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"All that she wants is gossip, and she only likes me now because I supply it." Marianne Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility, Chapter 31 Around the blogosphere for the week of September 1st The first reviews for Jane Odiwe's Lydia Bennet's Story are in, and honestly not a suprise! Austen-esque author Marsha Altman is featured at... Continue Reading →
The Austen book sleuth is happy to inform Janeites that Austen inspired books are heading our way in September, so keep your eyes open for these new titles. First up is the third book in the Pemberley Chronicles series by Rebecca Ann Collins, entitled Netherfield Park Revisited. In this continuation of Jane Austen's Pride and... Continue Reading →
Newby Hall, Yorkshire In Defense of Fanny Price Even after the conclusion of Mansfield Park Madness, I am still ruminating over the novel and the characters. In order to put them to rest, I must get one thing off my chest! My journey to understand the novel has lead me to several insights and one... Continue Reading →
 THE SEQUELS  Since Austen-esque author Amanda Grange first gave us Darcy's Diary, the retelling of Pride and Prejudice from Mr. Darcy's perspective in 2005, she has been dutifully working her way through all six of Jane Austen's heroes with her books; Mr. Knightley's Diary, Captain Wentworth's Diary, Edmund Bertram's Diary and the latest hardcover... Continue Reading →
THE SEQUELS A recent review at the venerable on-line periodical Publisher's Weekly of the re-issue of Mansfield Park Revisited by Joan Aiken gave me quite a good chuckle. It's amazing how a small typo can change the whole direction of a book! It appears on first glance that this reviewer thinks that Jane Austen's heroine from... Continue Reading →
THE SEQUELSÂ What happens when you mix the classic novelist Jane Austen with mystery writer Anne Perry? Author Carrie Bebris's delightfully funny and fresh Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mystery Series. Avid readers of Ms. Bebris will be happy to learn that the fourth book in the series, The Matters at Mansfield: Or the Crawford Affair... Continue Reading →
THE SEQUELSÂ In this third book in "The Jane Austen Series" from author Debra White Smith, the story of Jane Austen's early 19th-century novel Mansfield Park is retold in contemporary New York city with the famous public Central Park as its axis. Prolific author White Smith has had great success with her series of retellings... Continue Reading →
THE NOVEL Good sense, like hers, will always act when really called upon; and she found that she had been able to name him to her mother, and recall her remembrance of the name, as that of "William's friend," though she could not previously have believed herself capable of uttering a syllable at such a... Continue Reading →
"Me!" cried Fanny..."Indeed you must excuse me. I could not act any thing if you were to give me the world. No, indeed, I cannot act." Fanny Price, Chapter 15 In a popularity poll of Jane Austen's six major novels, Mansfield Park may come close to the bottom, but what a distinction that is in... Continue Reading →
THE NOVEL He was in love, very much in love; and it was a love which, operating on an active, sanguine spirit, of more warmth than delicacy, made her affection appear of greater consequence because it was withheld, and determined him to have the glory, as well as the felicity, of forcing her to love him.... Continue Reading →
THE NOVEL Fanny's last feeling in the visit was disappointment: for the shawl which Edmund was quietly taking from the servant to bring and put round her shoulders was seized by Mr. Crawford's quicker hand, and she was obliged to be indebted to his more prominent attention. The Narrator, Chapter 25 Quick Synopsis Sir Thomas... Continue Reading →
The Novel Jane Austen is renowned for her witty and sometimes cutting dialogue. Her novel Mansfield Park, though considered to contain a more darker subject matter, it still is full of them. Here are a select few that aim to amuse. Do not be surprised that the antagonist Mary Crawford gets all the best lines! "But... Continue Reading →
