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A Charles Dickens Devotional, edited by Jean Fischer – A Review & Giveaway!

Posted in Victorian Authors, tagged , , , on 7 February 2012 | 23 Comments »

Guest review by Br. Paul Byrd, OP Hidden like gems among the pages of [Dickens’] novels are numerous religious images and biblical references: in Great Expectations, Pip praying for the Lord to be merciful to Abel Magwitch, a sinner and formidable criminal; in Bleak House, the image of Christ ‘stooped down, writing with his finger [...]

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A Jane Austen Devotional, by Steffany Woolsey – A Review & Giveaway!

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Help & Advice Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 7 January 2012 | 64 Comments »

Guest review by Br. Paul Byrd, OP This book is crafted with the hope that readers would take the opportunity to get lost in the world of Jane Austen—a place where we can all pause in solitude, as though we’ve just finished a stroll in the garden with Jane and are now sitting down with [...]

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Why Jane Austen, by Rachel M. Brownstein – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Critiques & Analysis Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , on 27 August 2011 | 9 Comments »

Guest review by Br. Paul Byrd, OP It was about thirteen years ago when I first met and fell in love with Jane Austen. I was up late flipping through the channels on T.V., when I came across the 1996 adaptation of Emma starring Kate Beckinsale. From the moment I began watching the story about [...]

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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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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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Giveaway winner Announced for The Annotated Sense and Sensibility

Posted in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen's Works, Reading Challenges, tagged , , , , , , , , on 16 June 2011 | 1 Comment »

37 of you left comments qualifying you for a chance to win a copy of The Annotated Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen, edited by David Shapard. The winner drawn at random is Jocelyn who left a comment on May 28th. Congratulations Jocelyn! To claim your prize, please contact me with your full name and address [...]

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Jane Austen: A Life Revealed, by Catherine Reef

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Biography Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , on 1 June 2011 | 4 Comments »

Little is known of the life Jane Austen (1775-1817), but amazingly there are some hefty, scholarly biographies in print. Two of my favorites were both published in 1997 and confusingly share the same title. Jane Austen: A Life, by Claire Tomalin and David Nokes are both detailed and far-reaching in scope, elaborating on Austen’s life, [...]

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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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