From the desk of Heather Laurence: “And now, Henry,” said Miss Tilney, “that you have made us understand each other, you may as well make Miss Morland understand yourself … Miss Morland is not used to your odd ways.” “I shall be most happy to make her better acquainted with them.” Modern readers encountering Northanger... Continue Reading →
The Annotated Emma, by Jane Austen, Annotated and Edited by David M. Shapard – A Review
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: Austen scholar David M. Shapard has explained, footnoted, and embraced Austen's most acclaimed novel helping us to understand her most troublesome creature. BOOK DESCRIPTION From the editor of the popular Annotated Pride and Prejudice comes an annotated edition of Jane Austen’s Emma that makes her beloved tale of an endearingly inept matchmaker... Continue Reading →
The Annotated Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen, Edited and Annotated by David M. Shapard – A Review
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: How appropriate that The Annotated Sense and Sensibility is being published during the bicentenary year of Jane Austen’s first published novel. This new book includes the complete text of Jane Austen’s classic with annotations by Dr. David M. Shapard, an expert in eighteenth-century European History who also brought... Continue Reading →