Title: The Annotated sense and Sensibility Authors: Jane Austen; David Shapard (Ed.) Genre: fiction (classic, with annotations) ISBN: 9780307390769 Length: 709 pages Published: 1811 (2011 for this specific edition) Source: personal collection Rating: 5/5 Reason for Reading: Firstly, this year marks the 200th anniversary of the original publication of Sense and Sensibility, Austen’s first published work. Secondly, it [...]
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the Annotated Sense and Sensibility
Posted by Kristie on December 26, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/the-annotated-sense-and-sensibility/
Posh Dancing
While looking around on various book blogs, I found this hilarious video. I discovered it on Jane Austen Today’s blog in this post. I just wanted to share it with you
Posted by Kristie on September 19, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/posh-dancing/
Pride and Prejudice by JA & Nancy Butler–graphic rendition
Title: Pride and Prejudice Author: Jane Austen (Nancy Butler, writer) Illustrator: Hugo Petrus Genre: graphic novel/fiction (classic) ISBN: 9780785139157 Length: 120 pages Published: 2009 Source: public library Rating: 5/5 Resolutions/Challenges: none Reason for Reading: I love Jane Austen’s books and am always interested in different ways to experience the stories Summary (from Goodreads): Vanity, not love, has been my folly When [...]
Posted by Kristie on September 17, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/09/17/pride-and-prejudice-by-ja-nancy-butler-graphic-rendition/
Sense and Sensibility by JA–a graphic rendition
Title: Sense and Sensibility Author: Jane Austen (Nancy Butler, writer) Illustrator: Sonny Liew Genre: graphic novel/fiction (classic) ISBN: 9780785148197 Length: 120 pages Published: 2010 Source: public library Rating: 5/5 Resolutions/Challenges: none Reason for Reading: 2011 marks the bicentenary of the publication of Jane Austen’s first novel, Sense and Sensibility. So I’m trying to focus a bit of time on S&S. [...]
Posted by Kristie on September 12, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/sense-and-sensibility-by-ja-a-graphic-rendition/
From Prada to Nada — a Hispanic Sense & Sensibility [movie review]
From Prada to Nada (2011) is a modern film, using Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility (book, 1811) as it’s basis. I say that it is a Hispanic S&S because in this version of the story, the characters are all Hispanic. (Please forgive me if I am using the wrong term. I don’t know which is currently correct, [...]
Posted by Kristie on August 14, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/from-prada-to-nada-a-hispanic-sense-sensibility-movie-review/
Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary
If you’re a Jane Austen fan, I’m sure you have heard or realized by now that 2011 marks the bicentenary of her first published work, Sense and Sensibility. I have just recently remembered that I haven’t done anything S&S-related this year! And I intended to So I think I might just have to devote a chunk [...]
Posted by Kristie on August 8, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/sense-and-sensibility-bicentenary/
a Jane Austen addict reviews Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict
Title: Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict Author: Laurie Viera Rigler Genre: fiction ISBN: 9780525950400 Length: 288 pages Year Published: 2007 Source: public library Rating: 2/5 Challenges/Resolutions: none Summary: After nursing a broken engagement with Jane Austen novels and Absolut, Courtney Stone wakes up and finds herself not in her Los Angeles bedroom or even in [...]
Posted by Kristie on January 15, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/01/15/a-jane-austen-addict-reviews-confessions-of-a-jane-austen-addict-by-laurie-viera-rigler/
essays from Persuasions #31 (the JASNA periodical)
Title: Persuasions, No. 31 (2009) Author: various authors Genre: essays (non-fiction) ISBN: none Length: 66 pages Year Published: 2009 Source: personal collection Rating: not giving one Reason for Reading: I gave up all things Jane Austen in 2010, so this was a way to get back into stuff about her (and I’m still going to try to [...]
Posted by Kristie on January 10, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/essays-from-persuasions-31-the-jasna-periodical/
Oh, Jane Austen, I have missed you!
You may recall my post from November about this mini-Jane Austen challenge, but probably not I gave up Jane Austen in 2010 and so was unable to participate in this. But it’s simple enough that I think I can do it all in a single post, rather than one post every day for 30 days [...]
Posted by Kristie on January 3, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/oh-jane-austen-i-have-missed-you/
this brought tears to my eyes…
I honestly teared up a little upon finding out about this. I was looking through Shannon’s blogroll at Giraffe Days, and upon viewing Christina Reads! blog I found a 30-day Jane Austen meme This would be right up my alley, if I hadn’t decided to take the year off from Jane Austen. While I wouldn’t [...]
Posted by Kristie on November 11, 2010
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/this-brought-tears-to-my-eyes/
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