Tarot of Jane Austen
Literary tarot celebrating Jane Austen's classic novels.
by Diane Wilkes, Lola Airaghi · 2006
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The record
The "Tarot of Jane Austen" is based on several works by the author Jane Austen, including "Emma", "Lady Susan", "Mansfield Park", "Northanger Abbey", "Persuasion", "Pride and Prejudice" and "Sense and Sensibility". Wilkes (webmistress for the prestigious Tarot Passages web site) has done an excellent job of matching characters from these works with the archetypes and characters that tell the story that is the Tarot. The kit comes with a 78 card deck, a LWB (Little White Book), and a 175 page companion book. The LWB, in the style of Lo Scarabeo, has sections in English, Italian, Spanish, French and German. There is a short introduction, with each card being presented with keywords and key concepts. No scans are shown. The suits are Candlesticks (Wands), Teacups (Cups), Quills (Swords) and Coins (Pentacles). The spreads presented are: Love and Friendship and the Bildungsroman (referring to a specific type of literary genre, the novel of education/formation within the context of a defined social order). The companion book is nicely indexed, with the pages for specific cards noted. I thought that this started the book out nicely! In her introduction Wilkes notes that the major point th
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