BLOG | Roger Maioli

I use this space to blog in English and Portuguese on a variety of topics: my research, academic life, the experience of living in the United States as a Brazilian, trivia, languages, guinea pigs.

I write some of these posts with an academic audience in mind; others are designed for the general reader curious about fun things.

Wildlife photography is one of my hobbies. I share some of it on Instagram:

Roger Maioli

Feb 7, 2023
4 min

Should you get a guinea pig?

A guide to help you decide My wife and I have had guinea pigs for eight years now. They have been the joy of our lives, and we...

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Inheriting Longbourn: the entail in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

Roger Maioli

Jun 15, 2022
1 min

Inheriting Longbourn: the entail in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

Modern readers of Pride and Prejudice often wonder why the Bennet sisters cannot inherit Longbourn, their father's estate. One common but...

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Roger Maioli

Jun 15, 2022
3 min

Uma visita a William Shakespeare

Visitar a casa de William Shakespeare, em Stratford-upon-Avon, é diferente de visitar as casas de autores ingleses como Jane Austen ou...

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Roger Maioli

Nov 16, 2020
3 min

One pleasure of reading Austen

Jane Austen is one of my favorite authors in any language. There are many reasons for loving her work, but one is her confidence that not...

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