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A Jane Austen Education, by William Deresiewicz – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Critiques & Analysis Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , on 30 June 2011 | 10 Comments »

Guest review by Br. Paul Byrd, OP I hate William Deresiewicz for writing this book—but only because I would have loved to have written it myself. A Jane Austen Education resonates so closely with my own approach to studying the Austen canon—living and learning from Austen’s works, as if from a collection of sacred texts [...]

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Austenprose on Holiday!

Posted in Jane Austen Humor, tagged , , , on 29 June 2011 | 15 Comments »

Well, not really a holiday, but it sounds much better than telling you all that I am in the midst of moving to a new cottage here in the Pacific Northwest and my life is in transit right now. In this instance, we are in agreement with that buffoon Robert Ferrars… “For my own part,” [...]

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Why Jane Austen? Blog Tour with Author Rachel M. Brownstein and a Giveaway!

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, Jane Austen Book Sleuth, tagged , , , , , , , on 28 June 2011 | 53 Comments »

Please join us today in welcoming Austen scholar Prof. Rachel M. Brownstein for the official launch of her book blog tour of Why Jane Austen?, a new literary and cultural history of our Jane’s rise and continued fame that is being released today by Columbia University Press. Jane Austen’s eruption into popular culture in the [...]

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The Quiet Gentleman, by Georgette Heyer – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , on 26 June 2011 | 6 Comments »

Guest review by Laura A. Wallace “To own the truth,” replied Miss Morville candidly, “I can perceive nothing romantic in a headless spectre.  I should think it a very disagreeable sight, and if I did fancy I saw such a thing I should take one of Dr James’s powders immediately!” Thus Drusilla Morville sadly disappoints [...]

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Preview of the Jane Austen’s Regency World Magazine Issue No 52, July/August 2011

Posted in Jane Austen Book Sleuth, Jane Austen Merchandise, tagged , , , on 25 June 2011 | 4 Comments »

The July/August 2011 issue of Jane Austen’s Regency World magazine is now on sale and has been mailed to subscribers. In the new issue: • JANE AUSTEN FESTIVAL IN BATH: A preview of the exciting programme lined up for September, 2011 • THEATRICAL PAINTINGS: The amazing set of costumed portraits collected by Somerset Maugham is [...]

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The Literary Ladies’ Guide to the Writing Life: Inspiration and Advice from Celebrated Women Authors, by Nava Atlas – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Facts & Fun Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , on 24 June 2011 | 3 Comments »

Guest Review by Aia A. Hussein Judging by the number of writing guides available in bookstores today, as compared to the number of guides available twenty or thirty years ago, it would seem that there has been an increase in demand for books about writing.  Admittedly, many of these guides are similar in scope and [...]

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