Lesley Castle: An Unfinished Novel in Letters by Jane Austen. Introduction by G K Chesterton (1922). Renard Press, 2024 (1792). That it is unfinished, I grieve; yet fear that from me, it will always remain so . . . Composed in 1792 when Jane Austen was still only sixteen years old, Lesley Castle is an … Continue reading A neverending story: #ReadingAusten2025| Calmgrove Books
I’ve previously enjoyed Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen before reviewing it in my Calmgrove blog: in fact, my post (entitled ‘Irony and Ingenuousness‘) has had a good innings after first appearing 5th June 2013: it was reposted to coincide with the bicentenary of its posthumous publication in 2017 and then again for Austen in August … Continue reading Jane’s Bristol: #ReadingAusten2025| Calmgrove Books
Godmersham Park, Kent. In case you thought – after the second of two reviews and at least two discussion posts – that I had said all I needed to say about Jane Austen’s 1814 novel Mansfield P…| Calmgrove Books
James Andrews’ insipid watercolour portrait of Jane Austen (1869) based on Cassandra’s. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. Penguin Popular Classics, 1994 (1814). “‘I do no…| Calmgrove Books
Cartoon (2017) by Dan Piraro ( The stack of books on my bedside table waiting to be read has at times become alarmingly high (as my partner often reminds me) but luckily has not yet proved fatal, s…| Calmgrove Books
Jane Austen: watercolour by her sister Cassandra. “I can’t bear Jane Austen’s tedious books,” thundered one recent pundit in a UK national daily newspaper (I won’t men…| Calmgrove Books
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, look forward to Reading Jane Austen 2025, call attention to Spanish Portuguese L…| Book Jotter