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Mansfield Park Revelation: I am Fanny Price! Are You?

Posted in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, Mansfield Park Madness, tagged , , , , , on 31 August 2008 | 9 Comments »

Newby Hall, Yorkshire In Defense of Fanny Price Even after the conclusion of Mansfield Park Madness, I am still ruminating over the novel and the characters. In order to put them to rest, I must get one thing off my chest! My journey to understand the novel has lead me to several insights and one [...]

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Mansfield Park Madness: Roundup & Conclusion: Winners Announced!

Posted in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, Mansfield Park Madness, tagged , , , , , on 31 August 2008 | 7 Comments »

She was of course only too good for him; but as nobody minds having what is too good for them, he was very steadily earnest in the pursuit of the blessing, and it was not possible that encouragement from her should be long wanting. The Narrator on Fanny Price & Edmund Bertram, Chapter 48  “Nobody [...]

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Mansfield Park: Jane Austen’s Collection of Opinions: Day 16 Give-away!

Posted in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, Mansfield Park Madness, tagged , , , , , , on 30 August 2008 | 10 Comments »

  OPINIONS  Mrs. Augusta Bramstone – owned that she thought S. & S. – and P. & P. downright nonsense, but expected to like M. P. better, & having finished the 1st vol. – flattered herself she had got through the worst.  We have the unique pleasure of still having Jane Austen’s collection of opinions [...]

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Mansfield Park Sequels: Edmund Bertram’s Diary: Day 15 Give-away!

Posted in Austenesque Books, Blog Events, Mansfield Park Madness, tagged , , , , , , , , on 29 August 2008 | 12 Comments »

 THE SEQUELS   Since Austen-esque author Amanda Grange first gave us Darcy’s Diary, the retelling of Pride and Prejudice from Mr. Darcy’s perspective in 2005, she has been dutifully working her way through all six of Jane Austen’s heroes with her books; Mr. Knightley’s Diary, Captain Wentworth’s Diary, Edmund Bertram’s Diary and the latest hardcover [...]

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Mansfield Park Sequels: Mansfield Park Revisited: Is Fanny Price a Funny Girl? Day 15 Give-away!

Posted in Austenesque Books, Blog Events, Mansfield Park Madness, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 29 August 2008 | 7 Comments »

THE SEQUELS A recent review at the venerable on-line periodical Publisher’s Weekly of the re-issue of Mansfield Park Revisited by Joan Aiken gave me quite a good chuckle. It’s amazing how a small typo can change the whole direction of a book! It appears on first glance that this reviewer thinks that Jane Austen’s heroine from [...]

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Mansfield Park Sequels: The Matters at Mansfield: Day 15 Give-away

Posted in Austenesque Books, Blog Events, Mansfield Park Madness, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 29 August 2008 | 9 Comments »

THE SEQUELS  What happens when you mix the classic novelist Jane Austen with mystery writer Anne Perry? Author Carrie Bebris’s delightfully funny and fresh Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mystery Series. Avid readers of Ms. Bebris will be happy to learn that the fourth book in the series, The Matters at Mansfield: Or the Crawford Affair [...]

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