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Please help us welcome Austenesque author Abigail Reynolds today during her blog tour in celebration of the release of Mr. Darcy’s Refuge, the ninth novel in her popular Pemberley Variations series. Whenever I read one of her creative and romantic takes on roads not taken in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, I feel a bit... Continue Reading →
Review by Jeffrey Ward From Jack Caldwell, the author who brought us Pemberley Ranch, comes a 3-alarm war-time romance: The Three Colonels, Jane Austen’s Fighting Men. An amalgamation of two separate novels is often labeled a “mish-mash” but Mr. Caldwell’s unique melding of the principals from Pride and Prejudice with those from Sense and Sensibility... Continue Reading →
Happy news for Janeites and gaming fans… The venerable BBC, who have brought us the monumental mini-series of Pride and Prejudice in 1995 and 1980 and many other classic film adaptations, announced today that they will be releasing a new Jane Austen-inspired interactive game, Rogues and Romance, for Facebook next month. Developed in partnership with... Continue Reading →
There are a lot of Mr. Darcy novels out there. Hundreds, in fact. Some are retellings of his side of Pride and Prejudice. Others continue his life at Pemberley after his marriage to Elizabeth Bennet, but, a new Mr. Darcy novel released today has an entirely new twist! Please join us today in welcoming author... Continue Reading →
I could not let this day pass without wishing Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice a happy 199th birthday. Written between October 1796 and August 1797, Pride and Prejudice was first entitled First Impression and would not premiere on the printed page until after many revisions and another sixteen years. Publisher Thomas Egerton of Whitehall... Continue Reading →
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As 2011 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen’s first novel Sense and Sensibility, it is a great pleasure to see a new sequel to it arrive from Pemberley Chronicles author Rebecca Ann Collins. Please join us today in welcoming Rebecca Ann on her blog tour in celebration of the release of... Continue Reading →
Guest review by Kimberly Denny-Ryder of Reflections of a Book Addict What do you get when you cross Pride and Prejudice with werewolves? You get a dark and adventurous tale that follows Lizzy and Darcy as they grapple with a definite twist that has arisen in their relationship. This time, Mary Lydon Simonsen takes us... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: Today we are celebrating the release of a new Pride and Prejudice inspired novel, by bestselling author Abigail Reynolds. Mr. Darcy's Undoing was published by Sourcebooks this week and is a variation on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The publisher has kindly shared an exclusive excerpt from the... Continue Reading →
Please join us today in welcoming author Carrie Bebris during her blog tour in celebration of the release of The Deception at Lyme (Or, The Peril of Persuasion), the sixth book in her Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery series released today by Tor Books. GUEST BLOG Laurel Ann, thank you so much for inviting me... Continue Reading →
Please join us today in welcoming author Heather Lynn Rigaud on her blog tour in celebration of the release of Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star, a new contemporary retelling of Pride and Prejudice published today by Sourcebooks. It's so nice to be here on Austenprose today. It's the first stop on my very first every blog... Continue Reading →
Author, and friend of Austenprose, Stephanie Barron has contributed an online article in the "Three Books" series on NPR. Which books did she choose? Why Regency-era of course. In Three Books, Two Centuries And One English Regency, Barron highlights: Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, And Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar, by Adam Nicolson; The Battle: A... Continue Reading →
