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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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A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me about Love, Friendship, and the Things that Really Matter, by William Deresiewicz – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Critiques & Analysis Book Reviews, tagged , , , , on 4 May 2011 | 18 Comments »

We have long harbored the belief that everything worth knowing about life and love can be learned in a Jane Austen novel. William Deresiewicz thinks so too, and we could not be happier. In A Jane Austen Education he soundly reaffirms our opinion that the world would be a better place if everyone just paid [...]

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The Heroine’s Bookshelf: Life Lessons, from Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder, by Erin Blakemore – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Critiques & Analysis Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 25 October 2010 | 11 Comments »

Behind every unforgettable heroine stands her remarkable creator. Debut author Erin Blakemore explores this theme in The Heroine’s Bookshelf, twelve essays devoted to her favorite literary heroines and the unique correlation between their writer’s life and the character she created. From Jane Austen’s spirited impertinence of Elizabeth Bennet, to the effervescent optimism of Lucy Maude [...]

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