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"All that she wants is gossip, and she only likes me now because I supply it." Marianne Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility, Chapter 31 Around the blogosphere for the week of September 7th The great Darcy debate continues! Is Colin Firth or Matthew Macfayden more accurate to Austen's vision in their film portrayal of Mr. Darcy from the novel Pride and Prejudice? Read... 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 →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: During the course of my merry internet travels, I happened upon this beautiful portrait of a young Regency woman and immediately thought of Miss Georgiana, the younger sister of Mr. Darcy in Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. The peaceful countenance and the shy repose is so gentle... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: "...his perfect indifference, and your pointed dislike, make it so delightfully absurd!" Mr. Bennet, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 57 The Oxford World's Classics new 3rd edition of Pride and Prejudice is just what you need to read and explore Jane Austen's classic novel. This edition presents the reader... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: If Jane Austen thought that her novel Pride and Prejudice was too light, bright, and sparkling and wanted shade, then author Maya Slater has made up for any deficit by crossing over to the ‘dark side' in writing her re-telling of the story entitled Mr. Darcy's Diary. Not only are... 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 →
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 →
"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 →
"At length the day is come on which I am to flirt my last with Tom Lefroy ... My tears flow as I write at the melancholy idea" Jane Austen Letter to Cassandra Austen, 16 January 1796, The Letters of Jane Austen My Dear Miss Austen, Our tears flow too dear Jane. A tornado has hit... Continue Reading →
Sourcebooks has recently released the second novel in The Pemberley Chronicles series entitled The Women of Pemberley by author Rebecca Ann Collins. This is the first North American printing of this novel which had been previously released in Australia in 1998, and is part of a ten book sequel series of Jane Austen's novel Pride... Continue Reading →
WIN A FREE COPY OF CONFESSIONS OF A JANE AUSTEN ADDICT Today is the official release date for the paperback edition of one of my favorite Austen-esque novels, Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, by Laurie Viera Rigler. Hurrah! You can read a synopsis of the book here. This novel received a most ‘favourable'... Continue Reading →
