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Mr. Darcy’s Daughter: The Pemberley Chronicles Book 5, by Rebecca Ann Collins – A Review

Posted in Austenesque Books, Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on 30 November 2008 | 1 Comment »

Cassy felt tears sting her eyes; she had always felt responsible for her young brother, especially because he had been born when everyone was still grieving for their beloved William. They had all treasured Julian, yet he did not appear to have grown into the role he was expected to play. There was a great [...]

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An Austen Intern Reports in from The Jane Austen Centre: Week 13

Posted in Jane Austen Inspired, tagged , , , , , , on 29 November 2008 |

Virginia Claire and brother Buck Tharrington at the Jane Austen Centre, Bath, England The advenure continues as intern Virginia Claire Tharrington reports in on her experience at the Jane Austen Centre in Bath, England. A Brother Comes and learns about Jane My brother Buck came this week to visit me in Bath with our family [...]

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Thanksgiving: A Janeite is Grateful for JASNA

Posted in Jane Austen Inspired, tagged , , on 27 November 2008 | 2 Comments »

She loved every body, was interested in every body’s happiness, quick-sighted to every body’s merits; thought herself a most fortunate creature, and surrounded with blessings in such an excellent mother and so many good neighbours and friends, and a home that wanted for nothing. The simplicity and cheerfulness of her nature, her contented and grateful [...]

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Jane Austen Inspired Calendars for 2009

Posted in Jane Austen Inspired, Jane Austen Merchandise, tagged , , , on 25 November 2008 | 3 Comments »

Lord Nelson carried this watch when he was mortally wounded at Trafalgar in 1805   “I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time, and it has made a man of me.” Admiral Horatio Nelson  “A man who has nothing to do with his own time has no conscience in his intrusion on that of [...]

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Eliza’s Daughter: A Sequel to Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, by Joan Aiken – A Review

Posted in Austenesque Books, Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , on 23 November 2008 | 4 Comments »

As to my own progenitors, I held only the vaguest and scantiest notion. My mother, I was given to understand, had died in giving birth to me; and this (I was also given to understand) was the greatest piece of mercy that she might have hoped for, since she had run away from her friends [...]

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An Austen Intern Reports in From The Jane Austen Centre: Week 12

Posted in Jane Austen Inspired, tagged , , , , on 22 November 2008 | 1 Comment »

The advenure continues as intern Virginia Claire Tharrington reports in on her experience at The Jane Austen Centre in Bath, England. Secondary characters in Austen and in life This week has been a slightly crazy one for me again because we have had our second round of papers due for my Jane Austen class. I [...]

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