From the desk of Christina Boyd: Jane Austen. Fact: born December 16, 1775; died July 18, 1817 at age 41. Fact: never married. Fact: wrote six complete novels, including a few unfinished works, and juvenilia. Fact: lived out her life in a quiet Chawton Cottage with her older, spinster sister Cassandra and aging mother. Also... Continue Reading →
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 Jane Austen around the blogosphere for the week of October 13th The movie The Duchess staring Keria Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005) opened in national release this last week and I am... Continue Reading →