Friday Link Up

Here are some articles that caught our attention this week: 12 Romantic Gifts for Jane Austen Fans - BookRiot How Autumn de Wilde Made "Emma" So Edible - The New Yorker 5 smells that made Georgian England - HistoryExtra The new Emma adaptation gets Jane Austen's balance of satire and romance just right - Vox … Continue reading Friday Link Up →

Friday Link Up

Here are some articles that caught our attention this week: Opulence and Frugality Inform the Look of the Latest Take on Jane Austen's 'Emma' - Variety Bill Nighy: "It was Autumn de Wilde no Jane Austen who drew me to Emma' - Independent Blond ambition: the rise and rise of Johnny Flynn, a man for … Continue reading Friday Link Up →

Friday Link Up

Here are the news stories that caught our attention this week: Sense and Readability - Public Radio Tulsa Book clinic: what can I read after work instead of watching TV? - The Guardian 13 Fun and Adorable Literary Gifts for Galentine's Day - BookRiot Top 10 romantic novels of all time, according to Goodreads - … Continue reading Friday Link Up →

Monday Book Quote

Using a random word generator I will get a word and find it in one of Jane's novels. I will share that quote here.

Program Reminder

Juliette Wells’ and Publishing Northanger Abbey: A History in Documents Program date/time: Sunday, February 16 at 2:30 pm Location: Princeton Public Library Parking information: Library parking is available in the Spring Street Garage located adjacent to the library. Drivers may enter the lot from Spring Street or through the library access driveway (Sylvia Beach Way) off … Continue reading Program Reminder →

Friday Link Up

Here are some things that caught our attention this week: The Best Historical Romance Novels to Read if you Like Outlander - The Oprah Magazine Jane Austen First Editions Lead Fine Books & Manuscripts at Swann - Fine Books & Collections The 5 Best TV Shows of 2020 (So Far) - Vogue Secrets and Slavery … Continue reading Friday Link Up →

Friday Link Up

Here are the news stories that caught out eye this week.

Happy Birthday Pride & Prejudice

Working title: First Impressions Set in: Hertfordshire and Derbyshire, c. 1812 Publisher: T. Egerton, Whitehall Publication date: 28 January 1813 Media type Print: (hardback, 3 volumes) Looking at our past Meet the Janeites post, a lot of us discovered Austen's works because we read her as a school assignment, and … Continue reading Happy Birthday Pride & Prejudice →

Friday Link Up

Here are the news articles that caught our attention this week.

Jane Sighting – The Uncommon Reader

The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett "The librarian at Windsor had been one of the many who had urged on Her Majesty the charms of Jane Austen, but being told on all sides how much ma'am would like her books put ma'am off altogether. Besides, she had handicaps as a reader of Jane Austen that … Continue reading Jane Sighting – The Uncommon Reader →