From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: *throws confetti* Pride and Prejudice turns 211 today. Many Jane Austen fans are celebrating #PrideandPrejudiceDay online and at Jane Austen’s House Museum (the most treasured Austen site in the world) in Chawton, England. Please join the party with my humble contribution honoring my love of the novel, its... Continue Reading →
Preview of Emma: An Annotated Edition, by Jane Austen, edited by Bharat Tandon & Giveaway!
Holiday book giving is just around the corner, and top on my list to many of my Janeite friends will be Harvard University’s new annotated edition of Jane Austen’s Emma. It will be officially released tomorrow, so mark your calendars and wait for the fireworks. I was agog over their two previous volumes, Pride and... Continue Reading →
Penguin Clothbound Classics: Jane Austen: The Complete Works, 7-Book Boxed Set, Designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: Happy dance in the Jane Austen book world today. With the release of Coralie Bickford-Smith’s new cover design of Love and Freindship and Other Youthful Writings, the Penguin Clothbound Classics set of Jane Austen novels now includes seven books: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma,... Continue Reading →