tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post7089449340008633579..comments2023-08-26T02:27:21.897-07:00Comments on Frisbee: A Book Journal: D. E. Stevenson and Mrs. TimFrisbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394353185610393979noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post-57251272159587686682008-10-25T20:37:00.000-07:002008-10-25T20:37:00.000-07:00I learn about all sorts of books when I read your ...I learn about all sorts of books when I read your blog. Sheila Kaye-Smith is one of the two women who wrote one of the earliest popular criticism books of Jane Austen: Speaking of Jane Austen. The other woman was a novelist too.<BR/><BR/>The self-deprecating diary mode is also found in _The Egg and I_ and _Bridget Jones' Diary_ and _Mrs Miniver_. I think women write them because one can write a little at a time -- in the interstices of time allowed. Blogs allow for the same thing.<BR/><BR/>The husband when there is one often has this responsible job, middle management.<BR/><BR/>I had a better night tonight than I've had in some time. I began _Mrs Stevens Hears the Mermaids_ which has a journal-like feel, and now I have a kitten on my lap.<BR/><BR/>EllenEllenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14979942382683140531noreply@blogger.com