By BARBARA STEWART Published: November 5, 1995 for The New York Times

YOU want to talk about Jane?" said Barbara Crafton, an Episcopal priest and writer from Metuchen. She could have been referring to an admired elder sister. But the Jane she means is Jane Austen, dead nearly 200 years.

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From The Financial Times - ft.com (The Short View column - Gilts’ trip by James Mackintosh)

Jane Austen would not be happy. Her lovestruck souls and her social climbers alike relied for their livings on government bonds earning 4 per cent. On Tuesday, Britain's 30-year gilt yield dropped below 4 per cent, reaching levels seen on only two occasions ( Read more... )

Anais Nin by R.S. Butler FIRST PUBLISHED ON LITKICKS (2002)

Anais Nin was born February 21, 1903 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris, France and died January 14,1977 in Los Angeles, California. She moved to the United States in 1914 with her mother, singer Rosa Culmell and two brothers, Thorvald and Joaquin. Her father was Joaquin Nin, a ( Read more... )

by Pradeep Sabastian courtesy of the Deccan Herald

''What is interesting about the film is that it is a Victorian style romance, the kind I just love.''

That sounds like a smart sound bite coming from a Bollywood actress, and then you realise Sonam Kapoor (unwittingly) ends up sounding more like her clueless Aisha character - because Jane ( Read more... )

by Laura O'Brien courtesy of the Sacramento Press

Are you a fan of Jane Austen or of great literature in general? Then don’t miss the unique opportunity to study Austen’s novels this fall at the Central Library branch of the Sacramento Public Library in downtown Sacramento.

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It is thrilling to see a great writer's creative process at work, argues Ceri Radford.
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IF Jane Austen submitted her original manuscripts to one of today's publishers, her poor punctuation would almost guarantee a rejection. While renowned for a delicate prose style, Austen's handwritten draft of two chapters of the novel Persuasion shows she was a devotee of long sentences unfettered by commas. The public were deprived of, or ( Read more... )

Check out this website I found at edp24.co.uk
I would really love to see the Jane Austen film adaptations costumes - too bad for me this exhibit is in England. Does seem the perfectly suited place for it however. Any English Janeites out there who have seen this exhibit, I would love to read your feedback on it.

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