Jane Austen Book Blog
Devoted to the reading, reviewing, and celebrating of all things Austenesque!
Uncovering the Suppositious Secrets of Jane Austen’s Life! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: Review Copy from Publisher Jane Austen must have had some secrets. With information about her life being “famously scarce”1and a large majority of her correspondence […]
A Glorious Return to Purley Hall! Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Source: Review Copy from Author After transporting readers to: a picturesque Georgian manor house in the historic and “homey” county of Hampshire to attend a Jane Austen conference […]
Was Jane Austen’s PersuasionInspired by Real-Life Events? Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: Review Copy from Author What if Jane Austen’s Persuasion was more autobiographical than fiction? What if Miss Austen’s poignant and powerful novel of lost love and second […]
Could a Love Advice Columnist Help a Modern-Day Darcy? Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Source: Review Copy from Author TYPE OF AUSTENESQUE NOVEL: Austen-Inspired, Jane Austen Chick-Lit MAJOR CHARACTERS: Olivia Darcy (a descendant of Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam), Christopher […]
