I write only to bid you farewell, the spell is removed; I see you as you are…You know how I have loved you; you can intimately judge of my present feelings, but I am not so weak as to find indulgence in describing them to a woman who will glory in having excited their anguish, [...]
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Lady Susan: Group Read Letters 34-41: Summary, Musings & Discussion: Day Twelve Giveaway
Posted in A Soirée with Lady Susan, Austen Giveaways, Austen Group Reads, Austen's Oeuvre, Lady Susan, Novel-athon's, tagged A Soirée with Lady Susan, Classic Lierature, Fiction, Giveaways, Group Read, Jane Austen, Lady Susan on 12 September 2009 | 34 Comments »
Lady Susan: Group Read Letters 23-33: Summary, Musings & Discussion: Day Nine Giveaway
Posted in A Soirée with Lady Susan, Austen Giveaways, Austen Group Reads, Austen's Oeuvre, Lady Susan, Novel-athon's, tagged Jane Austen, Books, Fiction, Group Read, Classic Literature, Giveaways, Lady Susan, A Soirée with Lady Susan on 9 September 2009 | 25 Comments »
I must warn you of one thing – – do not let Frederica Vernon be made unhappy by that Martin. He wants to marry her; her mother promotes the match, but she cannot endure the idea of it. Reginald De Courcy Letter 23
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Catherine Vernon writes to her mother delighted that Lady Susan and Reginald’s [...]
Lady Susan: Group Read Letters 11-22: Summary, Musings & Discussion: Day Five Giveaway
Posted in A Soirée with Lady Susan, Austen Giveaways, Austen Group Reads, Austen's Oeuvre, Lady Susan, Novel-athon's, tagged A Soirée with Lady Susan, Group Read, Jane Austen, Penguin Classics on 5 September 2009 | 27 Comments »
Her neglect of her husband, her encouragement of other men, her extravagance and dissipation, were so gross and notorious that no one could be ignorant of them at the time, nor can now have forgotten them. Sir Reginald De Courcy Letter 11
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Sir Reginald De Courcy writes to his son alarmed by his serious attachment [...]
Lady Susan: Group Read Letters 1-11: Summary, Musings & Discussion: Day Two Giveaway
Posted in A Soirée with Lady Susan, Austen Giveaways, Austen Group Reads, Austen's Oeuvre, Lady Susan, Novel-athon's, tagged A Soirée with Lady Susan, Group Read, Jane Austen, Lady Susan on 2 September 2009 | 49 Comments »
We are now in a sad state; no house was ever more altered; the whole party are at war, and Manwaring scarcely dares speak to me. It is time for me to be gone. Lady Susan, Letter 2
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Lady Susan accepts her brother-in-law Charles Vernon’s invitation to Churchill. She will deposit her daughter Frederica at [...]
A Soirée with Lady Susan Group Reading Schedule & Resources
Posted in A Soirée with Lady Susan, Austen Group Reads, Novel-athon's, tagged A Soirée with Lady Susan, Group Read, Jane Austen, Lady Susan, Novel-a-thons on 25 August 2009 | 7 Comments »
A Soirée with Lady Susan begins right here on Austenprose on September 1st with an introduction to Jane Austen’s wicked funny novella and list of characters. If you missed the initial announcement of the event, you can read further about this great Austen novella-a-thon posted last week. To prime readers for the group read which starts the next day [...]
Northanger Abbey Chapters 29-31: Summary, Musings & Discussion: Day 20 Giveaway
Posted in Austen Giveaways, Austen Group Reads, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Northanger Abbey, tagged Austen Giveaways, Book Group Read, Books, Catherine Morland, Classic Literature, Fiction, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Henry Tilney, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey on 30 October 2008 | 9 Comments »
On entering the room, the first object she beheld was a young man whom she had never seen before. With a look of much respect, he immediately rose, and being introduced to her by her conscious daughter as “Mr. Henry Tilney,” with the embarrassment of real sensibility began to apologize for his appearance there, acknowledging [...]
Northanger Abbey Chapters 25-28: Summary, Musings & Discussion: Day 18 Giveaway!
Posted in Austen Giveaways, Austen Group Reads, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Northanger Abbey, tagged Books, Catherine Morland, Fiction, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Gothic Fiction, Gothic Novels, Henry Tilney, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey on 28 October 2008 | 13 Comments »
The visions of romance were over. Catherine was completely awakened. Henry’s address, short as it had been, had more thoroughly opened her eyes to the extravagance of her late fancies than all their several disappointments had done. Most grievously was she humbled. Most bitterly did she cry. It was not only with herself that she [...]
Northanger Abbey Chapters 22-24: Summary, Musings & Discussion: Day 15 Giveaway
Posted in Austen Giveaways, Austen Group Reads, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Northanger Abbey, tagged Catherine Morland, Classic Literature, Fiction, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Group Read, Henry Tilney, Jane Austen, Jane Austen Entertians on 23 October 2008 | 18 Comments »
It was a narrow winding path through a thick grove of old Scotch firs; and Catherine, struck by its gloomy aspect, and eager to enter it, could not, even by the general’s disapprobation, be kept from stepping forward. He perceived her inclination, and having again urged the plea of health in vain, was too polite [...]
Northanger Abbey Chapters 18-21: Summary, Musings & Discussion: Day 13 Giveaway
Posted in Austen Giveaways, Austen Group Reads, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Northanger Abbey, tagged Catherine Morland, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Henry Tilney, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey on 21 October 2008 | 9 Comments »
“Psha! My dear creature,” she replied, “do not think me such a simpleton as to be always wanting to confine him to my elbow. It would be hideous to be always together; we should be the jest of the place. And so you are going to Northanger! I am amazingly glad of it. It is [...]
Northanger Abbey Chapters 15-17: Summary, Musings & Discussion: Day 10 Giveaway
Posted in Austen Giveaways, Austen Group Reads, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Northanger Abbey, tagged Catherine Morland, Classic Literature, Fiction, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Group Book Read, Henry Tilney, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey on 16 October 2008 | 12 Comments »
“Nay, my beloved, sweetest friend,” continued the other, “compose yourself. I am amazingly agitated, as you perceive. Let us sit down and talk in comfort. Well, and so you guessed it the moment you had my note? Sly creature! Oh! My dear Catherine, you alone, who know my heart, can judge of my present happiness. [...]
Northanger Abbey Chapters 11-14: Summary, Musings & Discussion
Posted in Austen Giveaways, Austen Group Reads, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Northanger Abbey, tagged Bath England, Book Group Read, Catherine Morland, Classic Literature, Fiction, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Henry Tilney, Jane Austen on 14 October 2008 | 9 Comments »
At half past twelve, when Catherine’s anxious attention to the weather was over and she could no longer claim any merit from its amendment, the sky began voluntarily to clear. A gleam of sunshine took her quite by surprise; she looked round; the clouds were parting, and she instantly returned to the window to watch [...]
Northanger Abbey Chapters 8-10: Summary, Musings & Discussion: Day 6 Giveway
Posted in Austen Giveaways, Austen Group Reads, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Northanger Abbey, tagged Catherine Morland, Classic Literature, Fiction, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Gothic Fiction, Gothic Novles, Group Read, Henry Tilney, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey on 9 October 2008 | 14 Comments »
To be disgraced in the eye of the world, to wear the appearance of infamy while her heart is all purity, her actions all innocence, and the misconduct of another the true source of her debasement, is one of those circumstances which peculiarly belong to the heroine’s life, and her fortitude under it what particularly [...]
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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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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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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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