Another Contest? You Must Have Landed in Jane Austen Heaven

Yes, inquiring reader, we are offering another contest yet again with another prize. This one starts today, May 1, and will end on May 18th. All you need to do to win Laurie Viera Rigler's new paperback of the Confesssions of a Jane Austen Addict is to view the cast list of Cranford from Radio Times, and play Six Degrees of Austen Adaptation Separation. For example, Judi Dench played Lady Catherine de Bourgh in P&P 05, one degree of separation. Please your comment below, and we shall collect them. At midnight on May 18th, we will draw the winner!

Cranford related posts are starting to roll in. I would like to direct you to an excellent biopic of Elisabeth Gaskell on Jane Austen in Vermont. Very well done, ladies! This review is just in from Ellen Gray in the Philadelphia Daily News and it is favorable. Cassandra Austen, Jane's beloved sister, died in 1845. One wonders if she read some of the installments of the Cranford Chronicles.

Cast list from Radio Times

Cast List from Radio Times

We hope you have fun with this contest! We are curious to know how close (or far away) these actors are to a Jane Austen connection, and can't wait to see what you come up with.

• Cranford will air on PBS's Masterpiece Classic Sunday, May 4th at 9 pm EST.

• Need to purchase a mother's day present? The paperback version of the Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict is now available in book stores.

• Look for Mrs. Elton to make an appearance on this blog soon!