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In Celebration of Charles Dickens’ 200th Birthday: From Jane Austen to Charles Dickens: Guest blog by Lynn Shepherd, & a Giveaway

Posted in Victorian Authors, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 7 February 2012 | 25 Comments »

We are basically a tried and true Janeite, but quietly confess to admiration of another nineteenth-century novelist also born in Hampshire; – Charles Dickens. His style is entirely different than the witty underpinnings of our beloved Miss Austen, but one cannot ignore his fabulous characterizations and amazing plot twists. Today is the bicentenary of Dickens’ [...]

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Inspector Lewis: Counter Culture Blues on Masterpiece Mystery PBS – A Recap & Review

Posted in Masterpiece Mystery, tagged , , , , , , , , on 26 August 2010 | 12 Comments »

Series III of Inspector Lewis on Masterpiece Mystery begins on Sunday, August 29th with Counter Culture Blues. Duct tapped in rock and roll excess, deception, greed, and of course murder, Lewis and Hathaway investigate the death of a young boy that is somehow linked to the late 1960’s rock and roll band Midnight Addiction. Joanna [...]

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Preview: Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron, by Stephanie Barron

Posted in Jane Austen Book Sleuth, tagged , , , , , on 29 May 2010 | 23 Comments »

Good news Janeites! The four year wait for the next novel in the Jane Austen Mysteries series by Stephanie Barron is almost over. On September 28th, 2010, Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron will be available to quell that consuming need to feed your murder and mayhem meets Austen passion. Marking the tenth book [...]

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