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• Can the Kindle Save Anna Karenina?

  
  TIME.com — Authority: 660
  Last week, prize-winning novelist and occasional bomb-thrower Jonathan Franzen dismissed e-books as lacking a “sense of permanence.” Aside from the fact that e-books are very much here to stay and just might revive the book industry—between Dec. 26 and Jan. 1, the most popular format for 84% of USA Today‘s ...
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• Apps Rush: Chrome, The Walking Dead, OneNote, Ladyhawke, Bullet Asylum and more

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Whats new on the app stores on Wednesday 8 February 2012 A selection of 14 apps for you today: Chrome for Android Google has ported its Chrome web browser to Android smartphones and tablets: initially those running the latest Ice Cream Sandwich software. It loads top search results in the background for speedier ...
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• Darcy’s Little OCD Problem

  
  Love Romance Passion — Authority: 414
  Guest Blog by Nina Benneton, author of Compulsively Mr. Darcy I wish to thank you ‘Love Romance Passion’ for inviting me to guestblog today. Germ Therapy for Mr. Darcy I was crazy. I was foolish. I was mad for Mr. Darcy. I was so mad for Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice’s Mr. Darcy, my sister was ...
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• Sense and Sensibility

  
  Book Critic — Authority: 140
  Although SENSE AND SENSIBILITY is not of one Jane Austen’s best novels, it is nonetheless a major novel, with the author’s then-young talent in full display. Its publication in 1811 marked Austen as a huge literary talent, and its significance reverberates even today as contemporary readers re-discover the works ...
  5 days ago

• Reading Austen: Guest Blog by Dara Schnuelle

  
  Austenprose — Authority: 409
  Gentle readers: We are happy to add the story of another conversion to Jane to our monthly column, Reading Austen. Today’s guest blog is by Dara Schnuelle, who shares her personal story of how she discovered Jane Austen and why reading her novels is so special for her. Ask almost any high school student his [...]
  6 days ago

• Jane Austen – Sense and Sensibility

  
  Fyrefly's Book Blog — Authority: 478
  08. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (1811) Length: 413 pages Genre: Classic, Romance Started: 09 January 2012 Finished: 21 January 2012 Where did it come from? Library booksale / free Kindle download. Why do I have it? This was actually the second time I read this book; it was my first Austen ...
  6 days ago

• Valentine’s Date With Books

  
  Sparkling Stars — Authority: 92
  Valentine’s Day is upon us and once again love is filling the air. Happy couples making romantic V-Day plans and buying the perfect gift for that special someone, however not everyone has been struck by one of cupid’s arrows but instead of being bitter about Valentine’s Day find romance in books. Although ...
  1 week ago

• Downton Abbey Season 2 Review: Coupling

  
  Jane Austen's World — Authority: 403
  We’re well into Season 2 of Downton Abbey and some obvious patterns in coupling are beginning to emerge in this historical or historic melodrama. Let’s examine how some of our favorite characters are getting on, shall we? (Caution: there will be spoilers for those who have not kept up with the series. Some might ...
  1 week ago

• New Book Alert! ~ Jane Austen in Love: An Entertainment by Elsa Solender

  
  Jane Austen in Vermont — Authority: 97
  Jane Austen in Love: An Entertainment, by Elsa A. Solender. An E-book exclusively for the Amazon Kindle – $8.99     Fall in love with the gentleman at Sidmouth who won Jane Austen’s heart, as Elsa Solender fills in the blanks of Jane Austen’s romantic “career.” In this continuation of her prize ...
  1 week ago

• Pride, prejudice, and youth

  
  Khanya — Authority: 401
  Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen My rating: 5 of 5 stars My wife Val got Death comes to Pemberley by P.D. James as a Christmas present, and passed it on to me to read once she had finished it. It claims so be a sequel to Pride and prejudice , so I thought I’d better re-read the latter, since I had last ...
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• Persuasion (Cover to Cover)

  
  Book Critic — Authority: 140
  “Persuasion” is a great literary work, and, to my mind, Jane Austen’s finest book. This was her final completed novel before her death, and was published posthumously. As is often the case with Ms. Austen’s fiction, “Persuasion” deals with the social issues of the times and paints a fascinating portrait of ...
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• Sense and Sensibility (Blackstone Audio Classics Collection)

  
  Book Critic — Authority: 140
  Although SENSE AND SENSIBILITY is not of one Jane Austen’s best novels, it is nonetheless a major novel, with the author’s then-young talent in full display. Its publication in 1811 marked Austen as a huge literary talent, and its significance reverberates even today as contemporary readers re-discover the works ...
  1 week ago

• New Display at the Jane Austen House Museum

  
  Jane Austen Today — Authority: 402
  The dining room wall at the Jane Austen House museum at Chawton Cottage is exhibiting a new explanatory display of Sense and Sensibility. The novel celebrated its 200 year anniversary in 2011.The designs were based on the coloured illustrations by the brothers, Charles Edmund ( C. E.) and Henry Matthew (H. M.) ...
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• The Green Baize Door: Dividing Line Between Servant and Master

  
  Jane Austen's World — Authority: 403
  We’ve heard the term, “Behind the green baize doors”, but what exactly does it mean? You hear this reference most often in regard to servants and in old books. Baize was a sturdy green cloth attached to a swing door.  The insulating fabric prevented noises from disturbing the individuals on either side: The ...
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• Rice Portrait Update

  
  Jane Austen Sequels by Jane Odiwe — Authority: 85
  If youve visited my blog before you will know that Ive written at length about this delightful portrait of Jane Austen by Ozias Humphry. Theres a lovely article in JASNA news this month by Anne Rice, the owner of the portrait, and her brother, Robin Roberts, which is introduced by the editor, Sheryl Craig. Click on ...
  2 weeks ago

• Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale

  
  Lesa's Book Critiques — Authority: 413
  Shannon Hale’s Midnight in Austenland was everything I had hoped P.D. James’ Death Comes to Pemberley would be. Granted, I shouldn’t be comparing the two, but I was so disappointed in James’ book. And, Hale’s, although it is set in modern times, is a joy. The heroine overcomes her fears, and saves ...
  2 weeks ago

• Sash Windows Refurbishm​ent Or Replacemen​t Which Option Is The Better

  
  Technology Uneeked — Authority: 110
  By Damian Hounslow Films that refurbish Jane Austens novels are produced regularly and watched eagerly by millions of people. Sash windows play their parts in the settings of these films outlining the elegance of the period. Pretty girls peep through them at a carriage and eight horses sweeping up to a house. The ...
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• Jane Austen At Home & In Print: Part 2 – Chawton, England

  
  The Quillcards Blog — Authority: 391
  Blooms At The Window - Jane Austen In Chawton A Sweet View It was a sweet view – sweet to the eye and the mind. English verdure, English culture, English comfort, seen under a sun bright, without being oppressive. – from ‘Emma’, Jane Austen’s novel published in 1815 Jane Austen had lived for six ...
  2 weeks ago

• Sense and Sensibility (Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought)

  
  Book Critic — Authority: 140
  Although SENSE AND SENSIBILITY is not of one Jane Austen’s best novels, it is nonetheless a major novel, with the author’s then-young talent in full display. Its publication in 1811 marked Austen as a huge literary talent, and its significance reverberates even today as contemporary readers re-discover the works ...
  2 weeks ago

• On Rereading by Patricia Meyer Spacks – A Review

  
  Austenprose — Authority: 409
  Guest Review by Aia A. Hussein Not too long ago, I picked up my old and battered copy of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and reread the novel.  It was my third reading.  I was pretty confident that I would stop reading after the first few chapters, thinking that I only wanted a small dose of [...]
  2 weeks ago

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