[HPforGrownups] Re: Tuesdays

[Kelly Hurt]

No: HPFGUIDX 23715

--- joym999 at aol.com wrote:
>Actually, I havent mentioned this
>because it is a little obsessive, even
>for me, but I HAVE noticed that a
>disproportionate number of important
>events in the HP books seem to happen
>on Tuesdays

I believe that her use of Tuesdays is just one more of JKR's references
to Jane Austen.  Miss Austen had a habit of having important events in
her works occur on Tuesdays.  

Two other well-known references:

Dumbledore's eyes are described as "light, bright and sparkling" which
is exactly how Jane Austen described _Pride and Prejudice_ in a letter
to her sister.

Mrs. Norris is the name of an extremely unlikable character in Jane
Austen's _Mansfield Park_.

There are more, I think, but I can't remember any at the moment.

Kelly the Yarn Junkie

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