Think like Holmes and talk like Jane
Or it might be the other way around. Regardless, I thought I might share a few occasions in which I’ve achieved the …
The Muppets Pride and Prejudice #MuppetsPandP
I don’t often go off tilting at windmills. I’m more content to grumble and savor my disappointments like fine wine and friends …
Are the stories Watson wrote the ones we read?
Think about it for a second. In The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton, we read of Sherlock Holmes and his biographer Dr. …
Review of Charlotte — Pride and Prejudice Continues
It shows a great deal of charity to think kindly on the odious Mr. Collins of Pride and Prejudice. Sure, we all …
The Jane Austen Society Midlands: Autumn Tour to Worthing 7th – 9th October 2011
Here’s Christopher Sandrawich’s account of his tour in Worthing with the Midlands chapter of the Jane Austen Society. He learned of the …
Review of The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Titanic Tragedy
I have to admit I had low hopes for putting Sherlock Holmes and John H. Watson on the Titanic, but The Titanic …
Sherlock Holmes, the Brontës, the Austen portrait on Stuff You Missed in History Class
I am a fan of Stuff You Missed in History Class at HowStuffWorks.com and often listen to it while cleaning the house …
Claude glass, Instructables and the Picturesque movement
I don’t normally expect to find Jane Austen related things when I visit instructables.com, where garage inventors exchange plans for homemade bio …
Janeite meets Sherlockian
When I first came up with the idea of writing a book that combined Jane Austen and Sherlock Holmes, I worried that …
The Deception at Lyme review
In an earlier post I mentioned my guilt at devouring this Austen pastiche, especially considering how slowly I read Jane Austen’s actual …
Sherlock Holmes Scavenger Hunt May 5th
Doctor Watson’s Neglected Patients, the Denver Holmes scion society, in cooperation with Rocky Mountain PBS, is hosting a Sherlock Holmes Scavenger Hunt …
Jane Austen, Colombian drug lords and Crocodile Dundee
As I have written elsewhere, I do not have Jane’s confidence that the story of two people (or two couples) in love …
Intimations of Austen review: Jane Austen by way of John Prine
Look closely at the title of Intimations of Austen by Jane Greensmith and let that be your guide as to the nine …
No Place Like Holmes videos
Here’s a quick link to the latest No Place Like Holmes series Mary Morstan Mysteries. I can’t even begin to explain NPLH …
The Well-Read Sherlockian
I’ve fallen very far behind on my attempt to list other blogs relating to Holmes and Austen, but since I’m promoting a …
What I’m reading
This is something of a roundup post because I’ve recently taken advantage of some free Kindle editions and also repaired an embarrassing …
My Particular Friend giveway at GoodReads
Goodreads Book Giveaway My Particular Friend by Jennifer Petkus Giveaway ends April 23, 2012. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to …
The origin of cricket
There are so many wonderful little delights in Lucy Worsley’s If Walls Could Talk. I’m going to guess many Brits know this, …
Emma through the lens of Aisha
I just watched Aisha, a Bollywood take on Jane Austen’s Emma, and while I can’t say it was a great movie (although …
The Persian flaw of The Red-Headed League
Why do I have this idiotic need to poke holes in the Canon? The Red-Headed League has to be in the top …
What I’m reading: If Walls Could Talk
If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home is Lucy Worsley’s followup book to her very enjoyable four-part BBC series …
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Affair of the Code Duello 4
Beginning with Miss Chivington’s Complaint: I thought of this possibility as we walked. Perhaps my romanticism had got the better of me. …
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Affair of the Code Duello 2
Beginning with The Mantua Maker: I was near seventeen and not yet out, the delay attributable to my father’s poor financial health, …
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Affair of the Code Duello 1
We exchanged our greetings, I perhaps with less than my usual sang-froid for I was both struck by the beauty of our …
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Affair of Brotherly Love 2
Beginning with Bradford-on-Avon: The trip from Bath to Bradford was accomplished easily in Mr Dundas’s landau, he remaining in Bath to attend …
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Bride Who Wasn’t There 5
Beginning with The Story of Edward Gascoigne: ‘My Violet was a young girl of sixteen when she met Gascoigne in Dorset. He …
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Bride Who Wasn’t There 1
Mr Simms nodded at this. ‘Yes, this morning. We were to be married at the register office. I had arranged for a …
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Affair of the Reluctant Bachelor 8
Beginning with A Stout Drainpipe: I am afraid that freed by the constraints of a hostess or other guests, we had treated …
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Affair of the Reluctant Bachelor 6
Beginning with A Complication: ‘I must say he has hidden depths that should serve him well as a vicar. He appealed to …
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Affair of the Reluctant Bachelor 5
Beginning with Stirring the Pot: I stood and asked him, ‘Did Daniel lose his courage in the lion’s den? Did Shadrach, Meshach …