Women of Literature

This post is the fourth in a series dedicated to updating Jane Austen’s “accomplished woman” to create a definition more fitting for the modern world. You can read the earlier posts ... Read more

June 3, 2011May 1, 2015

Revisiting Rilla of Ingleside

Books & Reading, Relationships & Family, Women of Literature, Work & Family

Regular Modern Mrs Darcy readers know that I’m an Anne of Green Gables fan. I greatly enjoyed re-reading the series this spring and writing the popular Life Lessons from Green ... Read more

May 4, 2011February 3, 2020

Go After Your Girl Like Gilbert Blythe

Books & Reading, Relationships & Family, Women of Literature, Work & Family

Gilbert Blythe would land near the top of any list of charming men of literature. Many a girl has swooned over Gilbert, with his “curly brown hair, roguish hazel eyes, ... Read more

April 26, 2011February 7, 2022

Life Lessons from Green Gables: Learning to Mellow Like Marilla Cuthbert

Books & Reading, Way With Words, Women of Literature

Have you ever known someone with a cold personality, who seemed to have a hard edge? That was Marilla Cuthbert. Marilla was often cross. She was sarcastic, and she struggled ... Read more

April 12, 2011February 3, 2020

Don’t be a busybody, and other lessons in tact from Rachel Lynde

Etiquette, Way With Words, Womanly Skills, Women of Literature

Tact is the ability to say what you think while valuing the other person as well. It goes by many names–diplomacy, sensitivity, discretion, savoir faire–but whatever you call it, Rachel Lynde ... Read more

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Women of Literature

The Modern Accomplished Woman…Gets Her Work Done

Revisiting Rilla of Ingleside

Go After Your Girl Like Gilbert Blythe

Life Lessons from Green Gables: Learning to Mellow Like Marilla Cuthbert

Don’t be a busybody, and other lessons in tact from Rachel Lynde