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Huzzah! Jane Austen Made Me Do It Launches Today

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, Jane Austen Made Me Do It, tagged , , , , on 11 October 2011 | 42 Comments »

You might have heard me mention this once or twice in the last sixteen months, but I am the editor of a new Austen-inspired short story anthology, Jane Austen Made Me Do It. Today is its official launch day! I have been diligently working on the book for close to two years now, so this [...]

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Jane Austen Ruined My Life, by Beth Pattillo – A Review

Posted in Austenesque Books, Book Reviews, Jane Austen Contemporary Inspired Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on 8 February 2009 | 21 Comments »

American college professor Emma Grant always does the right thing and expects the same from others. She acquired her expectations from her minister father and her favorite author Jane Austen, who both taught her to believe in the happily-ever-after. Life was turning out as planned until she unexpectedly discovers her husband’s affair with her teaching [...]

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And This Our Life by C. Allyn Pierson – A Review

Posted in Austenesque Books, Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , on 11 January 2009 | 2 Comments »

Everyone has their own thoughts on how the happily ever after continued at the conclusion of Pride and Prejudice. As of late, we have seen many creative sequels with Lizzy and Darcy taking another turn about the shrubberies. What they do in those shrubberies can be quite surprising. Rest assured, you will see none of [...]

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Mansfield Park Sequels: Central Park: Day 15 Give-away

Posted in Austenesque Books, Blog Events, Mansfield Park Madness, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 29 August 2008 | 6 Comments »

THE SEQUELS  In this third book in “The Jane Austen Series” from author Debra White Smith, the story of Jane Austen’s early 19th-century novel Mansfield Park is retold in contemporary New York city with the famous public Central Park as its axis. Prolific author White Smith has had great success with her series of retellings [...]

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Polly Shulman’s ‘Enthusiasm’ for Jane Austen is Infectious!

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Contemporary Inspired Book Reviews, Young Adult Fiction Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 9 July 2008 | 11 Comments »

I had a blast reading Polly Shulman’s novel Enthusiasm, her hommage to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice! It had been released in 2006 and was on my ‘to read’ list for quite some time until I felt the need for something summerish and light to read. Since it is classified as a young adult novel [...]

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Mr. Darcy’s Diary: Interview with Author Maya Slater

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 4 July 2008 | 1 Comment »

Check out this interesting interview with Austen-esque author Maya Slater about her recently released first novel Mr. Darcy’s Diary.  If you think that the title seems familiar, you are quite right. It is one-in-the-same as author Amanda Grange’s recent release. The difference between the two being that Slater’s version has not yet been published internationally, [...]

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Jane Austen’s Lydia Bennet: Her Life Credo

Posted in Austenesque Books, Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 16 June 2008 | Leave a Comment »

“Look here, I have bought this bonnet. I do not think it is very pretty; but I thought I might as well buy it as not. I shall pull it to pieces as soon as I get home, and see if I can make it up any better.” Lydia Bennet, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 39  [...]

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Breaking News: Tornado Tom Lefroy Hits Austenland

Posted in Jane Austen Humor, Jane Austen in the News, Jane Austen's Letters, Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on 12 June 2008 | 2 Comments »

“At length the day is come on which I am to flirt my last with Tom Lefroy … My tears flow as I write at the melancholy idea” Jane Austen Letter to Cassandra Austen, 16 January 1796, The Letters of Jane Austen My Dear Miss Austen,   Our tears flow too dear Jane. A tornado has hit [...]

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