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From the desk of Kimberly Denny-Ryder: I’m delighted to again read another fantastic work by Rebecca Ann Collins. She is the critically acclaimed author of the bestselling 10 novel series, The Pemberley Chronicles. Her writing style is unparalleled in its depth and completion, and I’m always amazed at how detailed and engaging her novels are. ... Continue Reading →
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 The Legacy of Pemberley is the tenth and final novel in the acclaimed Pride and Prejudice sequel series by Rebecca Ann Collins. The ten novels in the series cover the fifty years following the wedding of Elizabeth Bennet to Fitzwilliam Darcy. It is by... Continue Reading →
The Jane Austen book sleuth is happy to inform Janeites that many Austen inspired books are heading our way in June, so keep your eyes open for these new titles. Austen’s Oeuvre Pride and Prejudice (Fine Edition), Jane Austen How many editions of Pride and Prejudice do YOU own? I won’t even begin to give... Continue Reading →
Cassy felt tears sting her eyes; she had always felt responsible for her young brother, especially because he had been born when everyone was still grieving for their beloved William. They had all treasured Julian, yet he did not appear to have grown into the role he was expected to play. There was a great... Continue Reading →
The Austen book sleuth is happy to inform Janeites that Austen inspired books are heading our way in November, so keep your eyes open for these new titles. Next month's edition of upcoming releases of Austen-esque books will include my selections of Jane Austen inspired holiday gift giving suggestions, so please check back on December 1st.... Continue Reading →
"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 28th A new stage adaptation of Pride and Prejudice opened at The Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada this week. Austenprose was lucky... Continue Reading →
The third book in the Pemberley Chronicles series, Netherfield Park Revisted by Rebecca Ann Collins has just been released by Soucebooks this month. In this continuation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, the story starts in 1859, Queen Victoria has reigned for twenty-two years, England has undergone an industrial revolution and is one of the most... 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 →
"Upon my word," said her ladyship, "you give your opinion very decidedly for so young a person. Pray, what is your age?"Â Â "With three younger sisters grown up," replied Elizabeth smiling, "your ladyship can hardly expect me to own it."Â Â Lady Catherine seemed quite astonished at not receiving a direct answer; and Elizabeth suspected... Continue Reading →
FONDNESS He knew her to be clever, to have a quick apprehension as well as good sense, and a fondness for reading, which, properly directed, must be an education in itself. The Narrator on Edmund Bertram regarding Fanny Price, Mansfield Park, Chapter 2 As a bookseller, one of the exciting parts of my job is learning about new... Continue Reading →
