Secrets, Schemes, Scandals, and Surprises! Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Review Copy from Author TYPE OF NOVEL: Sense and Sensibility/Mansfield Park Variation THE PREMISE: The Dashwoods are cousins to both the Bertrams and the Rushworths, and not long […]
Source: Mansfield Park
The Annotated Mansfield Park – Jane Austen (Edited by David M. Shapard)
Selfish Natures and Sharp Observations Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Source: Purchased I’ve finally made it…and it feels a long time coming! This is the sixth annotated edition I’ve read of a Jane Austen novel – a Christmas tradition […]
A Marriage of Attachment – Lona Manning
What Happens When Edmund Marries Mary Crawford and Fanny Builds Her Own Life? Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Source: Review Copy from Author TYPE OF AUSTENESQUE NOVEL: Sequel to a Mansfield Park variation, A Contrary Wind TIME FRAME: Begins […]
Rational Creatures – Edited by Christina Boyd
Women of Sense, Strength, and Substance Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: Review Copy from Editor OVERVIEW: With two brilliant and beautifully-crafted short-story anthologies – one devoted to Mr. Darcy and one all about Jane Austen’s bad boys – […]