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Please help me welcome author Monica Fairview today in celebration of the release of her new novel, Steampunk Darcy. This story cleverly combines Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice with the Victorian steampunk genre. Get ready, dear readers, to have your bonnets blown off in this creative new twist. BOOK DESCRIPTION When Seraphene Grant is offered... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Kathleen Elder: Sense and Sensibility was the first of Jane Austen’s novels to be published, in 1811. A second edition came out in 1813 with author corrections, and that edition was used as the definitive version by Dr. Chapman who noted changes from the first edition. This new annotated version also... Continue Reading →
Those folks at HarperCollins really know how to make Janeites scream with joy—well—at least this Janeite, who is over the moon from their announcement last Friday that Alexander McCall Smith is slated to re-write Emma for The Austen Project. One of my favorite contemporary authors, McCall Smith is renowned for his delightful No 1 Ladies... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: This Pride and Prejudice variation asks readers, “What if Elizabeth Bennet had accepted Mr. Darcy’s first proposal?” After reading this question in the book’s description my first reaction was, ACK, why would she? Changing the Course of the Plot Like the two other novels by this author that... Continue Reading →
I am very pleased to welcome author Jo Baker to Austenprose today in celebration of her US release day of Longbourn: A Novel published by Alfred A. Knopf. This new book, whose title will certainly catch the attention of any Janeite, has garnered quite a bit of press since its publication was announced last January,... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Lisa Galek: There are tons of ways to flirt… and just as many ways to break hearts in the process. A casual smile or a wink can lead to long-awaited romance or lots of unwanted attention. Claire LaZebnik explores all this and more in The Trouble with Flirting, her contemporary young... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Christina Boyd: What Janeite would not stop dead in her tracks when she spies “Colin Firth” in the title of a book? Mia March’s latest offering Finding Colin Firth: A Novel certainly set off all my bells and whistles. The smolderingly sexy British actor not only won our hearts when he... Continue Reading →
I have been home from my Jane Austen Tour to England for almost two weeks yet I am still basking in the afterglow. We visited many amazing cities, museums, stately homes and gardens associated with Jane Austen and her family which will fill up many future posts, but as I looked through photos and memorabilia... Continue Reading →
Have you ever read a short story and wished it was a full-length novel? That is how I felt after completing Lady Ann’s Excellent Adventure. Short and sweet at 43 pages, Candice Hern has introduced characters that I instantly loved and wanted to know more about. What grabbed me so immediately you ask? The humor... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Shelley DeWees: “In her novels Jane Austen brilliantly portrayed the lives of the middle and upper classes, but barely mentioned the cast of characters who constituted the bulk of the population. It would be left to the genius of the next generation, Charles Dickens, to write novels about the poor, the... Continue Reading →
Jane Austen Tour Group at Chawton Cottage, 2013 “pursuit of novelty and amusement”… fulfilled! Jet-lagged but buoyant, I am still tingling from my amazing 10 day excursion to Jane Austen’s England with fellow author Syrie James and 14 intrepid Janeites. I have so much news to share. I do not know where to begin. The... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Lauren Puzier: In 1789, Marie Antoinette was a thirty-three-year-old queen, a wife, and a mother. One day in October she took her last walk through the Trianon gardens, her peaceful respite from the demands of palace life, fully unaware that for the next five years she would ride the waves of... Continue Reading →
