“Happy Christmas to All ~ And to All a Good Night!”

[Image: Vintage Postcard] ** I send you to last year’s post on Jane Austen’s Very Own Scrooge! [Dinner at Randalls at Chrismologist.blogspot.com] ******************************** Wishing You All a Very Merry Christmas!! With Love from Deb  at Jane Austen in Vermont ************* Copyright @2011, Jane Austen in Vermont

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“The Many Lovers of Miss Jane Austen”

For those of us on this side of the pond, those who cannot yet see the just broadcast “The Many Lovers of Jane Austen” with Amanda Vickery on BBC Two - here is a short clip from the show about the JASNA AGM in Fort Worth Texas this past October… enjoy, at least until we can [...]

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Winners Announced in the Jane Austen Birthday Soiree!

The random drawing for the 2012 Jane Austen Calendar from the JASNA-Wisconsin group has just been done! – Drum Roll Please…and the Winners are… Felicia, who commented on December 16th and wrote the following: I would thank Miss Austen for bringing some wonderful people in my life. Because of her books I have met some great [...]

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Day 4: All I want for Christmas ~ Anything Jane Austen!

Day 4: Thursday 22 December 2011 For Your Enjoyment A plug for the Jane Austen’s Regency World Magazine – if you don’t already subscribe, time to treat yourself by asking for it for Christmas; or a perfect gift for your best Jane Austen fan friend… The next issue, Jan/Feb 2012, Issue 55 will be on sale January [...]

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Jane Austen Birthday Soiree Giveaway Reminder!

Just a reminder ~ tonight at midnight is the deadline for the Birthday Soiree Giveaway : the 2012 Jane Austen Calendar from Wisconsin JASNA – two copies will be sent to two winners of the random drawing – all you need to do is comment on this post here  – worldwide eligibility, winners will be [...]

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Day 3 ~ All I Want for Christmas ~ Anything Jane Austen!

Day 3: Wednesday, 21 December 2011 For Your Wardrobe Well, I bought this for myself a bit ago, thinking no one would ever find this to even know I wanted it – so here is the link to a very cool t-shirt company, Out of Print Clothing.com  - they make clothing and various accessories featuring the world’s [...]

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All I Want for Christmas ~ Anything Jane Austen! ~ Day II: For Your Bookshelf

All I Want for Christmas, Day II For Your Bookshelf English Country House Interiors, by Jeremy Musson.  Foreword by Sir Roy Strong; Photography by Paul Barker. New York: Rizzoli, 2011. ISBN: 978-0-8478-3569-0 $60. [though Amazon has it for $38., much as I hate to say that…] This book I should very much like to add [...]

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All I Want for Christmas ~ Anything Jane Austen !

Don’t forget to comment on the Jane Austen Birthday Soiree post below to be eligible to win the JASNA-Wisconsin 2012 Jane Austen Calendar! ********************** For the next seven days I will post a daily want of Austen-related items that I think everyone should ask for this Christmas – [some of these things I already have, some [...]

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The Jane Austen Birthday Soiree! ~ A Love Letter to Jane Austen ~ and Giveaway!

Please note: JASNA’s gift to us all today is the publication of volume 32 of Persuasions On-Line! ********************************* Today I welcome JASNA-Vermont member Michelle Singer, whose love of Jane Austen has inspired her to rally several of her literary neighbors to form our new co-ed literary / quizzing book group .  Michelle originally wrote this letter [...]

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Jane Austen News for Today [that could not wait...]

Two things of interest to Jane Austen fans: See this Publishers Weekly blog and their list of their “Top 10 Favorite Book Covers for 2011″ – A Jane Austen Education comes in at number 8: 8. A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter by William [...]

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