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Novelist Jane Austen may have died from tuberculosis rather than Addison's disease, a scholar said on Tuesday after studying the symptoms she described in her letters. The Pride and Prejudice author, who died at the age of 41 in 1817, did not mention some of the most common symptoms associated with Addison's disease, in which adrenal glands fail to produce sufficient steroid hormones. Katherine White from the Addison's Disease Self Helf Group said Austen did not complain of mental confusion... Read Full Story
Love in literature has been sometimes a dramatized emotion or sometimes a realistic gradual flow of feelings. Various authors have given their own definition of love. Love, that is known as the most beautiful of all the emotions has been painted sometimes white, sometimes red and at times green in literature. Novels and books leave it to the readers to decide the real definition of love.
Charlotte Bronte's famous heroine Jane Eyre falls in love that is of the idealistic kind. The Bronte... Read Full Story
One of the things I enjoy about writing my Austen sequels is the research I have to do for each novel. I love to set each major scene giving clues to how places looked at the time, as well as considering sounds and smells! Jane Austen did not devote much of her writing to descriptions of places and scenes as she took it for granted that people would know what she was talking about, but I think it is important that I transport my reader back to the 1800’s especially if they know little about... Read Full Story
Jane Austen died on 18 July 1817 at age forty-one. She left us with six major novels, letters, juvenilia, some miscellanea and a posthumous mystery. What caused her early demise?
One hundred and ninety-two years later experts are still speculating on the fatal illness that robbed her of full life and us the possibility of more remarkable prose. There are a few clues from her letters and family recollections, but no surviving medical records. So, therein lies the mystery – and the... Read Full Story
It is a truth universally acknowledged -- or nearly so -- that Jane Austen, the author of "Pride and Prejudice," died of a rare illness called Addison's disease, which robs the body of the ability to make critical hormones.
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies : The Classic Regency Romance Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! by Jane Austen 'It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.' So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies , an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem. As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton and the dead are... Read Full Story
“A man who has nothing to do with his own time has no conscience in his intrusion on that of others.”
Marianne Dashwood , Sense and Sensibility, Chapter 31
As the New Year quickly approaches, its time to select a new calendar to keep my life in order. Searching about the Internet, I discovered these beautiful new 2010 calendars inspired by Jane Austen and her novels available for shipment in plenty of time for the New Year. They make excellent holiday gifts too, so surprise your... Read Full Story
There's something about men in uniform that warms the cockles of my heart. While Jane Austen did not write about the battles raging in Europe, she did include regimental men and sailors in her novels. This week we ask you to consider the uniforms worn by two of her heroes and choose: The hero in uniform I like best (Part 1) Alan Rickman as Colonel Brandon in Sense and Sensibility, 1995 Ciaran Hinds as Captain Wentworth, Persuasion 1996 Please note: Next week you will be asked to choose for... Read Full Story
I've been having a lovely time on my blog tour for the launch of Willoughby's Return. Here's an interview I had with Barbara from Everything Victorian and More. Thank you Barbara, I really enjoyed the interview! 1. What inspired you to write about the main character? I’ve always had a soft spot for Marianne Dashwood from Sense and Sensibility. She’s a heroine who wears her heart on her sleeve and never loves by halves. In Jane Austen’s book Marianne has two great love affairs – firstly, with... Read Full Story
An overview of English Country dancing as seen in two versions of "Pride and Prejudice," and in "Becoming Jane." Contributor: Susi Frock Published: Nov 30, 2009 Read Full Story
