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Tag Archives: Jane Austen
Best Books of 2011, #38: ‘A Jane Austen Education’
As part of our Best Books of 2011 coverage, our editors weigh in on some of their personal favorites from the list. If you thought Jane Austen could only appeal to female readers, scholar and literary critic William Deresiewicz asks you … Continue reading
Return to Austenland with Shannon Hale
It’s been an interesting few years for Jane Austen fans. With homages, continuations and mashups of the 19th-century novelist’s works coming at a dizzying pace, it’s hard to know which are worth reading. One of the few that belong in … Continue reading
Weekly links
Hope everyone had a wonderful week! A little rainy around here, so I’ve had plenty of time for reading! I’m currently switching between 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Just Kids by Patti Smith. What will you be reading this … Continue reading
A happy week for Mortal Instruments fans
If the names Clary, Simon and Jace mean anything to you, then this is a very happy week, indeed . . . release week for City of Fallen Angels! (Also known as book #4 in Cassandra Clare’s hugely popular Mortal … Continue reading
Best of the blogs
Christmas Eve may be a week away, but book bloggers are still hard at work! What posts have you enjoyed this week? A couple of my favorites: Happy Birthday, Jane! Blog tour and giveaways Posted on My Jane Austen Book … Continue reading
Summer reading selections from Harriet Evans
As a former fiction editor, author Harriet Evans knows what makes for a compelling story. After a more than a decade of publishing women’s fiction at Penguin UK and Headline, Evans left the industry to become a full-time writer. She … Continue reading
Best of the blogs
What book blog posts have you enjoyed this week? A couple that I bookmarked include. . . Everything Austen II is here! Posted by Stephanie’s Written Word From July 1 until January 1, 2011, Stephanie’s Written Word will host The … Continue reading
Beth Pattillo turns toward ‘Sense and Sensibility’
Beth Pattillo’s Jane Austen tributes have been a hit with BookPage reviewers. Romance columnist Christie Ridgway called Jane Austen Ruined My Life—about a heartbroken Austen expert—“smart chick lit that’s an absolute pleasure to read.” This year, Linda White was charmed … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday: Dawn of the Dreadfuls & The House of Tomorrow
Dawn of the Dreadfuls, the prequel to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the best-selling mashup from Quirk Books, hit shelves today. Author Steve Hockensmith has written a hilarious behind-the-book essay for BookPage, in which he confesses to his life-long dream … Continue reading
Happy Birthday Jane Austen!
I’m a little late in the day posting this update – but happy 234th birthday Jane Austen! Austen’s enduring popularity is proven, in part, by the uncountable number of spinoffs her life and books have spawned. Why has Jane Austen … Continue reading
Jane vs. the supernatural beings
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a recent release from Quirk Books, is just the latest in a long line of riffs, adaptations and yes, parodies, of Jane Austen’s novels—though it is the first to pit her beloved characters against a … Continue reading
