Category: Austen in August

What Matters in Jane Austen?

Posted on August 3, 2015 by

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Please Welcome Karen from Karen’s Books and Chocolate! Be sure to read all the way through for a special treat following this excellent guest post! Welcome to Austen in August! I’m so happy to be participating and thanks to Adam for allowing me write a… Continue Reading “What Matters in Jane Austen?”

Category: Austen in August, guest post

Roof Beam Reader’s Best of 2013

Posted on December 23, 2013 by

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Hello, Readers! Since I surpassed my 2013 goal of 60 books read (I’m up around 64, right now, with 2 books in progress and likely at least 1 more to go) before year’s end, I thought I would take a cue from some of… Continue Reading “Roof Beam Reader’s Best of 2013”

Category: Andrew Smith, Austen in August, Blog Post, David Levithan, David Shields, Helene Wecker, J.D. Salinger, Jane Austen, Nancy Sommers, Personal, Shane Salerno, Stephen King, Virginia Woolf, Year In Review

Guest Post: A Jane Austen Daydream! (#AustenInAugustRBR)

Posted on August 29, 2013 by

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Trying to Find Jane I went to England to try and find Jane Austen. When you read Jane’s books, you can feel her alongside you, laughing with you, leading you down the path, but when you have to define her as an actual person… Continue Reading “Guest Post: A Jane Austen Daydream! (#AustenInAugustRBR)”

Category: Austen in August, Events, Giveaway, Giveaways, guest post, Scott Southard

Jane Austen and the Subversion of Sexist Tropes (#AustenInAugustRBR)

Posted on August 25, 2013 by

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Caro is a 20-something Lit student with a tendency to ignore the world in favor of books and coffee, prone to having far too many projects going on at once, and destined to become a drunken cat lady. She blogs about books over at… Continue Reading “Jane Austen and the Subversion of Sexist Tropes (#AustenInAugustRBR)”

Category: Austen in August, Gender Studies, guest post, Jane Austen, Sexism, Tropes

What Marriage Really Meant to the Women of Austen (#AustenInAugustRBR)

Posted on August 21, 2013 by

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Hello, Ladies & Gents! Today’s guest post is all about marriage (that inescapable theme) in the works of Jane Austen.  It comes to us from the wonderful Sarah of The Every Day Reader. Please give her a warm welcome! Austen’s major works have many commonalities,… Continue Reading “What Marriage Really Meant to the Women of Austen (#AustenInAugustRBR)”

Category: Austen in August, Blog Post, Books, guest post, Jane Austen, Marriage

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