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*fangirl squee*

Naomi Novik is going to write a Temeraire-universe short story about Elizabeth Bennet as a dragon captain, based on fanart sent into a contest she is holding on her site. The squee we emitted upon...

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What Would Elinor Do?

We were delighted to have the Jane Austen Bicentenary Library edition of Sense and Sensibility featured this month by the Jane Austen Centre at Bath’s online magazine! The Editrix contributed a piece...

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REVIEW: A Jane Austen Education by William Deresiewicz

Review by Kathleen A. Flynn Part of the appeal of Jane Austen is that people read her work with very different kinds of pleasure, according to their level of understanding and what they seek. Some love...

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Jane Austen’s Regency World Issue 57, May/June 2012 Published

The latest issue of Jane Austen’s Regency World magazine, May/June 2012 (No. 57), has been published. In this issue: Mozart’s Sister: a stunning new film tells of the talented musician eclipsed by a...

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REVIEW: Persuade Me by Juliet Archer

Review by Anna Horner Persuade Me, the second book in Juliet Archer’s Darcy & Friends series, is a modern re-telling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, with lots of regret and resentment but also much...

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Hey.

Long time no see. Edited to add: I have no excuses for the long absence, other than perhaps a severe case of blogger burnout. I actually have lots of stuff to publish–reviews and links and stuff....

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REVIEW: Jane Austen Made Me Do It, Edited by Laurel Ann Nattress

Editor’s note: we have several book reviews written by the Minions but with our recent slackage, they were never posted. This is the first of several. At this time, we are no longer accepting new books...

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REVIEW: Definitely Not Mr. Darcy by Karen Doornebos

Review by Anna Horner Definitely Not Mr. Darcy is a fun novel for any Jane Austen fan who ever dreamed about living in Regency England and finding her own Mr. Darcy. Chloe Parker, an Anglophile,...

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A Closer Look at Austen Illustrators C.E. and H.M. Brock

We have a treat for everyone for Jane Austen’s Birthday: Our friend Cinthia García Soria, proprietor of Jane Austen Castellano, the Spanish-language Austen discussion mailing list, has written a long...

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Happy Birthday, Jane Austen!

From a letter from Admiral Sir Francis Austen to an American fan of his sister: I can have no hesitation in assuring you that it was most gratifying to me to receive such a testimonial to the merits of...

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REVIEW: Dreaming of Mr Darcy by Victoria Connelly

 Review by Jenny Ellis While Darcy’s name appears in the title of this Austen inspired modern day setting book, don’t assume it’s a take on Pride and Prejudice. It’s a nice blend of multiple Austen...

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In defense of Persuasion

Cross-posted to This Delightful Habit of Journaling So I guess it’s kind of obvious that I’m burned out on Austen blogging, but that doesn’t mean I’m not paying attention to what’s going on in...

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Join a Kickstarter campaign for a Jane Austen art print

This looks like something Janeites might like: a Kickstarter campaign to make an art print inspired by the infamous silhouette that may or may not be of Jane Austen. In any event, it’s really quite...

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Dearest Jane! who could have done less for her?

This made our icy tar-coated heart melt like an ice cream cone in the sun. Blue Ridge Community College student Madeline Delp rolls across the Patton Auditorium stage in her wheelchair while rehearsing...

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The work of many generations

Here’s a fascinating video about contemporary bindings of early editions of Jane Austen’s novels and how they affect the value of the books.

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Edwardian is the new Victorian

Cross-posted to This Delightful Habit of Journaling. Perusing an article on a new YA rewrite of S&S, we were a bit startled to read this sentence: [book title*] is a contemporary retelling of...

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Things that make you go “Hmmmmm”

So we were watching 60 Minutes last night and there was a segment about the making of “Lincoln.” There was much said about the attention to getting all the details correct: the right wallpaper, the...

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In Which Giant Colin-in-the-Pond Moves the Editrix to Song

Cross-posted to This Delightful Habit of Journaling. We received a press release telling us about a giant statue of wet-shirted Mr. Darcy that has been installed in the Serpentine in London’s Hyde Park...

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It’s Movie Day at AustenBlog!

Because quite frankly, we get more interest in posts about Austen-related movies than anything else. That should probably distress us more than it does. Anyway, there are actually some new...

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Death Comes to Pemberley is apparently filming

We hated the book with the red-hot fire of a thousand suns and hate the whole idea of the film. Seriously, doesn’t the BBC have good sense, or taste? If they wanted to film fan fiction, there’s lots...

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