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Knowledge is power. Sir Francis Bacon, Religious Meditations, Of Heresies, 1597
Everything united in him; good understanding, correct opinions, knowledge of the world, and a warm heart. The Narrator on William Elliot, Persuasion, Chapter 16
Most biographies of Jane Austen will reveal the quiet life of maiden Aunt Jane, who [...]
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Review: 101 Things You Didn’t Know About Jane Austen, by Patrice Hannon
Posted in Austen Book Reviews, Facts & Fun, Life & Times, tagged Austen Inspired Gifts, Jane Austen Biography, Patrice Hannon on 22 February 2008 | 1 Comment »
Review: Jane Austen for Dummies, by Joan Klingel Ray
Posted in Austen Book Reviews, Critiques & Analysis, Facts & Fun, Life & Times, tagged Devoney Looser, Jane Austen for Dummies, Jane Austen Yadda Yadda Yadda, Joan Klingel Ray on 18 February 2008 | 5 Comments »
JANE AUSTEN FOR DUMMIES, OR SMARTIES?
Ok, who wants to be called a dummy, or heaven forbid, admit that you are a dummy? Show of hands please. Well, not me, and certainly not any of those accomplished, well educated, and urbane literati who call themselves Janeites! Right? So, Jane Austen for Dummies? Let’s be kind folks. [...]
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where "There is a monsterous deal of stupid quizzing, & common-place nonsense talked, but scarcely any wit."
Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra, 21 April 1805
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JANE BITES BACK
by Michael Thomas Ford
Nearly two hundred years after her reputed death in 1817, Jane Austen is actually not dead, but a vampire living in upper-state New York. As the owner of Flyleaf Books she watches with irritation and frustration as other less talented writers make a killing off her novels with sequels, spin-offs and absurd self help books while her own novel remains unpublished after two hundred years and 116 rejections. Her quiet life will change dramatically when her book is finally published and a dark man from her past reappears.
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Visit the new Jane Austen exhibition November 6, 2009 through March 14, 2010 at the Morgan Library in New York City. Featured are several of Jane Austen's letters, manuscripts of The Watsons and Lady Susan, and extensive support material including information on her contemporaries, images of artwork from the era, vintage novels and a new film interviewing contemporary writers, actors and artists on Austen's enduring legacy.
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Discover news and discussion on movies, print, sequels, web and blog sites and other modern day media about Jane Austen with a fun fresh approach! New Austen Inspired Book
WILLOUGHBY'S RETURN
by Jane Odiwe
Three years after the close of Sense and Sensibility Marianne Brandon appears to have everything that a young married woman could desire: wealth, position, an heir and a loving husband, but her insecurities, jealousy and impetuous nature rob her of complete happiness. Enter John Willoughby, her first lost love to tempt her into a renewed relationship. Marianne's younger sister Margaret also has her own romantic drama that might equal Marianne's dilemma. Will a young lady find love, and a married one realize it?
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A TRUTH UNIVERSALLY
ACKNOWLEDGED: 33 GREAT
WRITERS ON WHY WE
READ JANE AUSTEN
edited by Susannah Carson
Thirty-three contemporary and classic writers from the last century reveal why we are compelled to read the works of Jane Austen after nearly two hundred years. From author Virginia Woolf to screenwriter and director Amy Heckerling, what unfolds is a compelling and insightful collection of views on Austen's endurling appeal and why we read her.
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The romance of Emma, Lady Hamilton and Lord Horatio Nelson might just be the most infamous romance of the Napoleonic age. She was an reputedly beguiling beauty and he a brilliant naval hero, both married to others, yet scandalously engaging in an love affair that shaped history. This 1941 movie staring Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier as the two ill-fated lovers has just been re-issued on DVD by Criterion Collection and may be one of my favorite romantic movies short of Pride and Prejudice.
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LADY SUSAN
by Jane Austen
One of the lesser known works, Lady Susan just might be the sleeper novel of Jane Austen's oeuvre. Meet Lady Susan, the "Mistress of deceit," who is tagged the most "acomplished coquette in England" by society, and for good reason. She flirts with married men and steals other ladies beaux right under their noses, all without a whiff of conscience. Written in Austen's late teens, it's unguarded and exhuberant style is highly memlodramatic and outrageously fun.
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LOST IN AUSTEN
A new four part television mini-series based on Jane Austen's famous novel Pride and Prejudice aired in the UK in September 2008 to mixed critical reception. I liked it! You can read all four of my reviews on each episode by following the links listed below.
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