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• Talking Jane Austen with … the Cast of Austentatious: an Improvised Novel

  

  Undoubtedly one of the most talked about shows on the improvised comedy circuit, Austentatious: An Improvised Novel is an hour long comedy play spun in the... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My Jane Austen Book Club New Graphics

  

  Isn't she lovely? The pretty Jane in my header? I'm so proud of my new avatar and of my new header! Of course, she's Jane Austen just as I imagine her, between... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2012 BOOKS

• Three Common Books Assigned Freshman Year to Get Excited About - Guest Blogger...

  

  If you are just starting your first year in college, or if you are preparing for this experience next year, trust me, you have much to look forward to. Not... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2012 BOOKS

• Talking Jane Austen with ... Sarah Seltzer, Writer and Journalist

  

  After reading this article of hers, Jane Austen Does Not Adhere To Your Ideology, I contacted Sarah Seltzer, writer. I had to “Talk Jane Austen with ...” her!... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Reading Daniel Deronda, George Eliot's Most Controversial Work

  

  Hugh Dancy as Daniel Deronda - BBC 2002 I decided my more- than- 500-pages tome for this summer would be Daniel Deronda and I successfully got through its 675... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2012 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Women, Popular Culture, and the Eighteenth Century - Book Review

  

  The book (description of the book from Amazon.com) In contemporary pop culture, the pursuits regarded as the most frivolous are typically understood to be more... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My Two Favourite Girls, Emma and Cher by Guest Blogger Melissa Miller

  

  Romola Garai as Emma (BBC 2009) Unknowingly, I was familiar with Jane Austen before I had ever picked up one of her novels. As a child of the 90s, I was... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Searching for Captain Wentworth by Jane Odiwe - Book Review

  

  Synopsis: When aspiring writer, Sophie Elliot, receives the keys to the family townhouse in Bath, it’s an invitation she can’t turn down, especially when she... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Cornwall - the Beautiful Land of King Arthur, Poldark and Doc Martin

  

  Land's End My latest trip to the UK was a one-week tour in the South - West of the country with friends. We went from Somerset to Dorset (see my travelog... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2012 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Jane Austen and Children - Book Review

  

  (2010 - hardcover - 256 pp.) (guest blogger Nancy Parker) David Selwyn, the chairman of the Jane Austen Society and a leading authority in his field (editor of... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Richard Iii - Some Touch of Pity and the Search for His Resting Place

  

  1. Rhoda Edwards, Some Touch of Pity. Book Review “No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. But I know none, and therefore am no beast. Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2012 BOOKS

• Guest Post - Barbara Tiller Cole: Party Like It’s Austen Regency Time At the...

  

  http://www.darcyholicdiversions.com/p/jane-austen-then-and-now-events-at.html Barbara Tiller Cole, Austen-inpired author and Lady Host at Darcyholic... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Lovely Janeites: Lauren Bailey - Re-Approaching the Jane Austen You Knew in...

  

  For high school students, one of the most groan-worthy aspects of summer vacation is typically the summer reading list. Even as an avid reader and book lover,... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2012 BOOKS

• Autumn at the Movies Will Be by the Book

  

  Do you have the slightest idea how much I love screen adaptations of the classics? Maybe, if you've been reading FLY HIGH! for a while. Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2012 BOOKS, MOVIES

• Heartbreak Chronicles: Why Autobiographical Dating Memoirs Are So Popular

  

  (by guest blogger Katheryn Rivas) At the end of almost every Disney fairytale, we see an innocent, kind-hearted princess marrying a wealthy, handsome prince. Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2012 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Michelle Moran, the Second Empress - Book Review

  

  Michelle Moran's fifth book has just been released (14th August) and I'm glad I had the chance to read it in advance receiving my review copy from NetGalley. Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2012 BOOKS

• Looking for Mr Darcy

  

  (by guest blogger Kelsey Clark) If you are a girl, as I assume most of you reading this are, then you know what I am talking about when I say we are looking... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Reading the Hobbit in Search for Thorin - Part Ii

  

  Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit upcoming movie This is my second post in the series “Reading the Hobbit in search for Thorin”. Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2012 BOOKS, MOVIES

• The European Renaissance Entusing Americans

  

  (guestpost by Mark) The European Renaissance is still remembered by the people of the continent as it opened the door for creative expressions. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2012 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Classic English Literature Deserving a Tv Adaptation

  

  (guest post by Lauren Bailey) The English literary canon is filled with rich material just waiting to be brought to the big screen. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2012 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES