The genius and a dull elf: #ReadingAusten2025 – 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
Austen’s Women: Lady Susan. Performed by Rebecca Vaughan, directed by Andrew Margerison, Dyad Productions. Wednesday 24th September 2025, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. “My dear Sister,I congratulate you & Mr Vernon on being about to receive into your family the most accomplished Coquette in England. As a very distinguished Flirt, I have always been taught to consider … Continue reading A most accomplished coquette: #ReadingAusten2025| Calmgrove Books
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
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
