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From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress:Â The holidays are here. I decorated my Christmas tree last week, baked cookies with my sister on Saturday, and am wrapping gifts. How about you? Today I am pleased to welcome bestselling Austenesque author Abigail Reynolds to Austenprose. She has just released Spellbound at Pemberley, the first book... Continue Reading →
Hello, readers. Summer is here — and it is time to head to the beach or take that well-earned holiday and read great books! Summer reads are always fun—and little light-hearted and playful—and the Austenesque & Regency faire in the queue is so exciting that the I am thrilled to share what we will be... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Jeffrey Ward For 200 years, I suspect many enthralled readers of Pride and Prejudice have silently pondered the question “What would Darcy do?” Author Maria Grace endeavors to put her own spin on this with her debut prequel novella Darcy’s Decision, in her Given Good Principles trilogy. Spanning a brief but... Continue Reading →
Guest review by Kimberly Denny-Ryder of Reflections of a Book Addict Have you ever finished reading Pride and Prejudice and wondered how Darcy became so filled with pride and conceit? Now, you might find your answer. Pamela Aidan, author of the Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman trilogy is back with Young Master Darcy, a novella focusing on... Continue Reading →
Book review of The Confession of Fitzwilliam Darcy, by Mary Street. In this parallel story to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, we see Mr. Darcy's side of the story.
An analysis and poll to vote for your favorite bachelor of the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
Was fictional hero Fitzwilliam Darcy in Pride and Prejudice based on a real person who author Jane Austen met and fell in love with in 1810? In this reissue of her 2006 novel, author Sally Smith O'Rourke cleverly re-engages our fascination with Austen's ultimate romantic hero Mr. Darcy and presents readers with a contemporary heroine... Continue Reading →
When I read the advance publicity on Pemberley Remembered, author Mary Lydon Simonsen's debut novel about love, war and Pride and Prejudice, I was intrigued by the concept of three different romantic storylines interconnected through one hundred and fifty years of English history. Add to that a mystery involving the inspiration of Austen's famous characters... Continue Reading →
Now they had come to it, the moment he dreaded. "We are to marry in nearly two days -" "It has not escaped my notice, I assure you." "- and I find myself in need of some . . . advice." Mr. Bingley & Mr. Darcy, The Darcys & the Bingleys And so gentle readers,... Continue Reading →
It is with great pleasure that I learned that the classic Pride and Prejudice sequel, Pemberley Shades by Dorothy Alice Bonavia-Hunt, would be re-issued in September by Sourcebooks. Originally published in 1949, it was the second Jane Austen sequel ever to be written and not easily available for purchase unless you were lucky enough to... Continue Reading →
