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Why Jane Austen? Blog Tour with Author Rachel M. Brownstein and a Giveaway!

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, Jane Austen Book Sleuth, tagged , , , , , , , on 28 June 2011 | 53 Comments »

Please join us today in welcoming Austen scholar Prof. Rachel M. Brownstein for the official launch of her book blog tour of Why Jane Austen?, a new literary and cultural history of our Jane’s rise and continued fame that is being released today by Columbia University Press. Jane Austen’s eruption into popular culture in the [...]

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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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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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