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Archive for the ‘Jane Austen’s Life & Times Book Reviews’ Category

Tea with Jane Austen, by Kim Wilson – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Life & Times Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , on 18 May 2011 | 6 Comments »

We are always happy to see an author’s work go into a second edition, especially when they are as deserving of reprint as Kim Wilson’s beautiful Jane Austen-inspired books: Tea with Jane Austen and In the Garden with Jane Austen. Previously published in 2004 and 2008 respectively by Jones Books in the US, this new [...]

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Jane Austen and Children, by David Selwyn – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Life & Times Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , on 20 February 2011 | 4 Comments »

Guest review by Shelley DeWees – The Uprising “Of the parents who survive [in Austen’s novels] only Catherine Morland’s and Charlotte Heywood’s are unexceptionable.  For the rest, Mrs. Dashwood is kind and loving but admits that she is imprudent.  Most of the others are foolish (Mrs. Bennet, Lady Middleton, Lady Bertram, Sir Walter Elliot), ill-judging [...]

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Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen, by Sarah Jane Downing – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Life & Times Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , on 18 May 2010 | 12 Comments »

“Revolution had changed the world and fashion had dressed it accordingly.” Sarah Jane Downing  It is hard for me not to think of a Jane Austen movie adaptation and not remember how fashion influenced my enjoyment of the film. Some of my most vivid memories are of Elizabeth Bennet walking the verdant countryside in her [...]

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Georgette Heyer’s Regency World, by Jennifer Kloester – A Review

Posted in Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Life & Times Book Reviews, tagged , , on 1 March 2010 | 15 Comments »

During her prolific fifty-three year writing career, British author Georgette Heyer (1902-1974) wrote fifty-six historical fiction, historical Regency romance and detective fiction novels.  She was a pioneer in Regency romance, and is generally attributed by many for establishing the sub genre that is flourishing today. Stylish, witty and historically accurate, her humorous plots and memorable characters [...]

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Jane Austen Biographies – Guided by Reason

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Biography Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Life & Times Book Reviews, tagged , on 11 October 2009 | 13 Comments »

“I admire the activity of your benevolence,” observed Mary, “but every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason; and, in my opinion, exertion should always be in proportion to what is required.” Mary Bennet, Pride and Prejudice Ch 7  It is not a surprise to me that there are so many biographies of Jane [...]

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End of Month Austenesque Mini-Review Roundup – September

Posted in Austenesque Books, Book Reviews, Jane Austen Contemporary Inspired Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Life & Times Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , on 30 September 2009 | 6 Comments »

Waiting for Mr. Darcy, by Chamein Canton  A contemporary mid-lit novel inspired by every woman’s dream of finding her Mr. Darcy no matter what age. Lauren, Gabby, and Alicia are three forty-something full figured friends who met in adolescence, loved, worked, married, divorced, and everything in-between, but are not quite ready to give up on [...]

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All Things Austen, by Kirstin Olsen – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Life & Times Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , on 18 January 2009 | 3 Comments »

Did you know that a phaeton was one of the most dangerous carriages used in the Georgian and Regency period? Its tall design and overall lightness made it vulnerable to tipping, and may be one of the reasons why Jane Austen chose to use it in the carriage accident scene in her early novel Love [...]

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Life in the Country: with Quotations by Jane Austen and Silhouettes by Her Nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Quotes Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Life & Times Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , on 7 December 2008 | 7 Comments »

“We are happy to see Edward, it was an unexpected pleasure, & he makes himself as agreeable as ever, sitting in such a quiet comfortable way making his delightful little sketches.” Jane Austen to Caroline Austen, 23 January 1817  What ‘CAN’ a loyal Janeite begin to say about a book whose creation involved so much [...]

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