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Giveaway Winners Announced for Why Jane Austen

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, tagged , , , , , , on 14 July 2011 | 4 Comments »

52 of you left comments qualifying you for a chance to win one of two copies of Why Jane Austen, by Rachel Brownstein. The winners drawn at random are: Jennrenee who left a comment on 28 June 2011 Pinkseele who left a comment on 08 July 2011 Congratulations ladies! To claim your prize, please contact [...]

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A Jane Austen Education, by William Deresiewicz – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Critiques & Analysis Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , on 30 June 2011 | 10 Comments »

Guest review by Br. Paul Byrd, OP I hate William Deresiewicz for writing this book—but only because I would have loved to have written it myself. A Jane Austen Education resonates so closely with my own approach to studying the Austen canon—living and learning from Austen’s works, as if from a collection of sacred texts [...]

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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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My Idea of the Best Company

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, Jane Austen Book Sleuth, tagged , , , , , , , on 23 May 2011 | 4 Comments »

“My idea of good company, Mr. Elliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.” “You are mistaken,” said he gently; “that is not good company; that is the best. Anne Elliot & William Elliot, Persuasion, Chapter 16 A wonderful time was [...]

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Erin Blakemore, Author of The Heroine’s Bookshelf at My Very Own B&N on Friday

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Jane Austen Book Sleuth, tagged , , , , , , on 16 May 2011 | 8 Comments »

The patience of saints has been applied by all involved, but after many months, and much preparation, the day is almost upon us. Erin Blakemore, author of The Heroine’s Bookshelf: Life Lessons, from Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder arrives in Seattle on Friday, May 20th for a discussion and signing at my very own [...]

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A Trip to the Emerald City to See William Deresiewicz, Author of A Jane Austen Education

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, tagged , , , , , , , on 14 May 2011 | 24 Comments »

I have to admit I am a homebody. I like my nest and my creature comforts: my computer, my books, my diet Dr. Pepper, my antique iron bed splayed with pillows, and, my Jane Austen. *sigh* There is no place like home. So says Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz. I could not agree [...]

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