JaneAustenThenandNow

Jane Austen's Garden: A Botanical Tour of the Classic Novels | Molly Williams

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A slight little book, but enjoyable, giving an overview of the flowers, trees, fruits, and other natural elements mentioned in Jane's works, from the strawberries picked at Donwell to the trees which bear Marianne's beloved dead leaves to the hyacinth that Catherine Morland learns to love. The illustrations are sweet but simple, and so is the narrative- not much depth, but enough to whet the appetite if you wanted to learn more.

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The Rushworth Family Plot: A Novel | Claudia Gray

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#Pemberlittens I had issues with how Jonathan's dad the ORIGINAL Mr Darcy was portrayed. Because of that I gave it 3 stars on Goodreads. My full slightly spoilery Review in comments. 🎩

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Crinoline_Laphroaig I don't read these books for the mystery. I read them for Juliet Tilney and Jonathan Darcy. Reasons for keeping them separated is very convoluted. Also I don't like that it's because of Mr Darcy! ⬇️

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Crinoline_Laphroaig Mr Darcy who had such character growth in Pride and Prejudice and married for love. There's no reason a man who ended up with Lydia as a sister in law and Mrs Bennet as a mother in law would disapprove of Juliet Tilney as a daughter in law. She not a golddigger. Her family is respectable and while not Pemberly rich, they are not poor. Juliet is smart, likeable but most importantly she truly cares for Jonathan. Mr Darcy wouldn't act this way.

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Crinoline_Laphroaig Will I continue to read this series? Absolutely! I'm waiting for the happy ever after. 3d

willaful Hmmm, wondering now if I should skip this one and just wait for the HEA. ;-) They've been going downhill for me. 3d

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Midnight in Austenland | Shannon Hale

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Fun! A divorced American mom books a vacation at Austenland, a Regency-immersion country house hotel in England, hoping the change of scene will help her overcome the numbness she has felt since her divorce. Romance and a murder mystery… reality or just part of the immersion experience storyline? The witty, snarky conversations she has with herself in her head are a hoot! Loosely based on Northanger Abbey. Great on audio.

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ChaoticMissAdventures I didn't realize she had made this into a series! I read her Austenland years ago and found it fun too. 7d

julieclair @ChaoticMissAdventures I think there are just the two books so far. But since this one is billed as part of a series, I‘m hoping that means there are more to come! 4d

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Northanger Abbey | Nancy Butler

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This was a fun graphic novel of Northanger Abbey.

Mid-month check in. Read any good Northanger Abbey retellings? Anything you've hated?

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Bookwormjillk I still need to start Ghosted! 1w

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BarkingMadRead I loved

The Rushworth Family Plot: A Novel

BarkingMadRead Also, I read Ghosted awhile back and it was really good! (edited) 1w

Andrea313 Northranger by Rex Ogle was lots of fun, and I'm enjoying Ghosted so far. But I did a re-read of the following and any silly charm it may have once held drastically faded into sheer stupidity:

Northanger Alibi

TheBookHippie Not yet 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️ it‘s been a bit wild here. 1w

Crinoline_Laphroaig @TheBookHippie same! Last few days I read one graphic novel. 1w

Crinoline_Laphroaig @BarkingMadRead I've started as well. I'm really enjoying so far. 1w

Crinoline_Laphroaig @Andrea313 there's a vampire. Makes me want to read. 1w

julieclair I really enjoyed

Midnight in Austenland

willaful Oh, I wish I'd known about these. My library has some of them. 4d

Crinoline_Laphroaig @julieclair yay! 3d

Crinoline_Laphroaig @willaful my friend turned me on to them. 3d

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Jane Austen, the Secret Radical | Helena Kelly

Back on this book's bullshit, and this time it's making connections between unwanted or dangerous pregnancies and Northanger Abbey. Get this - what if Mrs. Tilney had been pregnant and died while miscarrying?? What if scenes of Catherine in her nightclothes were meant to be erotic reminders of female sexuality? What if Cath fiddling with the cabinet (heart fluttering, knees trembling) was a reference to masturbation? 😂 Never change, Helena Kelly.

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Crinoline_Laphroaig Wow. This is what I don't get about analyzing authors work. You don't actually know what Jane Austen was thinking. And people come up with stuff like this. Maybe she was just telling a story and there was no symbolism. 1w

Andrea313 @Crinoline_Laphroaig Exactly. I actually do enjoy analysis like this because even if it's just a stab in the dark at what might be below the surface, it does sometimes bring out larger themes that I love to consider; this book's takes on Mansfield Park and P&P have added to my enjoyment of them both. But I take it all with a grain of salt, and with Northanger particularly. Like, its a silly and satiric take on gothics, let's be so for real. 1w

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Ghosted: A Northanger Abbey Novel | Amanda Quain

Kicking off the weekend the best way I know how - another YA adaptation for the #PemberLittens and a strong, cold G&T. Hope everyone has at least a little bit of laziness in front of them! #BooksAndBooze #BooksAndBlooms #JaneAustenThenAndNow

mcctrish You had me at G&T 2w

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Northranger | Rey Terciero

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Completely lovely YA adaptation of Northanger Abbey with perfect gothic parallels and a sweetly real young love story for our two leading lads. I don't always love a graphic novel but this one captured me, and while it deals with more serious themes than the original (homophobia, racism, poverty, illness), it still feels like an A+ successor to Austen's novel. I have a feeling I'll be coming back to this one. #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow

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Midnight in Austenland | Shannon Hale

I had the same problem with this as the first book, which is that the whole Austenland experience seems to be a real drag. I skimmed ahead some and am not sorry I bailed.

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Crinoline_Laphroaig Austenland movie is much more fun. 2w

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