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Vanity and Verity: A Pride and Prejudice Prequel, by Jeanne Waters – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, tagged , , , on 30 November 2011 | 9 Comments »

Guest review by Laura A. Wallace A prequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Vanity and Verity tells the story of an earlier generation’s courtship of two young ladies who later figure prominently in Austen’s classic tale.  Lady Anne Fitzwilliam and her sister, Lady Catherine, the daughters of the Earl of _______, go to London [...]

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A Civil Contract, by Georgette Heyer – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, tagged , , , , on 27 November 2011 | 32 Comments »

Guest review by Laura A. Wallace A Civil Contract is an atypical Georgette Heyer novel.  While the setting is firmly Regency, beginning at the time of the Battle of Orthez (February 1814) and ending with that of Waterloo (June 1815), it is neither lively nor witty.  It is a quiet book, with a love story [...]

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Giveaway winners announced for Death Comes to Pemberley

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, tagged , , , , , , , on 24 November 2011 | 2 Comments »

89 of you left comments qualifying you for a chance to win a copy of Death Comes to Pemberley by P. D. James. The winners drawn at random are: Ann Dawson who left a comment on November 12, 2011 Issy who left a comment on November 13, 2011 Downton Fair who left a comment on [...]

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Giveaway winner announced for Jane and the Barque of Frailty

Posted in Being a Jane Austen Mystery Reading Challenge 2011, Blog Events, Reading Challenges, tagged , , , , , , , on 24 November 2011 | 1 Comment »

18 of you left comments qualifying you for a chance to win a signed copy of Jane and the Barque of Frailty, by Stephanie Barron. The winner drawn at random is Kelli H. who left a comment on November 17, 2011. Congratulations Kelli! To claim your prize, please contact me with your full name and [...]

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Sense and Sensibility (The Jane Austen Bicentenary Library), by Jane Austen, annotated by Margaret C. Sullivan, illustrated by Cassandra Chouinard – A Review

Posted in Blog Events, Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Novels & Letters Book Reviews, The Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Challenge 2011, tagged , , , , , , on 23 November 2011 | 8 Comments »

As 2011 marks the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s first published novel, Sense and Sensibility, we are offered another annotated edition to help us understand the social and historical context of the world that Jane Austen places us into in late eighteenth century England. The Sense and Sensibility (The Jane Austen Bicentenary Library) is the [...]

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Persuasion: An Annotated Edition, by Jane Austen, edited by Robert Morrison – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Novels & Letters Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , on 18 November 2011 | 15 Comments »

Last year, the good folks at the Harvard University Press presented the first installment in their commitment to annotate all six of Jane Austen’s major novels. Pride and Prejudice: An Annotated Edition, by Jane Austen and edited by Patricia Meyer Spacks set the standard for the series: an unabridged first edition text, annotations by an [...]

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The Darcys, The Ruling Passion: Pride and Prejudice Continues, by Linda Berdoll – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , on 13 November 2011 | 15 Comments »

Guest review by Christina Boyd Best-selling author Linda Berdoll’s Mr. Darcy Takes A Wife and Darcy & Elizabeth have been hailed as “sexy, hilarious, poignant” and “wild, bawdy and utterly enjoyable (Booklist.)”  But also, “blasphemy, smut and trash,” are not uncommon adjectives used by her severest critics. Rarely has there been such a clear division [...]

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