Fond of: I liked that Dear Mr. Knighley used aspects of Jane Austen as I am always a sucker for that. Also, while it was almost a flutter I thought the incorporation of Eunice’s time as a dragon in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader was nice. I also liked reading the story in letter […]
Misty at The Book Rat is hosting her yearly Austen in August and I couldn’t be more thrilled. I’ll be out of town for this event but still plan to read along with The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet by Bernie Su and Kate Rorick. As an obvious Jane Austen fan this novel has […]
I found Northanger Abbey to be a much tamer read compared to Pride and Prejudice; however, it was still well written. I have to admit that I found this novel a little slow going at times and it took me a while for Cathrine and the Tilneys to get to Northanger Abbey but once there […]
Emma Woodhouse is a bona fide matchmaker, playing cupid for all her acquaintances while she claims to never marry herself. Famous last words… Emma’s current assignment is her dear friend Harriet Smith and after a proposal that Miss Woodhouse seems far too beneath her puts in all her efforts to find a suitable husband for […]
Dear Jane, 200 hundred years ago today my favorite book was published, Pride and Prejudice. I am finding it hard to accurately express my love of this novel. It is glorious. It is universally acknowledged that Pride and Prejudice still stands as a beloved novel 200 hundred years later. Despite the vast changes in the […]
Jane Austen (would have) turned 237 years old today. Her stories are just as brillant as they were during her lifetime, as was she. That sentence sums it up in a nutshell. I just couldn’t let the day go by without giving her a shout-out! Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to […]
Today I have a guest post by Samantha from The Little Munchkin Reader sharing how she discovered Jane Austen and how it impacted her. The works of Miss Jane Austen have entered into readers lives in different ways. For some it was from watching a short movie clip and for others it was reading […]
Even in Jane Austen’s time there were book reviews. Here are a few thoughts her peers had on her works. Sense and Sensibility Published: 1811 Sense and Sensibility was criticized the status of women down to the price of tea. In the end people were torn down the middle either by her portrayal of realism […]
While searching on the internet to learn more on Jane Austen I found a grouping of letters written to her sister Cassandra. I thought this would be an interesting way to get a closer look into her everyday life. Steventon: Saturday (January 9, 1796). In the first place I hope you will live twenty-three years […]
My introduction to Jane Austen was through Pride and Prejudice (of course) via a friend’s recommendation. I was 14 at the time and in 8th grade. I am ashamed to admit that I didn’t get what all the fuss was about. The language was a bit above my head at the time and it was […]