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Austenprose on holiday

Posted in Jane Austen Inspired, Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, tagged , , , , , on 30 July 2008 |

Hello faithful readers. Austenprose is on holiday until August 15th. Please join us then for Mansfield Park Madness, as we attempt to discover the many mysteries and wonders of Jane Austen’s oft maligned and misunderstood work through the novel, movies and critical analysis. Happy summer holidays to all. Cheers, Laurel Ann

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Oxford World’s Classics Pride and Prejudice: Our Diptych Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Novels & Letters Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , on 23 July 2008 | 6 Comments »

“his perfect indifference, and your pointed dislike, make it so delightfully absurd!” Mr. Bennet, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 57 Gentle readers, Please join us for the second in a series of six diptych reviews of the revised editions of Jane Austen’s six major novels and three minor works that were released this summer by Oxford [...]

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Mr. Darcy’s Diary, by Maya Slater – A Review

Posted in Austenesque Books, Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on 20 July 2008 | 14 Comments »

If Jane Austen thought that her novel Pride and Prejudice was too light, bright, and sparkling and wanted shade, then author Maya Slater has made up for any deficit by crossing over to the ‘dark side’ in writing her re-telling of the story entitled Mr. Darcy’s Diary. Not only are we privy to Fitzwilliam Darcy’s most intimate [...]

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In Memoriam: Jane Austen

Posted in Jane Austen's Life & Times, tagged , , , , , , , , on 18 July 2008 | 9 Comments »

Jane Austen: 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817 Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind. William Wordsworth A sad day for Janeites. I will let other excellent pens dwell on the guilt and misery. [...]

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Jane Austen Illustrators: Isabel Bishop

Posted in Jane Austen Illustrators, Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , , on 17 July 2008 | 4 Comments »

Longbourn (frontispiece) Pride and Prejudice, Dutton (1976) Isabel Bishop (1902-1988) was an American Social Realist Painter and Printmaker, whose contribution of illustrations to E. P. Dutton & Company’s 1976 edition of Pride and Prejudice are quite remarkable. She has been described as “the best female artist America produced aside from Mary Cassatt“, and like Cassatt, [...]

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Jane Austen and the Modesty of Genius

Posted in Jane Austen Inspired, Jane Austen's Letters, tagged , , , , , , , , on 13 July 2008 | 5 Comments »

I would not let Martha read First Impressions again upon any account, and am very glad that I did not leave it in your power. She is very cunning, but I saw through her design; she means to publish it from memory, and one more perusal must enable her to do it. Letter to Cassandra [...]

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