Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago

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In which I chat about what I'd love to read for Jane Austen July....

*Jane Austen July Announcement Videos:*
Katie's Video @katiejlumsden tinyurl.com/bdu9pdf3
Claudia's Video @SpinstersLibrary : tinyurl.com/287hnvc6

*Jane Austen Discussion Videos with my Husband*
-Pride and Prejudice: youtu.be/wrYbzxDNoBA
-Sense and Sensibility: youtu.be/VnzpffOOCZU
-Emma: youtu.be/vVk_ybdLrdM


*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 (i.e., published between 1775–1817)
6. Watch a direct screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book
7. Watch something related to Austen that is not a direct adaptation.

*Books Mentioned*

-Mansfield Park by Jane Austen annotated and edited by David M. Shapard
-Lady Susan by Jane Austen
-Sanditon by Jane Austen
-Jane Austen's Letters
-A New Jane Austen: How Americans Brought us the World's Greatest Novelist by Juliette Wells
-Jane Austen and the Clergy by Irene Collins
-The Genius of Jane Austen by Paula Byrne
-Austen Years: A Memoir in 5 Novels By Rachel Cohen
-The Rushworth Family Plot by Claudia Gray
-This Motherless Land by Nikki May
-The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell
-Six Weeks by the Sea by Paula Byrne
-The Elopement by Gill Hornby
-Jane Austen's Bookshelf by Rebecca Romney
-The Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox
-Emmaline by Charlotte Smith
-The Old Manor House by Charlotte Smith
-Elegiac Sonnets by Charlotte Smith

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