I found this 1965 edition of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw in my father's personal library. What I discovered inside led me down a fascinating little publishing-history rabbit hole. Old books can be full of surprises. I recently came across this small, not-too-battered paperback in … [Read more...]
Mansfield Park: Where My Love Affair with Jane Austen Began
Mansfield Park, and the Beginning of a Lifetime with Jane Austen How a worn Indian edition, a quiet heroine, and an unassuming place became my first and forever Jane I sometimes feel that our first Jane Austen chooses us. For me, it was Mansfield Park. I was eighteen when I first picked it … [Read more...]