a book review of What Litty Did Next by Carrie Kablean - a continuation inspired by Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice character Kitty Bennet
What Kitty Did Next, by Carrie Kablean – A Review
Mary B.: A Novel: An Untold Story of Pride and Prejudice, by Katherine J. Chen – A Review
Of the five Bennet sisters in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Mary is the most unlikely of heroines. Priggish, sanctimonious, and unattractive, her prospects for a happy life were bleak. In Mary B., debut novelist Katherine Chen chooses to give Mary her own story – delving into her young, awkward life with her family at... Continue Reading →
Celebrating Jane Austen’s Bicentenary – #JaneAusten200
A celebration is in progress today in honor of one of the world's most popular authors. July 18, 2017 marks the bicentenary of Jane Austen's death at Winchester, England in the arms of her sister Cassandra. She was only 41 years old. We have six novels, one novella and minor works to cherish. Her fandom... Continue Reading →
Actress Joanne Froggatt Goes to the Dark Side as Murderess Mary Ann Cotton in Dark Angel on Masterpiece Classic PBS
After reading the advance press on Dark Angel - the new period drama starring Joanne Froggatt as Victorian-era serial killer Mary Ann Cotton - I was seriously considering skipping my weekly MASTERPIECE appointment with my television. Multiple murders by a woman who successively kills her husbands and children by poison for their life insurance sounded... Continue Reading →
Q&A with Love & Friendship Writer/Director/Author Whit Stillman
Austen scholar Devoney Looser joins us today during the Love & Friendship Janeite Blog Tour to interview ‘Friend of Jane,’ writer/director/author Whit Stillman, whose new hit movie Love & Friendship, and its companion novel, are on the radar of every Janeite. Welcome, Ms. Looser and Mr. Stillman to Austenprose.com. Devoney Looser: We Janeites know that... Continue Reading →
A Preview of Love & Friendship: In Which Jane Austen’s Lady Susan Vernon Is Entirely Vindicated, by Whit Stillman
Writer, director, and friend of Jane Austen, Stillman has written a companion novel to the film also entitled Love & Friendship with the added subtitle: In Which Jane Austen’s Lady Susan Vernon Is Entirely Vindicated. For those who have read Austen’s original novella, you will remember that Lady Susan Vernon is described by Reginald De... Continue Reading →
Regency Spies: Secret Histories of Britain’s Rebels & Revolutionaries, by Sue Wilkes – A Review
From the desk of Stephanie Barron: PARANOIA RUNS DEEP From the moment I saw the title of Sue Wilkes’s latest book, Regency Spies (Pen & Sword Books, 2015), I was desperate to get my hot little hands on a copy. In a distant chapter of my life I was trained in espionage by the CIA,... Continue Reading →
The Summer Before the War: A Novel, by Helen Simonson – A Review
From the desk of Debra E. Marvin: Discovering just-released fiction on my library’s New Audiobooks shelf makes me feel as if someone has let me slip in at the front of a long line. When I found Helen Simonson’s The Summer Before the War, I was delighted she’d chosen another charming English town (I’d quite... Continue Reading →
Love & Friendship — Whit Stillman Brings Jane Austen’s Comic Gem Lady Susan to the Screen
The highly anticipated release of Love & Friendship, filmmaker Whit Stillman’s new adaptation of Jane Austen’s novella Lady Susan, arrives this Friday, May 13 in Los Angeles, New York and Paris with national release set for May 27, 2016. Early praise for the film is more than encouraging: “FLAT-OUT-HILARIOUS. Jane Austen has never been funnier.”... Continue Reading →
A Man of Genius, by Janet Todd – A Review
From the desk of Shelley DeWees: Once as a child he’d had himself electrocuted to see how it would feel. He’d let the current course through him. He’d felt vibrant. Perhaps he’d never been the same since, just full of sparks. Perhaps touching him she’d taken on some of his electricity, only instead of making... Continue Reading →
Julian Fellowes’ Belgravia Episode 1: Dancing into Battle – Recap & Review
Hold on to your bonnets historical fiction fans! Today is the official debut of Julian Fellowes’ Belgravia, a new serialized novel by Downton Abbey’s creator/writer. Set in London in the early Victorian-era, the story follows one family’s life and how a secret from twenty-five years earlier, changed them forever. Austenprose is honored to be the... Continue Reading →
The Progressive Blog Tour of Julian Fellowes’ Belgravia Begins April 14
Downton Abbey may have ended but its creator/writer Julian Fellowes has not missed a beat. The multiple award-winning screenwriter, playwright, and TV show creator has a new novel called Belgravia to fill that huge whole in our hearts when the sixth and final season of Downton concluded in the US last March. Breaking new ground... Continue Reading →
