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Christopher Blum

Christopher Blum is a professor of philosophy at the Augustine Institute Graduate School of Theology. He contributed the introduction to the Ignatius Critical Edition of Pride & Prejudice.

The charity of Jane Austen

December 16, 2025
By Christopher Blum
OSV News
Filed Under: Books, Commentary

The Catholic reader of Jane Austen’s novels should find them to be dramas of conscience. Her heroines are women of thoughtfulness and integrity.

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