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Uncool (Free subscription) | yesterday
via Seeking Solace . Books I've read are in bold , books I started but never quite finished are in italics . 1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien 3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte 4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling 5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 6 The Bible (read all of New Testament and a few books of the OT) 7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte 8 Nineteen Eighty...
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Anything Caron can do..... (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Ok, I'll go along with it too. Those I've read are in red and those I intend to read are in blue. I've read a number of Shakespeare's plays and certain parts of the bible (won't be reading any in the future though) so they won't be in any colour. 1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien 3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte 4 The Harry Potter Series - JK Rowling 5 To Kill...
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Jane Austen's World (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Is Jane Austen’s character Mr. Darcy the most alluring and lusted after male romantic archetype in literary history? Maybe. There is certainly plenty of evidence to support it. We see his name bantered about in all sorts of references and used as an example of the ultimate male romantic hero. There are not many Janeites out there who would not understand the pop reference to ‘ wet shirt Darcy '. Just...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Television audiences are suckers for anything with Jane Austen in the title. When in doubt, our clever TV schedulers simply up the "bonnet" factor. Because Jane is nothing if not adaptable. We've had a lesbian gothic Mansfield Park (the Patricia Rozema film with Frances O'Connor), a Beverly Hills 90210-style version of Emma (Amy Heckerling's Clueless) and a wonderfully kitsch Bollywood extravaganza...
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Trashionista (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Reviewed by Jill Hart Touted as "A gentle joke, Jane Austen style," The Darcy's Give A Ball is a short, light-hearted novel centered around the lives of Austen's most loved characters. Jane and Elizabeth are experiencing a small portion of...
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Ethics Newsline (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
In recent weeks, the U.S. presidential candidates have been traveling overseas to bolster their foreign-policy credentials. Like presidents before them, their task will be, in the words of that shopworn adage, to think globally but act locally. But what does "think globally" mean?
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Jane Austen's World (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
The Jane Austen Centre’s July 2008 issue of their newsletter arrived in my mail box this morning, and it has some very interesting links and articles to read at their website and online. Here are a few of the highlights. Check it out! The Jane Austen Centre Gift Shop has been renovated ! Easier, faster and fun. Who could ask for more Jane stuff all in one place? The Regency Debutante : An online article...
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Bakersfield.com Latest news (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Genteel as they are, carrying noble horsemen in togs left these days to Jane Austen films or the Louvre, the Lipizzaner stallions were the smart bombs of the 16th century.
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Bakersfield.com Go & Do (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Genteel as they are, carrying noble horsemen in togs left these days to Jane Austen films or the Louvre, the Lipizzaner stallions were the smart bombs of the 16th century.
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Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
There was a time in Colin Firth's youth when he regarded the music of ABBA with the same disdain he saved for, say, a Jane Austen novel.
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dovegreyreader scribbles (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
I fear Diana Birchall will be looking to have my guts for garters because I think I may have inadvertently hastened Jane Austen's demise, indeed ensured that she was the first to be jettisoned over the side of a hot...
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Jane Austen's World (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Want to know how much items of clothing cost in Jane's day, or more about fashion terminology? Click on this teacher link and find out! Pemberley Pleasures published a post featuring the Jane Austen fabrics discussed on a Pemberley Board. Click on the link to view the samples year by year. If you think your little girl will look adorable dressed like a Regency miss, check out the next site. Ruby Lane...
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Celebrity Gossip Oops (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
They’ve been the talk of Ischia all week, and yesterday Claire Danes and her boyfriend Hugh Dancy were once again spotted soaking in the sun. The “Romeo & Juliet” babe and her “Jane Austen Book Club” beau were seen on the Bay of Naples Italian island in their bathing suits attracting all kinds of paparazzi (and tourist) attention.
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A Lady's Diversions (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
On this date, 18 July, 1817, the great Jane Austen died. She was only 41 years old. Celebrate her life by reading one of her brilliant novels! Pride and Prejudice Persuasion Sense and Sensibility Emma Northanger Abbey Mansfield Park More links about Jane's life, work, and the times: The Jane Austen Centre in Bath Jane Austen Society of North America Austen.com Jane Austen E-Texts Bibliomania: Austen...
