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Things Change and Keep Going

We are always looking for ways to improve the experience for those who choose to visit our little dark corner of the Austen world. We launched the Discussions section in the hopes of fostering more engagement and conversation, but it seems only to have encouraged  unauthorized promotion of the decidedly non-Austenesque. So with a stiff […]

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Winner of a Peculiar June Giveaway!

Thank you to all those who read with us and who entered for a chance to win. Special thanks to Quirk Books for providing a copy of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs for giveaway.   Congratulations   Stephanie S.   Our winner has been notified by email. Hope you all join us next […]

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March Winner

Thank you to all those who read with us, and entered for a chance to win in this month’s giveaway. Special thanks to Ulysses Press and Regina Jeffers for providing an autographed copy of The Disappearance of Georgian Darcy for the giveaway. Our winner is:   Erika   Congratulations!    Winner has been notified by email. We […]

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Winner of February Giveaway

Thank you to all those who read with us, and entered for a chance to win in this month’s giveaway. Special thanks to Colette Saucier for providing an autographed copy of Pulse and Prejudice for the giveaway. Our winner is:   Sichelle Congratulations!    Winner has been notified by email. We hope you all join us next […]

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Winners Announced for our Grave Expectations Giveaway

Thank you to all those who read with us, and entered for a chance to win in this month’s giveaway. Special thanks to Sherri Browning Erwin for offering two autographed copies of Grave Expectations for the giveaway. Our winners are: Jeanna & Sichelle Congratulations!  Winners have been notified by email. We hope you all join us next […]

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Winner Announced for December’s Giveaway!

Thank you to all those who read with us, engaged in discussion, and entered to win. Special thanks to Barbara Tiller Cole for offering a copy of Fitzwilliam Ebenezer Darcy for giveaway. Our winner is: Jeanna P. Congratulations!  Hope you all join us next month for January’s reading of Grave Expectations by Sherri Browning Erwin.

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How a Dark Janeite Emerged

Jane Austen most likely never saw the coming of devoted fans–a whole host of individuals willing to dress in Regency styles and sip tea while reading her novels and calling themselves Janeites. Scholars that spend hours researching and studying everything from her writing style to her life style. Even if she could have guessed that […]

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