: As literate as Shakespeare
Recently, a Minnesota Public Radio talk show listener called to suggest to language experts Ben Zimmer and Grant Barrett a clever solution to a very perplexing and pervasive language problem. The problem crops up when we need to talk about a hypothetical...Tags: Talk Shows (genre), Entertainment, William Shakespeare, Employees, Radio
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At Lifeline Theatre, a proud production of Jane Austen
OK, "Call me Ishmael" is punchier. But the first sentence of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" ("It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife") is right up there in the Famous...
Tags: Downton Abbey (tv program), Entertainment, Music, PBS (tv network), Literature
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Review: 'Rain Dragon' by Jon Raymond doesn't think like a girl
Los Angeles TimesRain Dragon A Novel Jon Raymond Bloomsbury: 272 pp., $16 paper FADE IN: A car idles in the foggy pre-dawn, pointed at the end of a cul-de-sac. Inside, an attractive 30-ish couple, DAMON and AMY, are worn from travel. She is dark-haired, pale-skinned...Tags: Religion and Belief, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health, Philosophy, Mildred Pierce (tv program)
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Reel Critics: Two for the money
The great stuff of superheroes This could also be called "Cash of the Titans." Featuring many classic Marvel Comics characters and a fun cast, "The Avengers" is the Super Bowl of superheroes. It's nearly 2 ½ hours of wisecracking, overblown annihilation....
Tags: Jeremy Renner, Marvel Entertainment, Inc., Charles Darwin, New York City, Robert Downey Jr.
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I vant to bite your cookie!
The undead are snapping our limbs ("Twilight"), treating our necks like Slurpees ("The Vampire Diaries") — even invading the novels of Jane Austen ("Emma and the Werewolves").
Isn't it time for a little payback?
This Halloween you and the kids can...Tags: Frosting and Icing, Stranger Than Fiction, Egg Whites, Halloween
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Small Wonders: Just open the door for someone
Last week, in my little corner of your local newspaper, I contemplated the ills of society. I offered my opinion on humanity’s great downfall, be it political, spiritual or social in nature. Namely, that all of us are so absorbed in our own...Tags: Dance, Entertainment, American Idol (tv program), Kate Winslet, Alprazolam (drug)
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Orlando Shakespeare Theater 2012-13 season includes 'Titus Andronicus,' 'Othello'
Violence, revenge and a dose of Jane Austen highlight the 2012-13 season from Orlando Shakespeare Theater.
The theater company announced its scheduled Wednesday evening during a presentation at its home base, the Lowndes Shakespeare Center in Orlando's...Tags: Entertainment, Religious Festivals, William Shakespeare, Spartacus (tv program), Holidays
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The triumph of moderate Republicans
Back in Jane Austen's day, a young woman might be smitten with a poor man, but she would marry someone with a fortune if she possibly could. Today's Republicans are similar.
They may love to hear Rick Santorum preach morality or Newt Gingrich denounce...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Elections, Rick Santorum, Sarah Palin, Steve Chapman
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