Jane Austen fans around the world are rejoicing to hear that she will grace the new £10 banknote, to be released in 2017. (And if they’re like me, they just might see the event as an excuse to plan a trip to England to get their hands on one.) But the event isn’t without its…
For me, a good book is a luxury, something to be savored, something that in its own right feels like a vacation. This is one of those books, one of the best I’ve read in a long time. I wasn’t going to pick this up. (And I’m late doing so. It’s been out for four…
Just posted this over at AustenQuotes, but wanted to share here, too. For all the Matthew Macfadyen fans out there. To be fair, this is not a saying Jane Austen came up with, but one that was in use already, and one she used jokingly in a letter to her sister about their neighbor, James…
Okay, people, it’s gone too far. Apparently, this is a counting book. As in, “2 rich gentlemen, 3 houses, 4 marriage proposals.” The same company also does Jane Eyre and Romeo & Juliet for toddlers. (How does Romeo & Juliet end? “2 suicides”? Ack! Not for toddlers!) Am I crazy? Because the book seems to…
Did you know? Jane Austen was self-published. Yes! Can you imagine? Jane Austen — one of our Best Writers Ever — could not get a publisher to take a chance on her. And not just for her first book. Three of the four books published during her lifetime were self-published. (I must thank Juliette Wells…