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Head's up for literature lovers. The Duchess of Devonshire's Gossip Guide to the 18th Century Blog is hosting a group read of Evelina or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World, by Frances Burney during the month of June, 2011. Evelina is an epistolary novel in three volumes written by English novelist,... Continue Reading →
Little is known of the life Jane Austen (1775-1817), but amazingly there are some hefty, scholarly biographies in print. Two of my favorites were both published in 1997 and confusingly share the same title. Jane Austen: A Life, by Claire Tomalin and David Nokes are both detailed and far-reaching in scope, elaborating on Austen’s life,... Continue Reading →
Home from the bookselling trenches today and eager to share my great find. As I passed by the new release fiction bays at my store - a familiar name just leapt out at me. Margaret Drabble! Any die-hard Janeite will recall her wonderful introductions to the Penguin Classics and Signet Classics editions of Jane Austen's... Continue Reading →
I have to admit I am a homebody. I like my nest and my creature comforts: my computer, my books, my diet Dr. Pepper, my antique iron bed splayed with pillows, and, my Jane Austen. *sigh* There is no place like home. So says Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz. I could not agree... Continue Reading →
I absolutely LOVED this book and cannot gush about A Jane Austen Education enough, REALLY!!! If you need further encouragement, please watch the Penguin Classics On Air video interviews by editorial director Elda Rotor of the author William Deresiewicz. A former Yale professor, he is open and affable and just the right personality to explain... Continue Reading →
Please join us today in welcoming Austenesque author Susan Adriani for the official launch of her blog tour of The Truth About Mr. Darcy, a new Pride and Prejudice variation that was released on May 1, 2011, by Sourcebooks. If someone had told me I would end up writing a novel someday (never mind that... Continue Reading →
For those addicted to brain teasers and Jane Austen, I have the prefect diversion for you. The Puzzle Society™ has assembled this tidy Pocket Posh® edition of crosswords, quizzes, word searches, codewords and more, all inspired by Jane Austen, her novels and her world. Challenge your knowledge of “our” Jane in this compact pocket edition... Continue Reading →
Guest review by Kimberly Denny-Ryder of Reflections of a Book Addict The happily-ever-after at Pemberley takes a sharp left in The Trouble with Mr. Darcy, the fifth book in Sharon Lathan’s lush, romantic Darcy Saga. Darker and more complex than the preceding novels in the series, Lathan tackles deeper elements in Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy’s... Continue Reading →
Exciting news for Janeites! Deirdre Le Faye’s incredible scholarship on Jane Austen and her family continues in this new edition of Jane Austen’s Letters. Many will be thrilled to learn that this 4th edition not only includes a new cover, but updates! Here is the description from Oxford University Press: Jane Austen's letters afford a... Continue Reading →
Are you up for a Pride and Prejudice inspired battle of wit and romance set in Scotland? If that raised a few eyebrows, I am not surprised. It is a unique combination that requires some set up. Twixt Two Equal Armies takes us on a variant path from Hertfordshire to Clanough, Scotland with Jane Austen’s... Continue Reading →
A new Austenesque book is being launched today, and after meeting Lily Berry, Cindy Jones’ unconventional heroine we may never look at Jane Austen's novels in the same way again! Please welcome Cindy Jones on her first stop on the blog tour. LAN: Congratulations Cindy! My Jane Austen Summer launches today. As a debut author... Continue Reading →
Guest review by Kimberly Denny-Ryder of Reflections of a Book Addict Who would have ever thought that adding zombies to a classic novel like Pride and Prejudice would create the literary mash-up phenomenon? It started in 2009 when Seth Grahame-Smith took Jane Austen’s original work and mashed it together with flesh eating zombies. Pride and... Continue Reading →
