The Lit Bitch

I have reread Mansfield Park more times than I would like to admit, and every single time I slow down at chapter 25. Nothing huge happens there, honestly. Nobody elopes and nobody gets a shocking letter. It is just a dinner at the Parsonage and a round of cards, but that card game is doing really a lot of work, and it is way more fun than most people remember! The game is called Speculation, and you may possibly have skimmed right past it like I did the first time. It was a real game, Austen played it herself, and once you know how it works, the scene opens up…

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Some cities you visit. Vienna you read first. I mean that. Every time I pick up a novel set there, the city gets a little bigger in my head. The palaces have people in them. The coffeehouses have arguments. The streets have secrets. And in December? Vienna turns into the most romantic stage set in Europe. Lights strung over the old lanes, market stalls glowing in front of palaces, the smell of something warm and sugary on every corner. So if Vienna at Christmas is on your list, do yourself a favor. Read a few of these before you go. You’ll walk those streets like you already know them. Why…