I do love August and Adam@Roof Beam Reader's Austen in August meme.This year I reread Emma for the third time in my lifetime (so far!)Emma is now a classic study of friendship, truth and character, but each reread reveals hidden depths and layers.There is already an incredible array of opinions and analysis about all of … Continue reading Emma by Jane Austen
Oh delight!Oh glorious, splendiferous delight! How on earth did this book escape my teenage radar?I so wish I had read Brother of the More Famous Jack in 1982 when it first came out. I could have come of age with Katherine and had this as one of my go-to comfort reads for the past thirty … Continue reading Brother of the More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido
Thanks to one of our AiA reviewers, I started searching for a Jane Austen society in Australia...which has led me on to a much bigger world of Jane Austen love than I could ever have dreamed or hoped for!I thought that some of you might also like to see just how much love there is … Continue reading The Jane Austen Community
I decided to reread S&S for this year's Austen in August.To give my reread structure & direction I decided to compare Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility with some of it's adaptations and movies.This post will focus on the original novel (1811), the Emma Thompson movie (1995) & Joanna Trollope's modern interpretation (2013).The first, very obvious, big … Continue reading Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
As a fan of the classics, I love the idea of the Baby Lit Primers, however some of them work better than others.Pride and Prejudice: A Counting Primer is one that works.With the tag 'two rich gentlemen' & a facing a page featuring Mr Darcy & Mr Bingley - what's not to love!We also see … Continue reading Baby Lit Primers by Jennifer Adams
WWW is a great opportunity for me to actually look up & define those few tricky words that occur in the book that I'm currently reading.This week it's Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen for Austen in August."A small court was the whole of its demesne in front; and a neat wicket gate admitted them … Continue reading Wondrous Words Wednesday
Aussie authors Annabel Smith & Emma Chapman have started a new meme that explores the idea of 6 degrees of separation with our own reading experiences.They select a book each month then wait to see where people end up!This month the book is Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.You can see Annabel's & Emma's responses on … Continue reading Six Degrees of Separation
Austen in August is back again this year, with Jenna from Lost Generation Reader at the helm.Last year I embraced Mansfield Park for Austen in August.And previously I have written about my love for Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice.So where to this year?I've decided it's time to revisit Sense and Sensibility.Even though I consider Elinor … Continue reading Austen in August
My final post for Austen in August is firstly a HUGE thank you to Adam for hosting this incredible event. A whole month devoted to reading, thinking, talking and blogging about JA has been simply delightful.And secondly I want to share a few bibs and bobs about JA and tie up a few loose ends.A … Continue reading Pride and Prejudice – from the sublime to the ridiculous!
I know the pleasure of rereading Jane Austen intimately. I know that to reread Austen is to delve deeper into the intricacies of her characters, to appreciate her sparkling dialogue, her wit, her clever use of letters, her ability to use free indirect speech is remarkable, as is her use of contrast and irony to … Continue reading Mansfield Park | Jane Austen #AustenInAugust
I finished rereading Mansfield Park for Austen in August just before dinner.I'm not ready to write my post yet, but ever since Wondrous Words Wednesday (see below), I've been tempted by the idea of negus.I felt that the fitting way to celebrate the end of MP was with a glass of negus!A google search revealed … Continue reading A Glass or Two of Negus
I first stumbled upon Philosophy in the Garden at the Sydney Writers Festival when Damon Young was part of the panel discussing the merits of Jane Austen.His book undertakes to highlight "eleven great authors, and the ideas they discovered in parks, yards and pots."Naturally, one of these great authors is Jane Austen.Young begins by telling … Continue reading Philosophy in the Garden by Damon Young
Wondrous Words Wednesday is a lovely meme hosted by Bermuda Onion each week to highlight new (to us) words that we come across in our daily reading.This week I'm rereading Mansfield Park for Austen in August with Adam and with Melissa from Avid Reader's Musings.This week I have used the Free Dictionary for my definitions.eclairissement … Continue reading Wondrous Words Wednesday – Mansfield Park
Letters to Alice was first published in 1984. Ever since, every now and again, an inspired English teacher assigns this book to her class and we get a run on it at work.We have had a flurry of interest again in the past couple of months and I decided that Austen in August was the … Continue reading Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen by Fay Weldon
Another month another readalong. I seem to be a little obssessed with readalongs and the classics right now! That's a good thing right? This month it's Austen in August hosted by Adam at Roof Beam Reader. Inside of that, Melissa from Avid Reader's Musings, is hosting a readalong for those of us who plan to … Continue reading Austen in August Readalong
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