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This is my final contribution to The Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Reading Challenge 2011. Feeling nostalgic during the holidays, I resorted to an old chestnut in selection of my final read. I enjoyed Willoughby's Return immeasurably when I first read it two years ago. After re-reading it again, I began to write my new review... Continue Reading →
Note card: Winter at Pemberley with Elizabeth, by Wendy Paul Tis the season to go shopping, and Janeite family and friends always need suggestions to fill the reticules, stockings, and gifts under the tree for those whose special interest is everything Austen. I have several categories to select from – and I would happily be... Continue Reading →
I was thrilled to be interviewed for the What's Old Is New podcast by Nicole of Linus' Blanket blog and Jen of Devourer of Books blog. It was such fun chatting with two fellow book bloggers and Janeites! You can read more about my experience on the Jane Austen Made Me Do It blog and... Continue Reading →
Guest review by Christina Boyd Albeit Jane Austen first sold Northanger Abbey to a publisher in 1803 (at first entitled Susan), it did not appear in print until 1817 when it was published after her death as a four volume set with her final novel Persuasion. In Northanger Abbey, Miss Morland is a daughter of... Continue Reading →
Guest review by Laura A. Wallace A prequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Vanity and Verity tells the story of an earlier generation’s courtship of two young ladies who later figure prominently in Austen’s classic tale. Lady Anne Fitzwilliam and her sister, Lady Catherine, the daughters of the Earl of _______, go to London... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Aia A. Hussein: For those who have the seemingly unrelated interest in the Georgian world of Jane Austen and the macabre one of immortal vampires, Janet Mullany’s new novel Jane Austen: Blood Persuasion is a perfect combination of the two. In fact, as was recounted in Mullany’s previous novel Jane and... Continue Reading →
As 2011 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen’s first novel Sense and Sensibility, it is a great pleasure to see a new sequel to it arrive from Pemberley Chronicles author Rebecca Ann Collins. Please join us today in welcoming Rebecca Ann on her blog tour in celebration of the release of... Continue Reading →
Just in time to get you into a Gothic mood this Halloween season, please join us today in welcoming author Janet Mullany on her blog tour in celebration of the release of Jane Austen: Blood Persuasion, her second novel featuring Jane Austen as a vampire, published today by William Morrow. Janet graciously offers us a... Continue Reading →
Halloween season is upon us, and that includes paranormal novels arriving to get us in the mood for the spooky holiday. Please join us today in welcoming author Mary Simonsen on her blog tour in celebration of the release of Mr. Darcy’s Bite a new paranormal Pride and Prejudice-inspired story published on October 1, 2011,... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: Today we are celebrating the release of a new Pride and Prejudice inspired novel, by bestselling author Abigail Reynolds. Mr. Darcy's Undoing was published by Sourcebooks this week and is a variation on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The publisher has kindly shared an exclusive excerpt from the... Continue Reading →
Please join us today in welcoming author Karen Doornebos on her blog tour in celebration of the release of Definitely Not Mr. Darcy, a new contemporary Austen-inspired novel published tomorrow by Berkley Trade. Thank you, Laurel Ann, for inviting me into your drawing room here, and hosting the beginning of my Grand Tour—my Grand Blog... Continue Reading →
88 Austen-inspired stories were narrowed down to the Top Ten finalists last March in the Jane Austen Made Me Do It Short Story Contest. One lucky winner was chosen and announced yesterday. My congratulations go out to Brenna Aubrey, a talented new voice in Austenesque fiction. A contest to win one of four copies of... Continue Reading →
