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A Crimson Warning (Lady Emily Series #6), by Tasha Alexander – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Victorian Era Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , on 14 January 2012 | 14 Comments »

Guest review by Kimberly Denny-Ryder Jane Austen spoiled us.  She wrote novels about amazing women who oftentimes bucked society’s norms.  Nowadays, it’s difficult to find heroines like Elizabeth Bennet that have us rooting for them page after page.  Luckily, author Tasha Alexander decided to gift the world with a tenacious woman Austen herself would be [...]

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The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte, by Syrie James – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Victorian Era Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , on 19 June 2011 | 19 Comments »

Guest review by Christina Boyd “…She ruffles her readers by nothing vehement, disturbs him by nothing profound: the Passions are perfectly unknown to her… what throbs fast and full, though hidden, what the blood rushes through… this Miss Austen ignores… if this is heresy – I cannot help it.” Charlotte Bronte in a letter dated [...]

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And Only to Deceive, by Tasha Alexander – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Victorian Era Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , on 6 May 2011 | 6 Comments »

Guest Review by Aia A. Hussein The intriguing world of nineteenth century Victorian high society, with its ruffled skirts and disciplined social manners, is crossed with the historical suspense novel in And Only to Deceive, the first book in Tasha Alexander’s Lady Emily Mysteries series.  In fact, as author Martha O’Connor writes, “Had Jane Austen [...]

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Elizabeth Gaskell Bicentenary Blog Tour: Ruth – A Book Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Victorian Authors, Victorian Era Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , on 29 September 2010 | 59 Comments »

Guest review by Regency Romantic Welcome to the 4th 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 [...]

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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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Cranford, by Elizabeth Gaskell: A Naxos Audiobooks Review & Giveaway

Posted in Audio Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Victorian Authors, Victorian Era Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on 17 January 2010 | 40 Comments »

To prime myself for Return to Cranford, the new Masterpiece Classic sequel to last year’s award-winning mini-series Cranford on PBS, I wanted to read Mrs. Gaskell’s original novel that it was adapted from. Since I am always short of reading time, I chose instead to listen to an audio recording, my favorite pastime during my commute to [...]

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