Tag: JaneAusten

• Che Sera Sera… a Window Reflects

  Dear Lord … are we all expected to do one of these now? How tedious. Oh, very well. The radiator insists it is important for posterity. He has been repeating that argument since my installation, and after 150 years I have learned that it is often easier to let him have his way. Since you…

  Kim S.

  August 10, 2026

  History of Russell Library, Middletown, CT, Secrets of Russell Library

  1940s, AggressiveDuctwork, AHistoryOfTheGothicRevival, BroadStreet, CheSeraSera, ChristChurch, EdnaWilder, FrancesRussell, HardyHolzmanPfeiffer, HEParsons, JaneAusten, JCPenney, LordByron, MainStreet, MiddleOak, MiddlesexMutualAssuranceCompany, MrClitonOsborne, MrsAliceOsborne, NationalTrustForHistoricPresevation, PoeticalWorks, PrideAndPrejudice, Radiator, ReadingRoom, RussellFamilyMotto, RussellLibraryHall, StickyCorner, TheChildrensCorner, WhateverWillBeWillBe

• Timeless Tales: Why We Love Them

  The overwhelmingly positive reactions we have had to our production of A Christmas Carol has brought home to me the importance of classic stories to people both as individuals and as a community. It was amazing how similar everyone’s reaction to this show has been. “A great performance.” “Dickens would love it.” “Phenomenal acting.” And…

  Mary

  December 15, 2025

  A Christmas Carol, Book Reviews, Events, Trending

  AChristmasCarol, CharlesDickens, Christmas Carol, ConnecticutTheater, GhostOfChristmasPresent, JaneAusten, JRRTolkien, WilliamShakespeare

• Books for Lovers of Jane Austen

  One seems so forlorn without books. Do you consider yourself a “Janeite” (someone obsessed with both Jane Austen as a person and as an author) or simply a connoisseur of classic literature, British literature, 19th century literature, romantic literature, and/or feminist literature? Regardless of which camp you fall into, if you love books by Jane…

  Amy S.

  May 20, 2024

  Book Reviews, Recommendations

  CurtisSittenfeld, DowntonAbbey, EdwardFerrars, Eligible, ElizabethBennet, Emma, IncenseAndSensibility, JaneAusten, Janeite, JaniceHadlow, JoBaker, Longbourn, LongbournANovel, MrDarcy, NorthangerAbbey, PrideAndPrejudice, PridePrejudiceAndOtherFlavors, RecipeForPersuasion, SonaliDev, TheEmmaProject, TheOtherBennetSister

• Storytelling at Russell Library

  Winter is the season of storytelling. In some cultures, November 1st marked the start of the New Year: the end of the harvest and the beginning of winter. True to form, this year in Middletown the first frost came between the dusk of November 1st and the dawn of November 2nd. Now the remaining crops…

  Amy S.

  November 6, 2023

  Inside Stories, Kids and Teens, Library Services

  AChristmasCarol, CharlesDickens, ConnecticutStoryTellingCenter, JaneAusten, PrideAndPrejudice, ReverendCollins, storytelling, Tellebrations, WatershipDown