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From the desk of Sophia Rose: Modernizing a classic through a retelling can be fraught with authorial peril. One must do more than simply slap a pair of blue jeans on a heroine and put some slang on her lips, but at the same time, one has a duty to the legacy of the classic... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: I am happy to welcome Austenesque and romantic comedy writer Elizabeth Adams to Austenprose today in celebration of her latest novel, Sons of Pemberley: A Pride and Prejudice Reimagining. I have read several of Elizabeth’s novels and short stories and have always enjoyed her creativity and humor. I... Continue Reading →
Happy New Year dear readers! While I am not shy about kicking 2020 to the curb, it was not a total bust for those of us who enjoy reading. Publishers and indie authors continued to supply us with a fabulous selection of choices in the Austenesque, historical fiction, romance, and mystery genres. Of the 75... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Katie Jackson: In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Miss Anne de Bourgh is known only as the sedate and sickly shadow of her mother, Lady Catherine’s, condescending and loudly opinionated character. The heiress of Rosings Park in Kent, Miss de Bourgh was intended from infancy—as a favorite wish of both her... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress:Â Happy Holidays to all of our fabulous readers! Are you still shopping and making merry? I have trimmed my tree and decked the halls and am all ready to kick back and relax a bit during the remaining of the holiday season. Today I happy to present a... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Sophia Rose: Suzan Lauder, an author whose Austenesque books I have appreciated in the past, offers a new variation inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice with an interesting twist. Schemes of Felicity begins like many variations of the novel after the stormy failed marriage proposal made by Fitzwilliam Darcy to... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Sophia Rose: For several years beguiling authoress Alexa Adams has enjoyed warping our comfortable and familiar Jane Austen stories into quick, deliciously revolting variations that readers can experience with a tingling sort of shock at the new outcome. Her cold, conniving Jane Bennet, in Jane and Bingley: Something Slightly Unsettling (2013),... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress:Â Happy Friday readers. I hope that you are ready for Halloween. I understand that it will be the first night since 1944 that all three time zones in the US will have a full moon. How appropriate. To put you in the mood for the season, I am... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Katie Jackson:  Long before Jane Austen was widely known for her six complete novels, she was a youthful storyteller who wrote humorous tales for the amusement of her family and friends. In more recent years, Austen’s juvenilia has been put in the spotlight and given the adaptation treatment that was... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Sophia Rose: Australian filmmaker, and debut writer, Rachel Givney brings us a whimsical time travel romantic adventure for none other than Jane Austen herself with her new novel, Jane in Love. Â What does the twenty-first century have to teach this well-loved author? Equally important, what does Miss Jane have to teach... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress:Â Good morning readers. Are you ready to dive into a debut novel for your weekend reading? If so, I have a suggestion for you. Silver Buckles, a new Pride and Prejudice variation was just released on October 13th by Meryton Press. If its sparkly cover and book description... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: Good morning Janeites! Please help me welcome Austenesque author J. Marie Croft to Austenprose today in celebration of the release of her Pride and Prejudice-inspired novella, Play with Fire. J. Marie is well known in the Jane Austen fan fiction world having written novels, a novella, and several... Continue Reading →
