Andrew Lang’s ‘Letter to [a dead] Jane Austen’

Andrew Lang’s Letters to Dead Authors  [NY:  Scribner's, 1889, c1886] is one of my favorite little books [because I like and collect little books, love Andrew Lang, as in Fairy Book fame, and love the title - my book is a very dark green with gilt lettering, has a Greek myth book-plate and a few notes [...]

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Georgette Heyer at ‘Austenprose’!

Laurel Ann at Austenprose announces her latest month-long immersion ~ this time it’s all about Georgette Heyer!  The celebration starts August 1st, to include an interview with Deb Werksman of Sourcebooks Casablanca, thirty-four book reviews penned by various guest bloggers [including yours truly], fabulous giveaways, and invigorating chat on the Queen of Regency Romance.  If [...]

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Monday Morning Chuckles: Jane Austen ~ The Prince Regent

Visit the Two Nerdy History Girls for a video of the Prince Regent [George IV], courtesy of Horrible Histories [and while there subscribe to their blog - for an almost daily historical treasure fix.] And this, only because it is on EVERY Austen-related site out there ~ “Jane Austen’s Fight Club” –  [and thanks to Janeite Bonnie [...]

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Web Round-up ~ All Things Austen [and then some...]

Updated! – I completely missed the following: The 2010 Jane Austen Tour at Feelin’ Feminine – the competition began July 19 and runs through August 3rd, so give your creative side full-throttle and see what you can come up with… click here for entry categories [fashion, crafts, visuals, character studies, etc...] **************** I didn’t do a [...]

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Jane Austen, Humphry Repton & The Pierpont Morgan

A post to merely to remind you that the exhibition at the Pierpont Morgan Library & Museum on Romantic Gardens: Nature, Art, and Landscape Design will be there only until August 29, 2010: Scenic vistas, winding paths, bucolic meadows, and rustic retreats suitable for solitary contemplation are just a few of the alluring naturalistic features [...]

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Jane Austen ~ July 18, 1817

[I append here the post I wrote last year on this day - with a few updates as needed] July 18, 1817.  Just a short commemoration on this sad day… No one said it better than her sister Cassandra who wrote I have lost a treasure, such a Sister, such a friend as never can have [...]

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Jane Austen on St. Swithin’s Day

I refer you to my post from July 15th, 2009,  Austen on St. Swithin’s Day - three days before Austen died, she penned her humorous poem “Venta”  – read all about the writing and publishing of the poem, St. Swithin, and the Winchester Races…       [And like last year, our June here in Vermont has [...]

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Holy Austen, Batman! ~ Marvel’s ‘Sense & Sensibility’

Marvel Comics has done it again – this time with Sense & Sensibility! Here are the covers for the five issues: go the Marvel Comics website for more information and release dates [May 26 - Sept. 22, 2010]           And here’s one other S&S in the shops:    Anthropologie offers this edition of [...]

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Book Review ~ ‘Eugenia’ by Clare Darcy

Eugenia by Clare Darcy Walker and Company 1977, Signet 1978 [and other various reprints]  She had never thought a great deal about being in love before, not being romantically inclined and having read very few of the novels over which other young ladies at Miss Bascom’s had shed luxurious tears; but obviously, she thought, it [...]

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Web Round-up ~ All Things Austen!

I marvel each day the number of Austen-related blog posts, newspaper articles, and just plain references to “Jane Austen”  that show up, sometimes in the unlikeliest of places.  It’s like the old story if you buy a yellow VW, you will suddenly see a ton of yellow VWs running all over the place.  My mother named me [...]

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