Tidbits of the week… All Things Austen

The Central New Jersey JASNA Chapter posts about the Christmas celebration: “A Jane Austen Christmas: Vignettes of Customs and Traditions,” which will include “holiday recreations as inspired by the writings of Jane Austen.” On December 10 at 7 p.m., Margaret C. Sullivan [author of AustenBlog] will speak about Christmas traditions in Jane Austen’s time and [...]

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Happy Birthday, Jane!

Reserve your spot today! Our fabulous Annual Jane Austen Birthday Tea is coming up on Sunday, December 7th. If you have not yet sent in your reservation, please call (802) 864-0517. Even if you plan to pay at the door, we request that you reserve beforehand. While Jane won’t be there, we have The Burlington [...]

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Book Review ~ “Faro’s Daughter” by Georgette Heyer

 I’ve said it before – I am not an Austen sequel’s reader or a romance reader.  I wrote about the Chicago AGM and my delight in the evening on Romance and have since been a regular reader of the “Teach me Tonight” blog.  As soon as I returned from Chicago,  a quick run to the [...]

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A few tidbits…

Lady Helga at the Jane Austen Podnovel has announced that each week shall be dedicated to one of Austen’s ”golden couples” with new videos posted everyday.  She starts with Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy… And speaking of Mr. Darcy, the blog on Colin Firth has returned … see Colin Firth – An Appreciation Redux. And Laurel Ann at [...]

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Quote of the Day

 ”Let us read and let us dance … two amusements that will never do any harm to the world.”   (on Garrison Keiller’s Writer’s Almanac  this morning….)    Jane Austen may have lived it, but Voltaire said it! (his birthday was today, in 1694)

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The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen set on sale…

Oxford University Press has the 6-volume set of the Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen [3rd edition, edited by R.W. Chapman] on sale from $175. to $43.75.  Click here for ordering information…

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In My Mailbox Today

A treat today in my mailbox ~ the November-December 2008 issue of Jane Austen’s Regency World, the cover graced with the latest Darcy incarnation, Colin Donnell, from the new Pride & Prejudice, the Musical. A quick summary of the table of contents: Austen Bank Goes Bust:  the story of Henry Austen’s bank failure, a regency economic crisis P&P-the [...]

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Jane Austen Society Conference~London

In case any of you are to be in London next week, there are spaces still available at the Jane Austen Society Conference on “The Cult and Commerce of Jane Austen”, November 22, at the University of London.  Click here for information.

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ESSENTIAL AUSTEN: Jane Austen Fashion (a review)

In two words, JANE AUSTEN FASHION is . . . a treasure! Concise and informative, its focus on Jane Austen – in comments from her letters as well as her novels – makes this little volume essential to every Austen collector. Newly republished by Moonrise Press (Ludlow, England), author Penelope Byrde’s book on fashion is now in [...]

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The Very Pricey Jane….

The Novels and The Letters of Jane Austen, Published in 1923, based on the collation of the early editions by R.W. Chapman. The large paper edition limited to 1000 copies, sold in October on Abebooks for $4,862.   This similar edition pictured is currently for sale on Abebooks by Peter Harrington Antiquarian Bookseller, London for $10,382.22. Book Description: Oxford, The [...]

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