Intrigued? Read more about Margie Burns's research here in her piece at @uk.theconversation.com https://theconversation.com/from-pulpits-to-protest-the-surprising-history-of-the-phrase-pride-and-prejudice-249836?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton
As this is also the big #JaneAustenYear, here are 2 books on #JaneAusten & #Abolition of #Slavery
Margie Burns on "Jane Austen, Abolitionist" & the Abolitionist meaning of the phrase #Pride&Prejudice
& Gabrielle D V White "Jane Austen in the Context of Abolition"
In celebration of #ValentinesDay and #Austen250, we are revisiting our earlier post on Thomas Lefroy, MP for Dublin University, 1830-41, and later a judge, but perhaps best known for his youthful romance with Jane Austen. Find out more: https://victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/a-youthful-romance-tom-lefroy-mp-and-jane-austen/
