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We have several of Oxford World’s Classics editions in our library and are quite partial to their expanded editions. From Austen to Radcliffe to Burney to Gaskell, whatever they take on, their introductions and supplemental material are excellent. The news of this new revised paperback edition of Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford is quite exciting. Due out... Continue Reading →
The Jane Austen book sleuth is happy to inform Janeites that many Austen inspired books are heading our way in September, so keep your eyes open for these new titles.  Fiction (prequels, sequels, retellings, variations, or Regency inspired) According To Jane, by Marilyn Brant Here is a bright new face on the Austen sequel/inspiration market.... Continue Reading →
"You deserve a longer letter than this; but it is my unhappy fate seldom to treat people so well as they deserve." Jane Austen, 24 December 1798 Jane Austen’s personal correspondence has stirred up controversy since her untimely death in 1817 at age 41. The next year her brother Henry Austen wrote in the ‘Biographical... Continue Reading →
The Jane Austen book sleuth is happy to inform Janeites that Austen inspired books are heading our way in February, so keep your eyes open for these new titles. FICTION Mr. Darcy's Dream: A Novel. Elizabeth Aston continues with her sixth novel of the entertaining exploits of the Darcy family post Pride and Prejudice. (publishers description) This... Continue Reading →
Her present life appeared like the dream of a distempered imagination, or like one of those frightful fictions, in which the wild genius of the poets sometimes delighted. Reflection brought only regret, and anticipation terror. How often did she wish to "steal the lark's wing, and mount the swiftest gale," that Languedoc and repose might... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Ellen Moody: Catherine, at any rate, heard enough to feel that in suspecting General Tilney of either murdering or shutting up his wife, she had scarcely sinned against his character, or magnified his cruelty" The Narrator, Chapter 30Â Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey is the novel that almost wasn't. We know from... Continue Reading →
"I will keep my ill-humour to myself. I have a very sincere interest in Emma . . . There is an anxiety, a curiosity in what one feels for Emma. I wonder what will become of her!" Mr. Knightley, Emma, Chapter 5 For me, reading Jane Austen's  Emma is a delight. However, not all readers have... Continue Reading →
"Me!" cried Fanny..."Indeed you must excuse me. I could not act any thing if you were to give me the world. No, indeed, I cannot act." Fanny Price, Chapter 15 In a popularity poll of Jane Austen's six major novels, Mansfield Park may come close to the bottom, but what a distinction that is in... Continue Reading →
THE SCOOP Literary classics that are out of copyright can be a gold mine for publishers. With no living authors to negotiate contracts or pester them about marketing and promotions, they are at their leisure to do as they please, and do so, as is apparent in some choices of cover artwork! The competition in... 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: "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 →
 "Be satisfied," said he, "I will not raise any outcry. I will keep my ill-humour to myself. I have a very sincere interest in Emma. Isabella does not seem more my sister; has never excited a greater interest; perhaps hardly so great. There is an anxiety, a curiosity in what one feels for Emma. I... Continue Reading →
