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Murder at Mansfield Park, by Lynn Shepherd – A Review

Posted in Austenesque Books, Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , on 31 July 2010 | 13 Comments »

Mansfield Park is considered (by some) to be the dark horse of Jane Austen’s oeuvre and her heroine Fanny Price intolerable. Poor Fanny. She really gets the bum’s rush in Austenland. The patron saint of the weak, insipid and downtrodden, she is Jane Austen’s most misunderstood heroine. In fact, many dispute if she is the [...]

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Preview & Excerpt from Murder on the Bride’s Side, by Tracy Kiely

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, Jane Austen Book Sleuth, tagged , , , , , , , on 29 July 2010 | 6 Comments »

As regular readers of this blog well know, Jane Austen and murder mysteries are my genres of choice. Combine the two, and I’m as giddy as Lydia Bennet with an invitation to Brighton. Last year I discovered a new author who blended both of my favorite flavors into an Austen inspired parfait. Murder at Longbourn [...]

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Austen Film Locations: Pemberely – Pride and Prejudice 1995

Posted in Jane Austen Adaptations, Jane Austen Film Locations, Pride & Prejudice Movies, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 28 July 2010 | 8 Comments »

The 1995 BBC/A&E miniseries of Pride and Prejudice staring Colin Firth and Jenniffer Ehle as Jane Austen’s most famous couple Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet is renowned for its period accuracy, sumptuous costuming and stunning locations. Please welcome guest blogger Helen Wilkinson today as she takes us on a tour of the two locations, Lyme [...]

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‘Celebrating Georgette Heyer’ at Austenprose – August 1st – 31st, 2010

Posted in Blog Events, Celebrating Georgette Heyer, tagged , , , , , , on 26 July 2010 | 88 Comments »

  Stylish, witty and historically accurate, novelist Georgette Heyer has been delighting readers with her romantic comedies for eighty-nine years. In honor of her birthday on August 16th, Austenprose.com will feature a month long event ‘Celebrating Georgette Heyer’ featuring thirty-four book reviews of her romance novels, guest blogs, interviews of Heyer enthusiast from the blog-o-sphere, [...]

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Hercule Poirot: Appointment with Death on Masterpiece Mystery PBS – A Recap & Review

Posted in Masterpiece Mystery, tagged , , , , , on 25 July 2010 | 11 Comments »

Three quarters into the new to Masterpiece Mystery presentation of Agatha Christie’s Appointment with Death tonight, her detective Hercule Poirot proclaimed to the roundup of suspects “This case mon ami, is full of the red fish.” I couldn’t agree more. In this 2008 ITV/PBS liberal adaptation by screenwriter Guy Andrews there are red herrings leaping [...]

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Sunday Smile (a day early): Jane Austen Fight Club

Posted in Jane Austen Humor, tagged , , on 24 July 2010 | 7 Comments »

Jane Austen Fight Club “No corsets, not hatpins, no crying.” OK. This gave a us a roaring case of the giggles and could not wait until Sunday. Enjoy!

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