Browsing around an antique shop last week, I spotted a boxed set of six Pimpernel coasters, each coaster’s image an engraving of a British Heritage site in Kent, and all bordered by red and gold bands. Not sure how old these are – the box is plain white with an image on the front, but [...]
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Jane Austen in Kent ~ Or, How a Set of Pimpernel Coasters Set Me on a Journey…
Posted in Great Britain - History, Jane Austen, Regency England, tagged Canterbury Cathedral, Dover Castle, Folkstone, Jane Austen, Kent, Pimpernel Coasters, Rochester Castle, Sevenoaks, Walmer Castle on February 27, 2012 | 19 Comments »
A Jane Austen Siting ~ Pride & Prejudice in 16 words or less…
Posted in Jane Austen, Jane Austen Popular Culture, literature, Movies, Query, tagged Jane Austen, pride and prejudice, Pride and Prejudice 2005 Movie on February 21, 2012 | 11 Comments »
Scrolling through the “guide” on my television the other day, in dire need of pure entertainment, I came upon the 2005 Pride and Prejudice, though barely recognizable by its description – it read: A convoluted courtship begins between a young woman and the handsome friend of a wealthy bachelor. And thus a major classic of [...]
Our Very Own Matthew Crawley ~ Right Here in Vermont!
Posted in Jane Austen, News, tagged Andrew Johnson, Burlington Free Press, Calke Abbey, Downton Abbey, Jane Austen on February 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Well, I suppose most of the readers of this blog are also obsessed with Downton Abbey, despite it being a century removed from our own favorite Austen-related time period (Austen reference #1 and counting)– who can resist The Fashion? The Passion? The Soap-Opera! The House! The Intrigue! – and tonight for us on this side of [...]
On My Austen Bookshelf ~ The Perfect Visit
Posted in Books, Jane Austen, Jane Austen Popular Culture, literature, Rare Books, Your Austen Library, tagged Books, Jane Austen, Shakespeare, Stuart Bennett, The Perfect Visit, Time-travel literature on February 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This book I shall get straightaway – available in paperback or for your kindle - and as this one looks like a keeper – books! bibliophiles! manuscripts! Shakespeare! Austen! – kindle will just not cut it… Quoting full text from the Fine Books & Collections blog, by Rebecca Rego Barry: If you enjoy novels with bookish characters and antiquarian [...]
Charles Dickens at 200 ! ~ February 7, 2012
Posted in Books, literature, London, Museum Exhibitions, News, tagged Books, Charles Dickens, London, Reading on February 7, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Well, just in time! – Wishing Mr. Dickens a very Happy Birthday! – as his 200th is celebrated all the world over… Here are several of the events going on, already posted in my Penny Post Weekly Review, and a few more besides: First you must begin with the Dickens 2012 website. And then these [...]
New Book Alert! ~ Jane Austen in Love: An Entertainment by Elsa Solender
Posted in Books, Jane Austen, Jane Austen Popular Culture, Your Austen Library, tagged Elsa Solender, Jane Austen, Jane Austen in Love: An Entertainment on February 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Jane Austen in Love: An Entertainment, by Elsa A. Solender. An E-book exclusively for the Amazon Kindle – $8.99 Fall in love with the gentleman at Sidmouth who won Jane Austen’s heart, as Elsa Solender fills in the blanks of Jane Austen’s romantic “career.” In this continuation of her prize winning short story, Austen enthusiasts [...]
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