Tag: Jane Austen

  • REVIEW of What Kitty Did Next by Carrie Kablean

    REVIEW of What Kitty Did Next by Carrie Kablean

    It is a truth universally expected that once three Bennet sisters achieved matrimony, Mrs. Bennet would turn her attention to the matrimonial prospects of the remaining two. In this Pride and Prejudice continuation, the author explores the life of the fourth Bennet sister, Kitty. Now freed from Lydia’s orbit, what will silly and insipid Kitty…

  • REVIEW of Mary B.: An Untold Story of Pride and Prejudice, by Katherine J. Chen

    REVIEW of Mary B.: An Untold Story of Pride and Prejudice, by Katherine J. Chen

    The premise of this book was interesting: to tell the story of the forgotten middle sister Mary from Jane Austen’s classic Pride and Prejudice. The first part of the book was engaging–Mary’s ill-fated interest in Mr. Collins and misapprehension of his character was well-portrayed. But once the events in the final chapter of the original…

  • REVIEW of Longbourn, by Jo Baker

    REVIEW of Longbourn, by Jo Baker

    The premise of this book was appealing to me, and I found the book itself to be executed moderately successfully. In Longbourn, Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice is retold through the eyes of the servants in the Bennet household. Sarah, the housemaid who has been serving there ever since she was orphaned at the…

  • REVIEW of Midnight in Austenland, by Shannon Hale

    REVIEW of Midnight in Austenland, by Shannon Hale

    Midnight in Austenland, by Shannon Hale is a sequel of sorts to her bestseller Austenland which I read and reviewed last month. While the first book had overtones of Pride and Prejudice as Jane Hayes tried to figure out the haughty Mr. Nobley, this book plays up aspects of Mansfield Park with a doormat heroine and…

  • REVIEW of Austenland, by Shannon Hale

    REVIEW of Austenland, by Shannon Hale

    Recently, one of the book blogs that I frequent recommended Austenland, by Shannon Hale. I’m trying to be more eclectic with my reading this year (i.e. emancipating myself from reading exclusively historical fiction) and so I decided to take the plunge and read *gasp* a contemporary novel, one that could even be classified as “chick…