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Publication Dates of Jane Austen’s Novels and Minor Works

Posted in Jane Austen's Emma, Jane Austen's Lady Susan, Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, Jane Austen's Minor Works, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen's Persuasion, Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen's Sanditon, Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen's The Watsons, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , on 31 March 2012 | 13 Comments »

Inquiring reader Lily recently wrote to me and expressed her frustration at not being able to locate the publication dates of Jane Austen’s minor works online. Ever the accommodating Janeite, here is a partial list of her published works. Novels: (c. 1794-1817) Sense and Sensibility: (30 October 1811) Thomas Egerton, Military Library (Whitehall, London) Pride [...]

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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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Northanger Abbey (2007) Encore on Sunday

Posted in Jane Austen Adaptations, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen's Works, Masterpiece Classic, Northanger Abbey Movies, tagged , , , , , , on 12 February 2010 | 5 Comments »

Don’t miss the encore presentation of Northanger Abbey (2007) on Masterpiece Classic PBS Sunday, February 14th 9:00 – 10:30 PM (check your local listings). This adaptation by screenwriter Andrew Davies stars Felicity Jones as Jane Austen’s idealistic and naïve heroine Catherine Moreland and JJ Feild as the charming and witty hero Henry Tilney.  Northanger Abbey [...]

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Austen at Large: Oh Henry! What a good Valentine

Posted in Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , on 14 February 2009 | 6 Comments »

A look at Henry Tilney. An all around great guy!

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Austen at Large: Isabella Thorpe as a modern blogger!

Posted in Jane Austen Humor, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , on 7 February 2009 | 10 Comments »

In this past week I have been finishing Northanger Abbey and as wonderful as the romance is in it, I think one of the most important lessons is about friendship. Catherine learns throughout the novel how to better read people, in particular her friends. She starts out completely fooled by Isabella Thorpe. Catherine thinks that they [...]

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Northanger Abbey: Henry Tilney – so becomingly important!

Posted in Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , , on 5 February 2009 | 5 Comments »

…in the course of a few minutes, she found herself with Henry in the curricle, as happy a being as ever existed. A very short trial convinced her that a curricle was the prettiest equipage in the world; the chaise and four wheeled off with some grandeur, to be sure, but it was a heavy [...]

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