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Yes. Jane Austen is 236 years old this Friday! Thirty-one Austen bloggers, authors, and literature enthusiasts are joining forces for an Austen Birthday Soiree. Organized by Katherine Cox of November’s Autumn & Maria Grazia of My Jane Austen Book Club, the daylong blog hop will feature a post in celebration of Jane Austen, her life,... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Jeffrey Ward: Mary Bennet, that plain, pedantic, priggish, middle sister from Jane Austen’s classic novel Pride and Prejudice, who gave us deadpan lines such as, “I admire the activity of your benevolence…but every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason; and, in my opinion, exertion should always be in proportion... Continue Reading →
Note card: Winter at Pemberley with Elizabeth, by Wendy Paul Tis the season to go shopping, and Janeite family and friends always need suggestions to fill the reticules, stockings, and gifts under the tree for those whose special interest is everything Austen. I have several categories to select from – and I would happily be... Continue Reading →
I was thrilled to be interviewed for the What's Old Is New podcast by Nicole of Linus' Blanket blog and Jen of Devourer of Books blog. It was such fun chatting with two fellow book bloggers and Janeites! You can read more about my experience on the Jane Austen Made Me Do It blog and... Continue Reading →
Guest review by Christina Boyd Albeit Jane Austen first sold Northanger Abbey to a publisher in 1803 (at first entitled Susan), it did not appear in print until 1817 when it was published after her death as a four volume set with her final novel Persuasion. In Northanger Abbey, Miss Morland is a daughter of... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Aia A. Hussein The author of several Jane Austen adaptations, including Darcy’s Passions and Darcy’s Temptation among others, Regina Jeffers returns with the appropriately-timed release of Christmas at Pemberley: A Pride and Prejudice Holiday Sequel. Historically situated in Regency England, before the holiday season evolved into its present monumental proportions, Jeffers’... Continue Reading →
Gentle readers: We are happy to share our second contribution to a new monthly column, Reading Austen. Today guest blogger Tara O’Donnell shares her personal story of how she discovered Jane Austen and why reading her novels is so special for her. Persuaded into Austen Like many of many fellow Jane Austen fans out there,... Continue Reading →
I will be away for a few days on a working holiday in California to attend the Jane Austen Society of North America - Southwest Chapter's Winter Symposium on Saturday, December 3rd in celebration of Jane Austen's birthday (December 16) and a day long event, Do Not Physic Them: Medicine on Jane Austen's Time. In... Continue Reading →
