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1. Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' is 200 Years Old: 10 Facts About the Novel 2. Jane Austen's Home and Writing Life 3. Jane Austen: The Legacy of a Literary Genius 4. Jane Austen's Charms and Challenges: A Closer Look at Her Classic Novels 5. The Art of Jane Austen: A Look at Her Literary Contributions 6. Jane Austen's Timeless Stories and Characters 7. Jane Austen: How Her Novels Still Capture Our Hearts 8. Jane Austen's Influence on Modern Literature 9. Jane Austen: A Closer Look at Her Life and Work 10. Jane Austen and the Power of Social Critique
Excuse Me, Jane Austen, and Rediscovering “The Bertrams” – Thornfield Hall
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a woman in possession of a computer, needs to spend less screen time.” Excuse me, Jane Austen. I NEED TO BREAK UP WITH THE INTERNET. And so I curled up in a cozy chair with a neglected Trollope novel, The Bertrams. I’m not sure anyone reads The Bertrams…
An Elegy for the Duke: Are Reports of the Demise of Historical Romance Exaggerated? | BookTrib.
Who killed the duke? Long the most popular hottie in the ballrooms of English historical romance, there’s a rumor running through Romancelandia that his demise is imminent. For decades, historical romance has been the backbone of the romance genre. Whether you mark historical romance as beginning with the social comedies of Jane Austen (ironically a
Older Men and Younger Women: Pamela Hansford Johnson’s “An Impossible Marriage,” “Jane Eyre,” & Jane Austen – Thornfield Hall
“If he’s going to make you miserable over trifles, your marriage will be quite impossible.” - Pamelas Hansford Johnson’s An Impossible Marriage An old friend used to say, "Some marriages are made in hell." Pamela Hansford Johnson knew it. Her heroines know it, too. And with a title like An Impossible Marriage, the reader knows…
Natalie Jenner’s Latest is a Lush, Romantic Journey Through History, Secrets and Sisterhood | BookTrib.
Natalie Jenner’s latest book Austen At Sea is historical fiction at its richest. Set in 1865, two Boston-born Jane Austen devotees connect with Jane’s only surviving brother, in a setting that alternates between Boston, Massachusetts and Chawton, England where Jane wrote her books. The sisters and others become embroiled in an Austen family battle related
The State of My Weekend Reading: Maria Edgeworth’s “Belinda” & Rebecca Romney’s “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf” – Thornfield Hall
I have never been in a reading slump. Other bloggers have complained of it. I am, however, existing in a weird alternate world where I am reading several excellent books not entirely to my taste. And yet they all sound like my kind of book. I expected great things from Rebecca Romney’s Jane Austen’s Bookshelf: A…
The Way We Live Now – Thornfield Hall
Last week we reorganized our books. We have over 1,000 books, distributed in bookcases throughout the house. Most of them are in alphabetical order, but we now have a Jane Austen section, a Bronte section, a Conrad section, and a Dickens section. Most of these books have introductions, but not all have footnotes. (That’s why…
The Reader’s Companion to the World of Jane Austen: (Illustrated) | LITERARY TITAN
https://youtu.be/PEtpE6inm3M “This quick read is packed full of history and knowledge surrounding Austen from the first to the last page…any Austen fan will undoubtedly be enthralled by this educational, illustrated reader's companion.“--The US Review of Books“This essential book is a well-rounded biography of one of the greatest English novelists of all time... Factual and articulate,…