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Sarah Emsley has published books and essays on Jane Austen and Edith Wharton, and she lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia with her family. Her debut novel, The Austens, will be published by Pottersfield Press in Fall 2025.

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“I am not born to tread in the beaten track”

Mary Wollstonecraft, author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) died 228 years ago today, on September 10, 1797.

When I was in London in March, I visited her grave at St. Pancras Old Church, “London’s ancient parish church.”

St. Pancras Old Church, framed by black and gold gates

When she outlined her plan to be a professional writer, Wollstonecraft declared, “I am then going to be the first of a new genus. … You know I am not born to

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	The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton, Sarah Emsley (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.06 avg rating — 15,618 ratings — published 1913 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jane Austen’s Philosophy of the Virtues 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Austens: A Novel 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jane Austen and the North Atlantic by Sarah Emsley (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sheila Johnson Kindred (Contributor), B.C. Southam (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1889 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The last pages of Emma: Austen's epithalamium. (Miscellany).(Jane Austen's ode to marriage): An article from: Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	St. Paul's in the Grand Parade: 1749-1999 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Custom of the Country by E Wharton (January 01,2010) by Sarah Emsley (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A stunning sequel to Jill MacLean’s equally powerful novel The Arrows of Mercy In The Arrows of Fealty, MacLean asks us to consider questions about where we pledge our loyalties and why, and whether the efforts of one person can ever make a difference ...more
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