Books
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5 Books to learn more about Jane Austen
There are so many great books about Jane Austen – here are five of my favourites to cosy up with this winter! read more
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25 Books to Read if you like Jane Austen
Happy birthday Jane Austen! My favourite author was born on this day in 1775, and in her honour I’ll surely be picking up one of her novels – but, seeing as there are only six full novels by Austen (next on my list of rereads of Jane Austen books in order is Mansfield Park – read more
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Cover Reveal | “Bloomsbury Girls”, by Natalie Jenner
Happy Friday everybody! It has been a hot minute since I posted… but I have something really exciting to share today to mark a return to blogging more regularly (I have a host of mini-posts ready to share with you all!). Last year, I had the pleasure of receiving an advanced review copy of Natalie read more
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Rereading Jane Austen | Pride and Prejudice
To continue my rereading Austen series (find my blog on Sense and Sensibility here), here are my thoughts on Austen’s second novel, and my favourite, Pride and Prejudice. I’ve been rereading it in conjunction with writing a lecture on it, which has meant that more so than ever, I’ve been thinking about the novel in read more
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Rereading Jane Austen | Sense and Sensibility
Inspired by reading about others rereading Jane Austen in the order of publication, and the fact I began 2021 with a head full of Bridgerton (both the Shondaland show and the eight Julia Quinn novels that I binge-read in about two weeks) and Regency history books, I decided it was time to return to Austen’s read more
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Mini-Post | Austen, “Emma” and the Prince Regent
On this day in 1815, the Prince Regent, the future George IV, received a specially bound copy of Jane Austen’s novel “Emma”, which had been dedicated to him. The Prince Regent was definitely not a favourite of Austen’s – she once wrote that she supported his estranged wife, Caroline of Brunswick, against him – which read more
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Mini-Post | “Northanger Abbey” and “Persuasion”
On this day in 1817, Jane Austen’s final two novels, “Northanger Abbey” and “Persuasion”, were first advertised for publication posthumously. They were published together, along with a Biographical Notice of the Author, written by Austen’s brother, Henry Austen. Throughout her writing career, Austen had published anonymously, so this was the first time her identity had read more
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My 10 favourite Jane Austen quotes and why
Happy 245th birthday to my favourite author of all time, Jane Austen. Born in Steventon, Hampshire, on December 16th 1775, the seventh child (and second daughter) of George and Cassandra Austen, she went on to write six full novels, two incomplete novels, a short epistolary novel and several notebooks full of juvenilia, not to mention read more
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Five things to read, listen to and watch for cosy autumn evenings
I get so excited for every season, but I love the cosiness of autumn as it draws in during September and October. I’m already enjoying eating pumpkin spice-flavoured everything even though Savannah hasn’t cooled down too much yet, and spending evenings curled up with cups of tea and books, as well as exploring things to read more
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Review: “The Ringmaster’s Daughter”, by Carly Schabowski
Carly Schabowski’s debut novel is a historical romance set during the Second World War, blending the worlds of the circus and Nazi-occupied Paris in a way that is both heart-breaking and hopeful. read more
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Dr. Lizzie Rogers 