An Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

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By Abigail Bok ’76

Published Jan. 21, 2016

(ALIVE Book) In An Obstinate, Headstrong Girl, the cast of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is transported to California’s Santa Ynez Valley in 1999. Bok’s novel brings the exploits of Mr. Darcy and the Bennett family to the 20th century, as they turn a small California community upside down. Bok is the author of a dictionary on Jane Austen, published in The Jane Austen Companion. 

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An inside look up the inside of a building, with four floors and a dinosaur skeleton visible.
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