Beyond Pride and Prejudice

It is a truth universally acknowledged that an abundance of Austenesque novels is based on Pride and Prejudice. Bloggers ask authors to write variations on Jane Austen’s other books, but few of us take the plunge. I recently found a … Read More

The 9 Best Jane Austen Quotes About Love

It’s not even February yet but when I walked the aisles of my local market today, there was already an entire area devoted to all things Valentine’s Day. Instead of yelling “too soon!” and throwing a sea of conversation hearts on the … Read More

Modernizing Austen Characters

(Crossposted from Stories from the Past) I previously wrote about how many of the themes Jane Austen explored in her novels are universal, even 200 years later. Similarly, Austen wrote characters who are still familiar to us today. They may … Read More

Adapting Austen

Almost as delightful as pouring over one of Austen’s books is watching it come to life in a television or film adaptation. Finally, the characters exist somewhere other than your head/dreams/imagination! (Hopefully that’s not that just me…) But, in my … Read More

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