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Jane Austen Holiday Gifts from Brookish on Etsy

Posted in Jane Austen Merchandise, tagged , , , on 17 November 2010 | 7 Comments »

Tis almost the season, so power up Jane Austen fans and get ready to shop! One on my favorite Jane Austen inspired designers at Etsy is Brooke from Brookish. Her Mr. Darcy proposal mug is famous for being sold out in a flash, and her Pemberley tea towel could make even me into a maid [...]

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The Mischief of the Mistletoe: A Pink Carnation Christmas, by Lauren Willig – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Regency Era Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , on 15 November 2010 | 18 Comments »

In her six previous novels in the bestselling Pink Carnation series, Lauren Willig has furnished us with an assortment of dashing heroes thwarting Napoleonic spies while romancing clever heroines. There are your alpha heroes and your beta heroes, but none qualify as a vegetable hero except Reginald “Turnip” Fitzhugh! He is long on looks and [...]

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Follow Friday: The Duchess Guide: What Would Jane Austen Do?

Posted in Jane Austen Inspired on 12 November 2010 | 4 Comments »

Singlemindedwomen.com is offering What Would Jane Austen Do?, a special series of 17 daily dating tips by Jill Brown, founder of The Duchess Guide. Jill is Janeite who knows the power of Jane Austen, the great expert on a love and romance for two hundred years. Follow her short films offering dating advice using Jane [...]

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Extremely Rare Presentation Copy of Jane Austen’s Emma and Austen Family China on the Block at Sotheby’s

Posted in Jane Austen in the News, Jane Austen's Emma, Jane Austen's Life & Times, Jane Austen's Works on 10 November 2010 | 4 Comments »

As Jane Austen fans around the world celebrate her birthday on December 16th, one lucky (and very rich) Janeite will win an auction at Sotheby’s in London for an extremely rare presentation copy of Emma sent to author Maria Edgeworth from Austen’s publisher as a gift from the author after its publication on 23 December [...]

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Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand: A Novel, by Helen Simonson – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Randomly Not Jane Austen Book Reviews, tagged , , , on 7 November 2010 | 15 Comments »

Occasionally, I am tempted to read outside my Austenesque book sphere when high praise influences my TBR (to be read) pile. It has taken me over six months to get to Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand. My only regret is that I put it off so long. What a pleasure to discover a debut novel with [...]

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Day Three: JASNA Conference 2010: Catherine Morland’s Imagination and the Ball Masqué!

Posted in JASNA AGM, tagged , , on 5 November 2010 | 8 Comments »

Syrie and Bill James at the Masqued Ball © Austenprose Another early morning after a full day of Janeness at JASNA, Jane Austen and the Abbey: Mystery, Mayhem and Muslin in Portland, for Deb (Jane Austen and Vermont) and me as we rush off to the continental breakfast followed by the second Plenary speaker, Juliet [...]

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Chawton House Library Announces the Jane Austen Short Story Competition 2011

Posted in Austenesque Books, Jane Austen in the News, Jane Austen Inspired, tagged , , , on 3 November 2010 | 5 Comments »

© Austenprose Take up your quill pens Austenesque writers and set your cap at the Jane Austen Short Story Award 2011 sponsored by the Chawton House Library in Alton, Hampshire. This contest celebrates the “life and work of Jane Austen by inspiring and encouraging new writers” and follows the very successful 2009 competition in honor [...]

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Day Two: JASNA Conference 2010: Henry Tilney Rules, Darcy Drools

Posted in JASNA AGM, tagged , , on 1 November 2010 | 29 Comments »

Team Tilney Panel © Austenprose The Friday morning wake-up call came way too early for Deb (Jane Austen in Vermont) and me after a previous full day of travel, registration and evening pre-conference events at the Jane Austen Society of North America’s Annual General Meeting, Jane Austen and the Abbey: Mystery Mayhem and Muslin in [...]

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