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In which we announce Jane Austen July....
Goodreads group: tinyurl.com/y7t4n8cd
My Jane Austen July Playlist: tinyurl.com/5n8x49rw
MY COHOSTS:
@katiejlumsden
@SpinstersLibrary
THE CHALLENGES:
1. Read one of Jane Austen’s main six novels
2. Read something by Jane Austen that is not one of her main six novels
3. Read a non-fiction work about Jane Austen or her time
4. Read a retelling of a Jane Austen book OR a work of historical fiction set in Jane Austen’s time
5. Read a book by a contemporary of Jane Austen (published between 1775–1817). See this wonderful Goodreads List for inspiration: goodreads.com/list/show/82872.What_Jane_Austen_Read
6. Watch a direct screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book
7. Watch a modern screen retelling of a Jane Austen book
READALONG SCHEDULES:
Northanger Abbey:
July 1st: chapters 1, 2, 3
2nd: 4, 5, 6
3rd: 7, 8, 9
4th: 10, 11, 12
5th: 13, 14, 15
6th: 16, 17, 18
7th: 19, 20, 21
8th: 22, 23, 24
9th: 25, 26, 27
10th: 28, 29, 30, 31
Juvenilia (Links courtesy of Katie):
July 11: Jack and Alice: tinyurl.com/2cp6svxa
12: Frederic and Elfrida: tinyurl.com/2s3a9kjx
13: Edgar and Emma: tinyurl.com/3dhj295s
14: Henry and Eliza: tinyurl.com/bdd3ym7x
15: The Beautifull Cassandra: tinyurl.com/3yjke67n
16: Memoirs of Mr. Clifford: tinyurl.com/527fhz35
17: Amelia Webster: tinyurl.com/2s3sjp8h
18: The Mystery: tinyurl.com/mu8nce4f
19: Ode to Pity: tinyurl.com/2bfawwaj
20: Sir William Montague: tinyurl.com/527fhz35
21: The Three Sisters: tinyurl.com/2s56e33d
22: Evelyn: tinyurl.com/2ed7tdsn
23–24: Lesley Castle: tinyurl.com/msufjj9e
25–26: Catharine, or The Bower: tinyurl.com/yc5a5wpr
27–28: The History of England: tinyurl.com/93tyjdf8
29–31: Love and Friendship: tinyurl.com/yc77sk3d
BOOKS MENTIONED (And some that should have been)
JANE AUSTEN WORKS (challenges 1 & 2)
-Pride and Prejudice
-Emma
-Persuasion
-Mansfield Park
-Sense and Sensibility
-Northanger Abbey
-The Watsons
-Sanditon
-Lady Susan
-Juvenilia
-Jane Austen's Letters
NONFICTION BOOKS (Challenge 3)
-What Matters in Jane Austen Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved by John Mullan
-Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley
-The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne
-Elegant Etiquette in the Nineteenth Century by Mallory James
-An Elegant Madness: High Society in Regency England by Venetia Murray
-Jane Austen’s England: Daily Life in the Georgian and Regency Periods by Lesley Adkins and Roy Adkins
-Jane Austen Embroidery by Jennie Batchelor and Alison Larkin
-Tea with Jane Austen by Pen Vogler
More non-fiction recommendations: youtu.be/tXAHZXVWRyc
RETELLINGS AND HISTORICAL FICTION (Challenge 4)
-The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow - see my review video here: youtube.com/watch?v=9kc8gdTacDY&list=PLOhvsGM1VlE9KuoY6TeYD4BXbYkz9-qVz&index=19&t=0s
-Miss Austen by Gill Hornby - see my review video here: youtube.com/watch?v=tqhbiCtUKzk&list=PLOhvsGM1VlE9KuoY6TeYD4BXbYkz9-qVz&index=17&t=56s
-Godmersham Park by Gill Hornby - see my review video here: youtu.be/82OG2V9IHng
-Longbourn by Jo Baker
-Pride by Ibi Zoboi
-The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn
-Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler
-The Heiress by Molly Greeley
-Reputation by Lex Croucher
-Infamous by Lex Croucher
CONTEMPORARIES OF JANE AUSTEN (Challenge 5)
-Romantic Poets: Wordsworth,Coleridge, Blake, Byron, Shelley, Keats
-Cowper
-Robert Southey
-Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
-Frances Burney (Evelina, Camilla... )
-Maria Edgeworth (Belinda, Castle Rackrent, The Absentee...)
-Sir Walter Scott (Ivanhoe, The Lady of the Lake, The Bride of Lammermoor, Marmion...)
-The Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox
-Lover's Vows by Elizabeth Inchbald
-The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
AUSTEN RELATED MOVIES, TV SERIES, WEBSERIES (Challenge 6 & 7)
-BBC Pride and Prejudice (1995)
-Pride and Prejudice (2005)
-Northanger Abbey (2007)
-BBC Sense & Sensibility (2008)
-Emma (2009)
-Emma (2020)
-Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
-Emma (1996)
-Love and Friendship
-Austenland
-Fire Island
-Bride and Prejudice (2004)
-Clueless (1995)
-Sanditon
-Lost in Austen
-The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: tinyurl.com/y72qe9be
-Emma Approved: tinyurl.com/y7762qcb
-From Mansfield With Love: tinyurl.com/y7ne8fnp
-Northbound: tinyurl.com/y7fnhv9q
-Cate Moreland Chronicles: youtube.com/watch?v=UVlqofCG2P4&ab_channel=TheCateMorlandChronicles .,m
-Eleanor and Marianne take Barton: tinyurl.com/46ss4c9m
-Rational Creatures: tinyurl.com/2nj7z23y
music: Acoustic Breeze by BenSound
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instagram.com/misa1404
goodreads.com/blatantlybookish
In which we announce Jane Austen July....
Goodreads group: tinyurl.com/y7t4n8cd
My Jane Austen July Playlist: tinyurl.com/5n8x49rw
MY COHOSTS:
@katiejlumsden
@SpinstersLibrary
THE CHALLENGES:
1. Read one of Jane Austen’s main six novels
2. Read something by Jane Austen that is not one of her main six novels
3. Read a non-fiction work about Jane Austen or her time
4. Read a retelling of a Jane Austen book OR a work of historical fiction set in Jane Austen’s time
5. Read a book by a contemporary of Jane Austen (published between 1775–1817). See this wonderful Goodreads List for inspiration: goodreads.com/list/show/82872.What_Jane_Austen_Read
6. Watch a direct screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book
7. Watch a modern screen retelling of a Jane Austen book
READALONG SCHEDULES:
Northanger Abbey:
July 1st: chapters 1, 2, 3
2nd: 4, 5, 6
3rd: 7, 8, 9
4th: 10, 11, 12
5th: 13, 14, 15
6th: 16, 17, 18
7th: 19, 20, 21
8th: 22, 23, 24
9th: 25, 26, 27
10th: 28, 29, 30, 31
Juvenilia (Links courtesy of Katie):
July 11: Jack and Alice: tinyurl.com/2cp6svxa
12: Frederic and Elfrida: tinyurl.com/2s3a9kjx
13: Edgar and Emma: tinyurl.com/3dhj295s
14: Henry and Eliza: tinyurl.com/bdd3ym7x
15: The Beautifull Cassandra: tinyurl.com/3yjke67n
16: Memoirs of Mr. Clifford: tinyurl.com/527fhz35
17: Amelia Webster: tinyurl.com/2s3sjp8h
18: The Mystery: tinyurl.com/mu8nce4f
19: Ode to Pity: tinyurl.com/2bfawwaj
20: Sir William Montague: tinyurl.com/527fhz35
21: The Three Sisters: tinyurl.com/2s56e33d
22: Evelyn: tinyurl.com/2ed7tdsn
23–24: Lesley Castle: tinyurl.com/msufjj9e
25–26: Catharine, or The Bower: tinyurl.com/yc5a5wpr
27–28: The History of England: tinyurl.com/93tyjdf8
29–31: Love and Friendship: tinyurl.com/yc77sk3d
BOOKS MENTIONED (And some that should have been)
JANE AUSTEN WORKS (challenges 1 & 2)
-Pride and Prejudice
-Emma
-Persuasion
-Mansfield Park
-Sense and Sensibility
-Northanger Abbey
-The Watsons
-Sanditon
-Lady Susan
-Juvenilia
-Jane Austen's Letters
NONFICTION BOOKS (Challenge 3)
-What Matters in Jane Austen Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved by John Mullan
-Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley
-The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne
-Elegant Etiquette in the Nineteenth Century by Mallory James
-An Elegant Madness: High Society in Regency England by Venetia Murray
-Jane Austen’s England: Daily Life in the Georgian and Regency Periods by Lesley Adkins and Roy Adkins
-Jane Austen Embroidery by Jennie Batchelor and Alison Larkin
-Tea with Jane Austen by Pen Vogler
More non-fiction recommendations: youtu.be/tXAHZXVWRyc
RETELLINGS AND HISTORICAL FICTION (Challenge 4)
-The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow - see my review video here: youtube.com/watch?v=9kc8gdTacDY&list=PLOhvsGM1VlE9KuoY6TeYD4BXbYkz9-qVz&index=19&t=0s
-Miss Austen by Gill Hornby - see my review video here: youtube.com/watch?v=tqhbiCtUKzk&list=PLOhvsGM1VlE9KuoY6TeYD4BXbYkz9-qVz&index=17&t=56s
-Godmersham Park by Gill Hornby - see my review video here: youtu.be/82OG2V9IHng
-Longbourn by Jo Baker
-Pride by Ibi Zoboi
-The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn
-Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler
-The Heiress by Molly Greeley
-Reputation by Lex Croucher
-Infamous by Lex Croucher
CONTEMPORARIES OF JANE AUSTEN (Challenge 5)
-Romantic Poets: Wordsworth,Coleridge, Blake, Byron, Shelley, Keats
-Cowper
-Robert Southey
-Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
-Frances Burney (Evelina, Camilla... )
-Maria Edgeworth (Belinda, Castle Rackrent, The Absentee...)
-Sir Walter Scott (Ivanhoe, The Lady of the Lake, The Bride of Lammermoor, Marmion...)
-The Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox
-Lover's Vows by Elizabeth Inchbald
-The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
AUSTEN RELATED MOVIES, TV SERIES, WEBSERIES (Challenge 6 & 7)
-BBC Pride and Prejudice (1995)
-Pride and Prejudice (2005)
-Northanger Abbey (2007)
-BBC Sense & Sensibility (2008)
-Emma (2009)
-Emma (2020)
-Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
-Emma (1996)
-Love and Friendship
-Austenland
-Fire Island
-Bride and Prejudice (2004)
-Clueless (1995)
-Sanditon
-Lost in Austen
-The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: tinyurl.com/y72qe9be
-Emma Approved: tinyurl.com/y7762qcb
-From Mansfield With Love: tinyurl.com/y7ne8fnp
-Northbound: tinyurl.com/y7fnhv9q
-Cate Moreland Chronicles: youtube.com/watch?v=UVlqofCG2P4&ab_channel=TheCateMorlandChronicles .,m
-Eleanor and Marianne take Barton: tinyurl.com/46ss4c9m
-Rational Creatures: tinyurl.com/2nj7z23y
music: Acoustic Breeze by BenSound
✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧
instagram.com/misa1404
goodreads.com/blatantlybookish
