My Particular Friend
Miss Charlotte House will not admit impediments to marriage, not even when those impediments include scandal, blackmail and even a duel to …
What I’m watching: Mansfield Park 1983
I knew the 1983 BBC production of Mansfield Park had the reputation of being long and faithful to Austen’s novel, which are …
Me at The Jane Austen Centre in Bath
Yes, I was in Bath a week before the Jane Austen Festival, and yes, I would have certainly loved to been there …
The Georgian Era for Dummies
While in England recently, we discovered Horrible Histories and this song: Born 2 Rule Over You by the 4 Georges. What a …
What I’m reading: Our Tempestuous Day
Carolly Erickson’s Our Tempestuous Day is a great behind the scenes view of the Regency era that Jane Austen experienced, although it’s …
Jane Austen in London
I will be visiting England in the near future, with trips to London and Bath, and would appreciate hearing of any Jane …
Jane Austen’s Fiction Manuscripts Digital Edition
According to the website: “Jane Austen’s Fiction Manuscripts Digital Edition gathers together in the virtual space of the web some 1100 pages …
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
The festival is offering two alternating plays with the same cast: Pride and Prejudice and Hamlet, through Aug. 7. Apparently this is …
Mansfield Park Opera
I think an opera company that would tackle Mansfield Park, which many regard as a … difficult … book, has to be …
It’s new to me: Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor review
I usually claim in my retro reviews how it’s inexplicable that I haven’t gotten around to reading this or that, but in …
Indie Jane has grabbed my attention
And not just because of the eye-popping mauve/pink on their site. From their about page: Indie Jane is a new blog and …
What I’m reading: A Jane Austen Education
It’s taken me forever, I know, to get around to reading this, but I had to wait for my library to stock …
What I’m reading: Between the Thames and the Tiber: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
I don’t think I’ve ever encountered this idea for a Holmes pastiche before: Watson inherits money and he and Holmes go off …
What I’m reading: Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor
It’s amazing what I haven’t yet read or added to the authors’ page. I’m enjoying Stephanie Barron’s first Jane Austen as detective …
Creating your web presence tutorials
Web tutorial It is a truth universally acknowledged that every regional Jane Austen (or Sherlock Holmes) society requires some sort of web …
Jane Austen in space!
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a eligible Vulcan male must be in want of a relationship every seven years, but …
Dundas, Charles, 1st Baron Amesbury:
In a previous post, I mentioned my desire to include the Kennet and Avon canal in a Charlotte House affair, and I’m …
It’s new to me: The Beekeeper’s Apprentice
I just picked up The Beekeeper’s Apprentice from Laurie R. King. It’s the story of the friendship of a 15-year-old girl, Mary …
JASNA Pikes Peak Region meeting
Sunday June 5 I attended my first meeting of the Pikes Peak Regional Group of JASNA and found myself in a great …
An argument among friends
I spent Sunday afternoon with my particular friends Lee and Susan and amid food and drink and kvetching about our various aches …
Hockensmith, Steve:
Dreadfully Ever After review: There’s still some meat left Who would have thought a third Pride and Prejudice and Zombies book would …
Rigler, Laura Viera:
It’s new to me: Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict My only excuse for not already having read Confessions of a Jane …
What I’m reading: Confessions of Jane Austen Addict
It seems hard to believe that I haven’t yet read Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, but I’ve held off because of …
My Jane Austen Confession or Austen by the numbers
We all have our favorites; I confess nothing by saying this. You too must have your favorites among the six books, and …
Review: The Wreck of the River of Stars
I would not normally include a review of a science fiction story on My Particular Friend, but I started reading The Wreck …
Embarking on a Course of Study:
From the blog: “A writer, reader, and Austen lover spends a year (or more) embarking on a course of study similar to …
Jane Austen and Crime
A very nice ABC interview about Jane Austen and Crime, a book written by the JASA Australia president Susannah Fullerton, which is …
Episode Two of Regency House Party: Mad, Bad and Dangerous Liaisons
NOTE: From this point on I will assume all the actions of the participants are genuine and not a contrivance of the …
The Affair of the Reluctant Bachelor finished
I’ve been working on this affair for so long it seems like ages, but I hope it won’t read that way. I …
Pride and Prejudice performance in Santa Maria, CA
Gosh, this looks fun: Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, adapted for the stage by Joseph Hanreddy and and J.R. Sullivan at the …