Blogiversary Giveaway!!!!

September 1, 2010 • Giveaways • 42 Comments

Gentle Readers, my little blog, Austenesque Reviews is approaching its One Year Blogiversary!!!!

Can you believe it?  It doesn’t seem to long ago I was trying to work my way around Blogger and post my first review!

In honor of Austenesqe Reviews’ Blogiversary, which is officially on September 20th, I’m hosting a little giveaway for all my lovely readers.  The prize: Jane Austen: An Illustrated Treasury by Rebecca Dickson

from Barnes and Noble:

Jane Austen: An Illustrated Treasury takes you inside the author’s world—the hardships she faced, the loves she lost, and the keen sense of irony that kept her going. Fully illustrated with Regency-era artwork, the book also explains key aspects of life in Austen’s time.

This treasury also contains removable reproductions of many important documents, including a handwritten letter from Jane to her sister Cassandra, pages from the rough draft of Persuasion, and a quirky “History of England” written by Jane as a schoolgirl and illustrated by her sister. These special features, combined with the insightful narrative and evocative images, make Jane Austen: An Illustrated Treasury an intimate and unique experience for anyone who appreciates the timeless significance of her work.

I don’t have a proper review written for Jane Austen: An Illustrated Treasury, but here are some of my thoughts upon reading it…

  • This book is a collection of art work, copied manuscripts and letters by Jane Austen, and the author’s commentaries on her works and life. It is a fantastic find, the copied manuscripts and letters come in these little envelopes that are removable and look so authentic! The book is about 150 pages long and it is loaded with information and fantastic illustrations.  The illustrations include pictures of Jane Austen, pictures of her homes, early illustrations from her novels, and famous pictures that were made around her lifetime that illustrate scenes of life during Regency England.
This book is a true treasure and one I am very happy to share with TWO lucky readers!  That’s right, I have not one, but TWO BRAND NEW copies of this beautiful hardcover volume!

You can enter this international giveaway by leaving a comment on this post WITH your email address.

*To have your name entered twice, become a follower of my blog (if you are already a follower, please let me know)

**To have your name entered three times, post, sidebar, facebook, or tweet about this giveaway (please provide a link to let me know if you did this).

This giveaway will end September 19th. Thank you for entering and best of luck!!!

Come back September 20th to celebrate Austenesque Reviews’ One Year Blogiversary and find out who the two lucky winners are!!!

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Disclaimer: The Amazon links used in this post are affiliate links. 

42 comments

  5. Congratulations, Meredith, on a great first year. I remember your first couple of posts!

    Don’t put me down for the giveaway, as I already have a copy of this wonderful book–great selection to commemorate your blogiversary.

    Here’s to you and many years of blogging about Austen and all the books and stories she’s inspired.

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  14. Happy Blogiversary! Congratulations and thank you for all your hard work on this wonderful blog!

    I am a follower of your blog by email. I follow also on facebook and twitter. Retweeted on twitter.

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  16. What a beautiful giveaway. Please count me in and thank you ever so much for making it possible for overseas readers to enter. Much appreciated.

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  20. I’d been browsing around for some blogs on austen and heyer when I came across this. And wow!…I’d love to take part in this!

    +1 breadcrumbreads[at]yahoo[dot]com
    +1 am following you now

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  25. Congrats for this wonderful occasion. I love reading your book reviews, interviews and your comprehensive Austenesque list. Looking forward to reading more posts from you.

    I’m a follower of your blog, I posted at my blog at http://forloveofausten.blogspot.com/2010/09/austenesque-giveaway-for-31-august-5.html and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/sylvia.chan.mun.jing

    Thanks for making this international. Good luck to all.

    Sylvia
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  26. Congrats! With all the work you’ve done, books you’ve read, research, etc. it’s hard to believe it’s only been a year of this blog. Your site is amazing. I love the reviews. I haven’t read the above mentioned book. I’d love to. One of those you are way ahead of me on. Keep up the good work…we enjoy it so much! I hit the follow posts button so I think that means I follow your blog…but maybe not.? smiles. schafsue@msn.com

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  28. Happy Blogiversary! I’ve been a follower for a while. Thanks for reviews, I read “Dracula, My Love” after reading your review. It’s not something I would normally read, but it was good.

    Nice giveaway!

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  42. ooohhh it’s tomorrow. Didn’t somebody famous say “pick me, pick me”. Smiles.
    schafsue at msn dot com
    I already commented but it’s tomorrow and I just had to say something..

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