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I would not let Martha read First Impressions again upon any account, and am very glad that I did not leave it in your power. She is very cunning, but I saw through her design; she means to publish it from memory, and one more perusal must enable her to do it. Letter to Cassandra... Continue Reading →
JaneAusten.org We stumbled upon this new Jane Austen themed website today called JaneAusten.org, and thought it quite lovely! It includes biographical info, a life timeline, quotes, movie info, online texts of the novels and other great resources. It appears that quite a bit of thought and respect have been put into the design and it is... Continue Reading →
I had a blast reading Polly Shulman's novel Enthusiasm, her hommage to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice! It had been released in 2006 and was on my ‘to be read' list for quite some time until I felt the need for something summerish and light to read. Since it is classified as a young adult... Continue Reading →
Mark Twain House, Hartford, Conn. "The wisest and the best of men -- nay, the wisest and best of their actions -- may be rendered ridiculous by a person whose first object in life is a joke." Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 11 The news on the internet is that the Mark Twain House... Continue Reading →
Check out this interesting interview with Austen-esque author Maya Slater about her recently released first novel Mr. Darcy's Diary. If you think that the title seems familiar, you are quite right. It is one-in-the-same as author Amanda Grange's recent release. The difference between the two being that Slater's version has not yet been published internationally,... Continue Reading →
"South or north, I know a black cloud when I see it; and you must not set forward while it is so threatening." Mary Crawford, Mansfield Park, Chapter 22 I am currently watching the 1983 BBC mini-series of Mansfield Park staring Sylvestra le Touzel as the famously insipid Fanny Price. Poor Fanny. Traditionally, she gets... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: "Pray be composed," cried Elinor," and do not betray what you feel to every body present. Perhaps he has not observed you yet." Elinor Dashwood to her sister Marianne, Sense and Sensibility, Chapter 28 Sense and Sensibility can get lost in the limelight of Jane Austen's other "darling child,"... Continue Reading →
"And that," said Mrs. Reynolds, pointing to another of the miniatures, "is my master -- and very like him. It was drawn at the same time as the other -- about eight years ago." "I have heard much of your master's fine person," said Mrs. Gardiner, looking at the picture; "it is a handsome face.... Continue Reading →
"Oh! certainly," cried his faithful assistant, "no one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with. A woman must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages, to deserve the word; and besides all this, she must possess a certain something in her... Continue Reading →
Allied troops entering Paris after the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte "the little bit (two inches wide) of ivory on which I work with so fine a brush, as produces so little effect after so much labour" Letter to Edward Austen, 16 December 1816, The Letters of Jane Austen Today marks the anniversary of the Battle... Continue Reading →
"Look here, I have bought this bonnet. I do not think it is very pretty; but I thought I might as well buy it as not. I shall pull it to pieces as soon as I get home, and see if I can make it up any better." Lydia Bennet, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 39... Continue Reading →
Douglas Warner Gorsline (1913-1985) was an American book illustrator and fine artist whose line drawings and full color paintings were included in the 1949 edition of Pride and Prejudice, published by The John C. Winston Company of Philadelphia. The book was part of a series of the ten greatest novels in the world selected by author W.... Continue Reading →
