Guest Post: Gracie Carmichael of Austens & Alcotts

The following are excerpts from a wonderful blog (and Etsy shop) called Austens & Alcotts, a literary site run by artist Gracie Carmichael, that is especially perfect for Kindred Spirits who love classic literature. The article, “Gleaming Jewels of Alcott-ian Wisdom in The Little Women Devotional,” ran earlier this month. Here’s Gracie: Dear kindred spirit, I’m delighted you could join...

Northanger Abbey’s “Horrid Novels”

In Austen’s youth, sentimental romances and sensational Gothic novels full of dramatized heroines, dark towers and dungeons, and dangerous male villains became popular. These included novels like Charlotte Smith’s Emmeline...