Reviews on all things Austen
Posted in Contemporary Authors, mansfield park on May 13th, 2010
On second thoughts I shall just direct you to a marvellous post by Ellen Moody here – I think she has written everything I wanted to write (and more) much better than I could.
Posted in Contemporary Authors, mansfield park on May 12th, 2010
I’ve been reading Lovers Vows. I downloaded it as an e-book from here. Definitely worth a read (and surprisingly easy to read). There are parallel between the plot of Mansfield Park and Lovers Vows. I’ll try to write more on this in another post.
Posted in Contemporary Authors, Dreadful on Nov 30th, 2009
I bought this book based on the review in the Jane Austen Regency World magazine – they were very favourable. Just by looking at the cover I should have known better. Mark Knightley – handsome, clever, rich – is used to women falling at his feet. Except Emma Woodhouse, who’s like part of the family [...]
Posted in Contemporary Authors, Everything Austen Challenge on Nov 23rd, 2009
I was pleasantly surprised by this novel – it’s very readable (unlike some of Fanny Burney’s work). Here’s what’s on the back … Maria Edgeworth’s sparkling satire about the Anglo-Irish family of an absentee landlord is also a landmark novel of morality and social realism. The Absenteecentres around Lord and Lady Clonbrony, a couple more [...]
Posted in Contemporary Authors, Everything Austen Challenge on Nov 16th, 2009
 I’ve had this book in my ‘to be read’ pile for quite some time. I thought the Everything Austen Challenge would be a good opportunity to force me to read it. At the moment I’m about a third of the way through and I have to admit that I like it. Edgeworth has none of [...]
Posted in Contemporary Authors, Everything Austen Challenge on Oct 11th, 2009
I’m giving up on this one. I made it to stage two, but I lack the motivation to continue. I find the concept intriguing and I think it would be quite fun to do as a group. If you’re extremely familiar with Pride and Prejudice then I recommend just reading the bits where you have [...]
Posted in Contemporary Authors, Everything Austen Challenge, mansfield park on Sep 30th, 2009
I’m still here. At the moment I’m working my way through Lost in Austen by Emma Campbell Webster (and I’m up to Stage Three). I’ve also watched Mansfield Park and shall write some comments later.
Posted in Contemporary Authors on Dec 28th, 2008
I’ve has this book in my classics section ‘for this age’, but have never managed to get beyond the first few letters. This time, however, I managed to finish it. Mostly because I need to discuss it at my next Jane Austen meeting. Here’s the blurb from the back Written in secret, the manuscript copied [...]