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Jane Austen Addict Blog

http://blog.janeaustenaddict.com

Musings on Austen-mania and the writing life by Laurie Viera Rigler, author of Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict

• Added on: Jun 25th, 2008
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Laurie Viera Rigler
• Listed in: Books Fiction
• Tags: jane austen pride and prejudice jane austin confessions of a jane austen addict laurie viera rigler jane austen addict

Recent Posts

• Nick Hornby\'s latest brings Austen devotees to mind

  Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 17:35 in books, music, writing life, jane austen, the jane austen book club, austen wisdom, austen addiction

  I just read JULIET, NAKED by Nick Hornby who, along with Zadie Smith, is my idea of a contemporary Jane Austen. Both Hornby and Smith make profound observations of human nature, give us romance without sentimentality, have a divine sense of humor, ...

• Northanger Abbey, Twitter Version: Chapters 9-11

  Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 03:27 in twitter, jane austen, northanger abbey

  Here's my latest recap of NORTHANGER ABBEY, Twitter version. Follow me on Twitter, or check back here for more recaps. Better yet, read the book. [JJ Feild and Felicity Jones in the delightful 2007 ITV adaptation of NORTHANGER ABBEY.]Chapter 9:&...

• NORTHANGER ABBEY, Twitter Version (Chapters 1-8)

  Posted on Tuesday October 27th, 2009 at 17:00 in persuasion, twitter, northanger abbey, mi-5, austen movies, austen wisdom

  NORTHANGER ABBEY is, sadly, perhaps the most underrated book in the Austen canon. It is also becoming one of my favorites. (In truth, they are all my favorites.) The more I read and re-read this novel, the more I appreciate its humor,...

• Persuasion, Twitter Version: Chapter 24 (The End)

  Posted on Thursday September 10th, 2009 at 03:36 in persuasion, twitter

  It is time to bid a fond farewell to my favorite novel. Until I read it again, that is. Here is the last batch of tweets for PERSUASION, Twitter version.  [Dueling Wentworths: Ciaran Hinds (L) as Captain Frederick Wentworth in the1995 Persuasi...

• Persuasion, Twitter Version: Chapter 23 (part 2)

  Posted on Wednesday September 2nd, 2009 at 23:07 in persuasion, twitter, jane austen

  [Ciaran Hinds and Amanda Root zeroing in for a kiss in the glorious 1995 film version of Persuasion, directed by Roger Michell.] PERSUASION tweets continue: When last we left Anne, she was reading Capt. Wentworth's words in his letter: "...

• Sex and the Austen Girl

  Posted on Monday August 24th, 2009 at 15:51 in Film, blogs, current affairs, contests giveaways, love and marriage, regency england, confessions of a jane austen addict, rude awakenings of a jane austen addict, austen wisdom, english country dancing

  Check out my guest post on the pros and cons of courtship today vs. courtship in Jane Austen's world. It's a question I pondered constantly while writing my latest novel, RUDE AWAKENINGS OF A JANE AUSTEN ADDICT. The post is on Stephanie's...

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Rebecca

great blog.

Posted: August 29th, 2008 | More Reviews From purplegirl | Report This Comment

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