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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 →
Historian and television celebrity Amanda Vickery’s documentary on the fandom of Jane Austen aired in the UK yesterday on BBC. The Many Lovers of Miss Jane Austen contains Vickery’s observations on Austen’s fame with interviews of scholars and fans. To mark the 200th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen's first novel, Sense and Sensibility,... Continue Reading →
HAPPY 236th BIRTHDAY JANE AUSTEN! Welcome to our contribution to the Austen’s Birthday Soiree! We are participating in the Austen’s Birthday Soiree, hosted by Katherine Cox of November’s Autumn & Maria Grazia of My Jane Austen Book Club. The daylong blog hop will feature a post in celebration of Jane Austen, her life, her novels... Continue Reading →
I am so behind in blogging, so here are the whirlwind highlights of what I have been doing at Woodston Cottage and in California these past two weeks... My Trip to California I left my snug cottage in Snohomish and flew to Los Angeles for a quick Jane Austen-inspired long weekend. On Friday, author Syrie... Continue Reading →
Okay, this requires no explanation! Follow this link to watch the video at The Telegraph online!
Yes. Jane Austen is 236 years old this Friday! Thirty-one Austen bloggers, authors, and literature enthusiasts are joining forces for an Austen Birthday Soiree. Organized by Katherine Cox of November’s Autumn & Maria Grazia of My Jane Austen Book Club, the daylong blog hop will feature a post in celebration of Jane Austen, her life,... 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 →
Gentle readers: We are happy to share our second contribution to a new monthly column, Reading Austen. Today guest blogger Tara O’Donnell shares her personal story of how she discovered Jane Austen and why reading her novels is so special for her. Persuaded into Austen Like many of many fellow Jane Austen fans out there,... Continue Reading →
I will be away for a few days on a working holiday in California to attend the Jane Austen Society of North America - Southwest Chapter's Winter Symposium on Saturday, December 3rd in celebration of Jane Austen's birthday (December 16) and a day long event, Do Not Physic Them: Medicine on Jane Austen's Time. In... 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 →
