Jane Austen Book Blog
Devoted to the reading, reviewing, and celebrating of all things Austenesque!
Sand and Sailing Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Purchased TYPE OF AUSTENESQUE NOVEL: Persuasion Modern-Day Retelling SETTING: present-day summer in Old Lyme, Connecticut MAIN CHARACTERS: Hanna (Anne), Derick (Wentworth), Ella Musgrove (Louisa), Eli Williams (William Elliot), Charles and […]
Fall Into the Season with Festive Austenesque Stories Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: Review Copy from Authors If you haven’t heard of Holidays with Jane, it is an anthology series of Austen-inspired holiday-themed short stories. There are six stories […]
Forgive the Past and Persuade Your Heart to Hope! Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Source: Gift from Mom TYPE OF AUSTENESQUE NOVEL: Persuasion Modern-day Adaptation SETTING: Tupelo, Mississippi present-day SERIES: Jane Austen Takes the South MAIN CHARACTERS: Lucy Crawford […]
Jane Austen’s Persuasion Infused with Melody and Lyrics Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: Review Copy from Author In her debut novel, Melanie Stanford has creatively updated Jane Austen’s Persuasion in modern-day California. The reincarnations and modernizations of these […]
