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18 of you left comments qualifying you for a chance to win a signed copy of Jane and the Barque of Frailty, by Stephanie Barron. The winner drawn at random is Kelli H. who left a comment on November 17, 2011. Congratulations Kelli! To claim your prize, please contact me with your full name and [...]

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There is a trail that winds through the edge of the grand country estate of Godmersham Park in Kent owned by Edward Austen-Knight, elder brother of the authoress Jane Austen. Pilgrims have traversed this foot-path for centuries on their way to the shrine of the martyr Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. Chaucer based his [...]

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It is 1809, a significant year in the life of our esteemed authoress Jane Austen. After close to five years of being shuffled about England between relatives, the three unattached Austen ladies: widower Mrs. Austen and her two unmarried daughters Jane and Cassandra are given permanent refuge by Jane’s elder brother Edward Austen Knight in [...]

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It is the fall of 1808 and Jane Austen and her family are in mourning after the sudden death of Elizabeth “Lizzy” Austen, the elegant and enchanting thirty-five year old wife of Jane’s elder brother Edward and mother of eleven children. To entertain the two eldest boys while they stay with her in Southampton, Jane [...]

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24 of you left comments qualifying you for a chance to win a DVD of Sense and Sensibility 1995, staring Kate Winslet & Emma Thompson. The winner drawn at random is Nicole who left a comment on June 24th, 2011. Congratulations Nicole! To claim your prize, please contact me with your full name and address [...]

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16 of you left comments qualifying you for a chance to win a signed hardcover copy of Jane and the Prisoner of the Wool House, by Stephanie Barron. The winner drawn at random is Nida who left a comment on June 16th. Congratulations Nida! To claim your prize, please contact me with your full name [...]

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