The Austen Tattler: News and Gossip on the Blogosphere

"All that she wants is gossip, and she only likes me now because I supply it." Marianne Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility, Chapter 31 Austen around the blogosphere for the week of September 21st 'Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey' begins on October 1st here at Austenprose, so start reading Northanger Abbey and gearing up for another... Continue Reading →

Pemberley Shades: The Legend of the Lost Sequel

Sourcebooks, Inc has just re-issued the classic Pride and Prejudice sequel Pemberley Shades, by D. A. Bonavia-Hunt. Originally published in 1949, this valued and quite rare book is the first Pride and Prejudice sequel to continue the story after the marriage of our favorite couple, Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy concluded in Jane Austen's famous... Continue Reading →

The Austen Tattler: News and Gossip on the Blogosphere

"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 →

Pemberley Shades: Pride and Prejudice Continues, by D. A. Bonavia-Hunt – A Review

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 →

Jane Austen Book Sleuth: New Books in the Queue for September 2008

The Austen book sleuth is happy to inform Janeites that Austen inspired books are heading our way in September, so keep your eyes open for these new titles.  First up is the third book in the Pemberley Chronicles series by Rebecca Ann Collins, entitled Netherfield Park Revisited. In this continuation of Jane Austen's Pride and... Continue Reading →

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