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Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen (Naxos Audiobooks) – A Review

Posted in Audio Book Reviews, Blog Events, Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Novels & Letters Book Reviews, The Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Challenge 2011, tagged , , , , , , , on 21 September 2011 | 44 Comments »

Even though it has been two hundred years since the world was first introduced to sisters Marianne and Elinor Dashwood’s financial, social and romantic trials, their story remains for me, as fresh and vibrant as any contemporary story you might read of, experience yourself, or hear tell tale of today. I give full credit, of [...]

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Elizabeth Gaskell Bicentenary Blog Tour: North and South (Naxos Audiobooks) – A Book Review

Posted in Audio Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Victorian Authors, Victorian Era Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , on 29 September 2010 | 48 Comments »

Welcome to the 5th stop on the Elizabeth Gaskell 200th Anniversary Blog Tour! Please join me and other Elizabeth Gaskell enthusiast in honoring her on birthday today with a blog tour featuring  a biography of her life and times, reviews of her books, novella’s and movies, reading resources, and a photo tour of her homes. [...]

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The Convenient Marriage, by Georgette Heyer (Naxos Audiobooks), read by Richard Armitage – A Review

Posted in Audio Book Reviews, Blog Events, Book Reviews, Celebrating Georgette Heyer, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , on 6 August 2010 | 96 Comments »

I had not read The Convenient Marriage before this new Naxos Audiobooks recording happily landed on my doorstep.  I will confess all up front. I did the unthinkable. I read the complete plot synopsis on Wikipedia before I delved into the first chapter. *horrors*  Don’t even think about following my example.  It will spoil the [...]

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Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen (Naxos Audiobooks) – A Review & Giveaway

Posted in Audio Book Reviews, Blog Events, Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Novels & Letters Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen's Works, Pride and Prejudice without Zombies, tagged , , , , , , , , on 20 June 2010 | 34 Comments »

One is humbled to review a book considered a classic of world literature. What could I possibly say about Pride and Prejudice that has not been scrutinized by scholars, exalted by enthusiasts or bemoaned by students who have been forced to read it and just don’t get what all the fuss is about? Plenty, and [...]

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Venetia, by Georgette Heyer, read by Richard Armitage (Naxos AudioBooks): A Review & Giveaway

Posted in Audio Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , on 6 April 2010 | 53 Comments »

Did you know that Georgette Heyer is British author and literary critic Margaret Drabble’s favorite historical novelist? I know! High praise from an author who has written eighteen novels, introductions to all of Jane Austen’s major and minor works, been awarded a Doctorate in Letters from Cambridge University and the CBE and DBE by the [...]

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The Watsons and Sanditon, by Jane Austen (Naxos AudioBooks): A Review & Giveaway

Posted in Audio Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Novels & Letters Book Reviews, Jane Austen's The Watsons, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , on 16 March 2010 | 15 Comments »

“One abandoned and the other uncompleted.” The Watsons and Sanditon may be fragments in Jane Austen’s literary canon, but they still deserve due deference. Composed over a decade apart in 1803-4 and 1817, each represents Austen’s desire to continue writing during two challenging times in her life. The Watsons was started when Jane was living [...]

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Persuasion, by Jane Austen (Naxos AudioBooks) Review & Giveaway

Posted in Audio Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Novels & Letters Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Persuasion, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , on 23 February 2010 | 47 Comments »

Persuasion, Jane Austen’s last completed novel was written between 1815 and 1816, with final chapter revisions in August of that year. Published posthumously in late 1817 with her earlier work Northanger Abbey, each of the novels represents the alpha and omega of her writing career. Even though they are divergent in tone and topic, they each [...]

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Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen (Naxos AudioBooks) – A Review and Giveaway

Posted in Audio Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen's Novels & Letters Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , , on 16 February 2010 | 52 Comments »

Northanger Abbey is the exuberant lesser known child of Jane Austen’s oeuvre. Even though it was her first novel to be completed and sold in 1803, much to Austen’s bemusement it was never published and languished with Crosby & Co for thirteen years until she bought it back for the ten pounds that the publisher [...]

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