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Georgette Heyer: Biography of a Bestseller, by Jennifer Kloester – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, tagged , , , , on 30 October 2011 | 10 Comments »

Guest review by Laura A. Wallace I must acknowledge that it is well-nigh impossible for me to be objective when it comes to reviewing Jennifer Kloester’s new biography of Georgette Heyer which was released this month in the UK.  Rarely have I looked forward so much to reading a biography.  But be assured, gentle reader, [...]

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The Private World of Georgette Heyer, by Jane Aiken-Hodge – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , on 14 August 2011 | 9 Comments »

Guest review by Laura A. Wallace Jane Aiken Hodge’s 1984 biography of Georgette Heyer, reissued this month by Sourcebooks, was until very recently the only one available.  Published ten years after Heyer’s death, it describes her life primarily from her letters to her publisher.  An intensely private person, Heyer eschewed publicity, never giving an interview, [...]

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Jane’s Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World, by Claire Harman – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Biography Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , on 17 April 2011 | 9 Comments »

Guest review by Shelley DeWees – The Uprising “The books went out of print, and Jane’s generation of Austens aged and died secure in their belief that the public’s curiosity about their sister had been satisfied.  But almost two hundred years and tens of thousands of books on Austen later, her fame and readership worldwide [...]

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Myth and Mirth: A Review of Jane’s Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World by Claire Harman

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Biography Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , on 30 March 2010 | 9 Comments »

Guest review by RegencyRomantic The moment I opened Jane’s Fame, the catchy titles of certain chapters – Praise and Pewter, Canon and Canonisation, Jane AustenTM  hooked me and I knew I was in for a ride.  I was not disappointed.  Claire Harman’s new biography of Jane Austen is an engaging and brave account of the [...]

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Preview – Jane’s Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World, by Claire Harman

Posted in Jane Austen Book Sleuth, tagged , , , , , on 27 February 2009 | 15 Comments »

Arriving in the post yesterday was a new Jane Austen biography/cultural history for my review consideration; Jane’s Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World. Right off the top – I love the title of this book! It totally proclaims that Jane Austen HAS conquered the world, and I am just fine with that.  I read [...]

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Breaking News: Tornado Tom Lefroy Hits Austenland

Posted in Jane Austen Humor, Jane Austen in the News, Jane Austen's Letters, Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on 12 June 2008 | 2 Comments »

“At length the day is come on which I am to flirt my last with Tom Lefroy … My tears flow as I write at the melancholy idea” Jane Austen Letter to Cassandra Austen, 16 January 1796, The Letters of Jane Austen My Dear Miss Austen,   Our tears flow too dear Jane. A tornado has hit [...]

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Jane Austen’s Dearest Friendship with Miss Sharp Still Resonates Today

Posted in Jane Austen Book Sleuth, Jane Austen's Emma, Jane Austen's Letters, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on 7 June 2008 | 5 Comments »

You would have held the memory of your friend Jane too in tender regret I am sure. – But the Providence of God has restored me – & may I be more fit to appear before him when I am summoned, than I sh’d have been now! – Sick or Well, beleive me ever your [...]

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William Lyon Phelps: Jane Austen’s First Publicist

Posted in Jane Austen Inspired, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 26 May 2008 | 4 Comments »

“The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. And they are not only happy in themselves, they are the cause of [...]

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