Sense and Sensibility: Annotated and Illustrated

Margaret Sullivan, editrix of Austenblog and author of the Henry Tilney and Catherine Moreland mystery, There Must Be Murder, annotated Sense and Sensibility last year in honor of the novel's Bicentenary anniversary.The Jane Austen Centre's website features the book this month, which is illustrated by Cassandra Chouinard. Click here to read about it and ordering information!

Illustration by Cassandra Chouinard

Austenblog's Fabulous Redesign

Austenblog, has morphed from snark to cluebat, and I LOVE it. I must admit that I was missing the old banner with its dainty teacup, Jane Austen font, and snarky by-line.

A number of months ago Mags experienced problems with her blogging platform and had to resort to using a generic WordPress template as a temporary stopgap measure. But on its 6th year anniversary, her blog has re-emerged to look simply splendid. Her cluebat sits front and center.

Congratulations, Mags, queen of the Jane Austen blogs. Love, LOVE, LOOVE!!! that pink.

Also check out:

• Molland's
• Tilneys and Trapdoors

Posted by Vic

Review of The Jane Austen Handbook

Book Review: The Jane Austen Handbook: A Sensible Yet Elegant Guide to Her World, by Margaret C. Sullivan (Editrix of Austen Blog)

This book is both informative and a hoot. Two of us Janeites on the James looked through it today at lunch with delight, knowing we had found a fun, informative, and handy Jane guide. I loved the appendix most, and the glossary alone is worth my money. Ms. Leellie, a tad younger than moi, just couldn’t get enough of marriage proposals, engagements, and the like.

If you would like a quick reference about attire, carriages, getting around, playing card games, servants by duty and rank, treating the sick, giving dinner parties, and attending balls, then this guide presents information about them all in an easy and accessible format.

I think this book would be a particularly useful introduction for young Janeites who have just discovered their passion for Jane Austen. As for those of us who are slightly longer in the tooth and who have loved Jane for almost as long as she's been buried, this is a must-have, quick pocket reference.

My Rating: Three Regency Fans
Run, don’t walk to the bookstore and purchase this guide.

Click here for order information.