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• Do We Read Jane Austen for the Right Reasons?

  

  I found this video interview with Fran Lebowitz discussing Jane Austen's fame on You Tube by chance and it made me think over and over about something I have... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Quick, Light, Romantic Summer Reads: in a Class of His Own and Unmapped Country...

  

  In A Class of His Own by Georgia Hill I am used to seeing gorgeous male teachers, well they are often gorgeous on TV, especially in American series! Only ... I... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Fifty Shades of Shame - i Wanted to Know What All the Fuss Was About.

  

  Jane Austen? Jane Eyre? Please, leave them be! What has this 50 Shame … ehm … Shades trilogy by E.L. James got to do with that greatness and depth? It is a... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Visiting Bath & Lyme Regis

  

  Bath - The Crescent Bath - One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it On my tour of England from north to south last year (HERE) I couldn’t... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Bath & Lyme Regis - One Does Not Love a Place the Less for Having Suffered in...

  Bath - One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it On my tour of England from north to south last year (HERE) I couldn’t complete my Jane Auste... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Virtual Celebration with Friends - Join Lucinda Brant, Prue Batten and Me and...

  

  A friend’s success is always a great occasion to celebrate but when there are two friends there is double partying with masses of enthusiasm to share and... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 3 Scripted Television Shows Every College History Buff Should Be Indulging in...

  

  by guest blogger Samantha Gray While history books will tell you the accurate version of what happened in the past, sometimes it's more fun to "indulge" in a... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Is That You Mr. Darcy? Darcy Figures in Modern Pop Culture by Guest Blogger Susa...

  

  Long after the publication of Jane Austen's beloved "Pride Prejudice," the world has been on a never-ending quest to recreate the gentlemanly Darcy figure in... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Author Guest Post - P.o. Dixon , Can You Die of a Broken Heart?

  

  “Well, my comfort is, I am sure Jane will die of a broken heart, and then he will be sorry for what he has done.” Mrs. Bennet opines to Elizabeth in Pride and... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Reading Jane Eyre on a Kindle: Reasons to Like Ebooks

  

  by guest blogger Angelita Williams A scene from Jane Eyre 2011 Die-hard fans of hardcopy books will tell you they can't fathom a world in which ebooks rule the... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Richard Iii Urgent Archaelogy Appeal

  

  What follows is an appeal in aid of the archaeological search for the lost grave of King Richard III from Philippa Langley. Philippa is a screenwriter and... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2012 CULTURE

• Reading "The Hobbit" In Search Of Thorin

  

  It's time to wrap up for cast and crew lead by Peter Jackson in New Zealand, for a few of them to present The Hobbit first movie at San Diego Comic-con 2012 ,... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• What Jane Austen's Novels Can Teach Us About Dating

  

  Just a snippet to lead you to the latest post on My Jane Austen Book Club, my Austen-dedicated blog. Angelita Williams has written a lovely post about how... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2012 BOOKS

• What Jane Austen's Novels Can Teach Us About Dating

  

  As one of the most famous female novelists of all time, Jane Austen is ardently admired and adored by women, both young and old, throughout the world. Her... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, DATING, LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS

• Pride and Pyramids by Amanda Grange and Jacqueline Webb

  

  Fast paced and with the exotic charm of Egypt added to the appeal of the Regency world, Pride and Pyramids is a delightful surprise. Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• First Love, True Love & Faithfulness

  

  Can you be happy with your marriage and still be attracted to someone else? This is the theme by chance dealt with both by a film and by a TV movie I've happene... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, LOVE & SEX, MOVIES, RELATIONSHIPS, TV & VIDEO

• Compulsively Mr. Darcy by Nina Benneton - Book Review

  

  It is always the same old story between them. At first glance things never work properly between Darcy and Elizabeth. They never hit it off in fact, neither whe... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Author Guest Post - Paul Emanuelli, Avon Street a Tale of Murder in Victorian...

  

  The Victorian Era was in many ways like our own. It was the first age of consumerism, and the Industrial Revolution was the forerunner of the current... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Lovely Janeites - Eli Murton, on Becoming Jane

  

  Eli Murton worked at both the Leicester Haymarket and Pheonix Theatre before training at GSA. After graduating she toured with Quantum Theatre and played Mrs... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Revisiting the Great Gatsby - by Guest Blogger Kelsey

  

  The Great Gatsby is a great American classic that everyone should read at least twice. Here is your chance to brush up on the novel before the new movie comes... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES