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Think of Northanger Abbey in a graphic novel format with all of its energy and Gothic allusions visually popping right off the page, and you will have a good notion of what author Trina Robbins and illustrator Anne Timmons have created in their frightfully enchanting version of Northanger Abbey included in Gothic Classics: Graphic Classics Volume... Continue Reading →
Austenprose received a misdirected letter from Isabella Thorpe in the post this week intended for her dearest friend Catherine Tilney nee Morland. Since she discusses the two movie adaptations of Northanger Abbey, we thought it quite timely and decided to include it as a guest blog during Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey. Enjoy! Putney,... Continue Reading →
Austen-esque author Amanda Grange kicks off our guests bloggers during ‘Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey' event as she joins us today to chat about a very important topic; possibly the most important topic to many - Henry Tilney - who is the protagonist of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey and the hero of her next novel... Continue Reading →
The third book in the Pemberley Chronicles series, Netherfield Park Revisted by Rebecca Ann Collins has just been released by Soucebooks this month. In this continuation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, the story starts in 1859, Queen Victoria has reigned for twenty-two years, England has undergone an industrial revolution and is one of the most... Continue Reading →
Sourcebooks, Inc has just re-issued the classic Pride and Prejudice sequel Pemberley Shades, by D. A. Bonavia-Hunt. Originally published in 1949, this valued and quite rare book is the first Pride and Prejudice sequel to continue the story after the marriage of our favorite couple, Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy concluded in Jane Austen's famous... Continue Reading →
"Upon my word," said her ladyship, "you give your opinion very decidedly for so young a person. Pray, what is your age?" "With three younger sisters grown up," replied Elizabeth smiling, "your ladyship can hardly expect me to own it." Lady Catherine seemed quite astonished at not receiving a direct answer; and Elizabeth suspected... Continue Reading →
LAUGH "Oh! shocking!" cried Miss Bingley. "I never heard anything so abominable. How shall we punish him for such a speech?" "Nothing so easy, if you have but the inclination," said Elizabeth. "We can all plague and punish one another. Tease him -- laugh at him. Intimate as you are, you must know how it... Continue Reading →
