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From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress:Â There are several biographies in print on Jane Austen (1775-1817) revealing her life, family, and her inspiration to become a writer. Two very famous books come to mind: Jane Austen: A Life by Claire Tomalin (1998) and oddly the same title published in the same year by David... Continue Reading →
The talented artist Kate Beaton is at it again - doodling hysterical Jane Austen comics for our amusement. She seems to always have a knowing eye and the pulse on the latest Jane in-jokes. Visit her website Hark! A Vagrant and check out the Jane Austen archive. Oh, and happy Sunday. My favorite day of the... Continue Reading →
Our favorite Austen addict Laurie Viera Rigler has gone all Hollywood on us. The popular author of the best selling Austen inspired novels Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict and Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict has created a web comedy series for Bablegum.com called Sex and the Austen Girl based on her two century swapping heroines... Continue Reading →
Resurrected from the dead, Foyle’s War returned to Masterpiece Mystery on Sunday with The Russian House, the first episode in its sixth season in what may very well be its last hurrah. Since 2003 we have been entertained by the stoic Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen) and his young entourage as they solve... Continue Reading →
Hot off the presses is an announcement today in Publishers Weekly of a new Jane Austen short story anthology to be published by Random House in 2011. The collection will include approximately twenty stories inspired by Jane Austen, literature’s witty muse of the modern novel and astute observer of human nature and the heart. Readers familiar... Continue Reading →
The Austen book sleuth is happy to inform Janeites that Jane Austen inspired books are heading our way in May, so keep your eyes open for these new titles.  Editor’s note: This month’s selections are comprised of re-issued, re-titled and re-written selections. Shocking! Has the economic recession finally hit Austen bookland?  Fiction (prequels, sequels, retellings, variations,... Continue Reading →
