Monthly Archives: October 2011

Lady Susan, The Watsons and Sanditon is a collection of stories never submitted for publication in Jane Austen’s lifetime. They are little known except by the most hardcore Austen fanatics.  For a description of each piece, please visit XMediaOnline at http://xmedia.ex.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=150%3Athe-forgotten-treasures-of-jane-austen&catid=3%3Abooks&Itemid=11

Like deft, elegant, Golden Age-ish detective fiction? Like Pride and Prejudice? On November 3, Faber is publishing Death Comes to Pemberley: a crime novel set in Jane Austen’s universe by none other than PD James. “The year,” runs the press … Continue reading →

Want to eat English author Jane Austen’s favorite almond cake on what would have been her 236th birthday while discussing her most popular novel, “Pride and Prejudice?” You can do just that as part of “A Year With Jane Austen,” … Continue reading →

It is a truth universally acknowledged that, despite their advancing years, Jane Austen’s novels continue to dominate our literary consciousness. Sense and Sensibility may be celebrating its bicentennial this year, with Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma enjoying similar … Continue reading →

Sylvia created this one and posted it on Facebook. I am need of my daily Matthew fix.

Why is it that a perfectly mediocre day became an EXCELLENT day when Doris sent me a new picture of Matthew? I am so looking forward to release of The Three Musketeers on October 22.

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