For Janeites, it’s a source of enduring sadness that Jane Austen completed only six novels in her too-short life. Imagine all the wonderful characters we might have encountered if she had lived another twenty or thirty years! Tantalizingly, two unfinished Austen novels survive—both abandoned by their author at very different moments in her life, and … Continue reading JASNA-NJ meeting, November 15: The Watsons and Sanditon
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First Lind Friday – Sanditon
A GENTLEMAN AND A LADY travelling from Tunbridge towards that part of the Sussex coast which lies between Hastings and Eastbourne, being induced by business to quit the high road and attempt a very rough lane, were overturned in toiling up its long a scent, half rock, half sand. The accident happened just beyond the … Continue reading First Lind Friday – Sanditon
Wordless Wednesday #123
We just read Sanditon, here’s another ending…
As an admirer of Miss Austen you must know that, at the height of her powers, she wrote more than twenty thousand words of a delightful story before ill-health interrupted. Now, another English lady has incorporated every word she penned into a complete novel which she hopes you will enjoy. The Brothers by Jane Austen … Continue reading We just read Sanditon, here’s another ending…
Reginald Hill’s latest Dalziel and Pascoe book
Reginald Hill's latest Dalziel and Pascoe book, The Price of Butcher's Meat (quote from Sanditon), has the following dedication:"To Janeites everywhere and in particular to those who ten years ago in San Francisco made me so very welcome at the Jane Austen Society of North America's AGM, of which the theme was "Sanditon-A New Direction?" … Continue reading Reginald Hill’s latest Dalziel and Pascoe book
Jane Austen Society of North America - New Jersey Region 