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  1. #JaneAustenJuly 2026 What I’ll be reading

    We’re again at #JaneAustenJuly. This year, I’ll be (re)reading Emma and the non-fiction A Portrait of Jane Austen by David Cecil, published in 1978, that some dear friends gift me recently from their visit to Hay-on-Wye (yes, the Book Town).

    You can check my past post with direct links to all the works of Jane Austen from Project Gutenberg, that you can read anywhere. If you have a Kobo, you may prefer the kepub format (statistics and so on), so here’s the link to Austen’s works at Standard Ebooks.

    What will you be reading for #JaneAustenJuly? :-)

    #BookLook #books #Emma #JaneAusten #JaneAustenJuly #publicDomain #readings
  2. A quotation from Jane Austen

    We are of each an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to posterity with all of the eclat of a proverb.

    Jane Austen (1775-1817) English author
    Pride and Prejudice, ch. 18 [Elizabeth] (1813)

    More about this quote: wist.info/austen-jane/64549/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #janeausten #character #chitchat #conversation #disposition #ego #introvert #pride #profundity #silence #speaking

  3. It’s Weekend, Let’s Read: Who is the author with more works in the Guardian’s list of 100 greatest novels of all time?

    The Guardian made a list of the 100 greatest novels of all time. You can see the list here, with links to how Guardian’s made it. First place of the list is George Eliot with Middlemarch, but I thought to check which authors had more works in this list. And it’s Virginia Woolf with five books!

    Second place in the number of the novels in the list are Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, both with four books.

    Best part? There all in public domain, so you want to start with any of these four authors, right here, right now, head to Project Gutenberg and let’s read!

    Books by George Eliot – https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/90

    Books by Virginia Woolf – https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89

    Books by Jane Austen – https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68

    Books by Charles Dickens – https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37

    #BookLook #books #CharlesDickens #Classics #GeorgeEliot #GreatestNovels #Guardian #JaneAusten #publicDomain #readings #VirginiaWoolf
  4. Fake Book Club Podcast @fakebookclubpodcast.wordpress.com@fakebookclubpodcast.wordpress.com ·

    Season 3 Episode 2: Our Literary Unpopular Opinions

    Welcome to Fake Book Club Podcast, Season three, episode two! We’re sharing our unpopular literary opinions about books, reading, and romance. Will you agree or disagree? Do we end this episode with our friendship intact? Listen and find out…

    Listen Below!

    Listen on Spotify:

    https://open.spotify.com/episode/0x1PNDmSQZApeI1zOe5oII?si=kT6Rwmp5Q6G8urOV6iAHGg

    Listen on YouTube:

    https://youtu.be/0U_TdlAMyMQ

    Also listen at the following places:

    Pandora Pocket Casts TuneIn Substack

    Things Discussed In This Episode

    Related Articles and Websites

    Is It Just Me, or Are the Books Getting Fancier? A Guide to the Special Editions Trend

    The Benefits of Graphic Novels: Why They Count as Reading

    What’s the perfect length for a book?

    Books Mentioned

    Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid

    Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

    The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

    Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan

    Edinburgh Nights series by T. L. Huchu 

    The Midnight Taxi by Yosha Gunasekera 

    Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

    Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

    Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

    Soften The Blow by Bread Tarleton

    Disclaimer: Links to Bookshop.org are affiliate links and the store will receive a small commission if you purchase through those links.

    #BigBooks #BookAdaptations #BookEditions #BookLovers #BookPetPeeves #Bookmarks #Books #BooksToMovies #Bookworms #Conversation #ConversationalPodcast #CurrentlyReading #DogEarring #FakeBookClub #FantasySeries #JaneAusten #LeoTolstoy #LiteraryOpinions #Movies #music #NewEpisode #Opinions #Pandora #PetPeeves #Podcast #Romance #RomanceReaders #Season3 #ShortReads #SpecialEditions #Spotify #technology #TuneIn #UnpopularOpinions #YouTube
  5. Fake Book Club Podcast @fakebookclubpodcast.wordpress.com@fakebookclubpodcast.wordpress.com ·

    Season 3 Episode 2: Our Literary Unpopular Opinions

    Welcome to Fake Book Club Podcast, Season three, episode two! We’re sharing our unpopular literary opinions about books, reading, and romance. Will you agree or disagree? Do we end this episode with our friendship intact? Listen and find out…

    Listen Below!

    Listen on Spotify:

    https://open.spotify.com/episode/0x1PNDmSQZApeI1zOe5oII?si=kT6Rwmp5Q6G8urOV6iAHGg

    Listen on YouTube:

    https://youtu.be/0U_TdlAMyMQ

    Also listen at the following places:

    Pandora Pocket Casts TuneIn Substack

    Things Discussed In This Episode

    Related Articles and Websites

    Is It Just Me, or Are the Books Getting Fancier? A Guide to the Special Editions Trend

    The Benefits of Graphic Novels: Why They Count as Reading

    What’s the perfect length for a book?

    Books Mentioned

    Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid

    Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

    The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

    Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan

    Edinburgh Nights series by T. L. Huchu 

    The Midnight Taxi by Yosha Gunasekera 

    Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

    Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

    Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

    Soften The Blow by Bread Tarleton

    Disclaimer: Links to Bookshop.org are affiliate links and the store will receive a small commission if you purchase through those links.

    #BigBooks #BookAdaptations #BookEditions #BookLovers #BookPetPeeves #Bookmarks #Books #BooksToMovies #Bookworms #Conversation #ConversationalPodcast #CurrentlyReading #DogEarring #FakeBookClub #FantasySeries #JaneAusten #LeoTolstoy #LiteraryOpinions #Movies #music #NewEpisode #Opinions #Pandora #PetPeeves #Podcast #Romance #RomanceReaders #Season3 #ShortReads #SpecialEditions #Spotify #technology #TuneIn #UnpopularOpinions #YouTube
  6. Fake Book Club Podcast @fakebookclubpodcast.wordpress.com@fakebookclubpodcast.wordpress.com ·

    Season 3 Episode 2: Our Literary Unpopular Opinions

    Welcome to Fake Book Club Podcast, Season three, episode two! We’re sharing our unpopular literary opinions about books, reading, and romance. Will you agree or disagree? Do we end this episode with our friendship intact? Listen and find out…

    Listen Below!

    Listen on Spotify:

    https://open.spotify.com/episode/0x1PNDmSQZApeI1zOe5oII?si=kT6Rwmp5Q6G8urOV6iAHGg

    Listen on YouTube:

    https://youtu.be/0U_TdlAMyMQ

    Also listen at the following places:

    Pandora Pocket Casts TuneIn Substack

    Things Discussed In This Episode

    Related Articles and Websites

    Is It Just Me, or Are the Books Getting Fancier? A Guide to the Special Editions Trend

    The Benefits of Graphic Novels: Why They Count as Reading

    What’s the perfect length for a book?

    Books Mentioned

    Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid

    Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

    The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

    Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan

    Edinburgh Nights series by T. L. Huchu 

    The Midnight Taxi by Yosha Gunasekera 

    Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

    Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

    Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

    Soften The Blow by Bread Tarleton

    Disclaimer: Links to Bookshop.org are affiliate links and the store will receive a small commission if you purchase through those links.

    #BigBooks #BookAdaptations #BookEditions #BookLovers #BookPetPeeves #Bookmarks #Books #BooksToMovies #Bookworms #Conversation #ConversationalPodcast #CurrentlyReading #DogEarring #FakeBookClub #FantasySeries #JaneAusten #LeoTolstoy #LiteraryOpinions #Movies #music #NewEpisode #Opinions #Pandora #PetPeeves #Podcast #Romance #RomanceReaders #Season3 #ShortReads #SpecialEditions #Spotify #technology #TuneIn #UnpopularOpinions #YouTube
  7. It’s Weekend, Let’s Read: Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen

    Pride and Prejudice was first published on 28th of January of 1813 and is one of my (and so many others) favorite novels of all time. If you never read it, do not go thinking it is a love story. Well, it’s kind of, but it’s so much more: It’s a comedy of manners and social criticism.

    “I must confess that I think her as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print, and how I shall be able to tolerate those who do not like her at least I do not know.
    Jane Austen in a letter to her sister Cassandra on the 29th of January of 1823

    Elizabeth Bennet is one of my favourite characters: she is intelligent, witty, has no problems to recognise she was mistaken, but also she embodies women independence and resistance. We can see this when she decides to walk to Netherfield, instead of waiting for the carriage, to check on her sister or, when in Rosings, Elizabeth is playing the piano and says to Mr. Darcy:

    “My fingers,” said Elizabeth, “do not move over this instrument in the masterly manner which I see so many women’s do. They have not the same force or rapidity, and do not produce the same expression. But then I have always supposed it to be my own fault—because I would not take the trouble of practising. It is not that I do not believe my fingers as capable as any other woman’s of superior execution.”

    There are many editions of Pride & Prejudice, some with introductions or annotated that give more insights on the text, but if you want to read it right now, head over to Project Gutenberg that has the edition with the illustrations by Hugh Thomson. You can read it or download it here.

    #BookLook #books #ClassicBooks #JaneAusten #Policiais #PrideAndPrejudice #readings

  8. Jane Austen 250th Anniversary

    Today marks 250 years from Jane Austen‘s birth. She one of my all time favourite writers. Because her work is in public domain you can read all her books right now from Project Gutenberg. If you want to read them in order of publication, you can follow this post on this blog.

    Happy birthday, Jane!

    #BookLook #books #JaneAusten #livros #publicDomain #readings

  9. The Jakarta Independent Film Festival h has awarded ‘Melodia’ top honours for Audio Visual Project. Many thanks from our team in Taiwan to all of our friends in Indonesia.

    @jakartafilmfest
    @melodia.shortfilm
    ________

    ‘Melodia: a short film in rondo form’
    梅樂蒂 : 本短片採迴旋曲式結構
    A T Beaune Creations
    with f/Lash Productions

    陳羿安 Yi-An Chen as Mel
    翁重華 Chung Hua Weng, piano
    with
    艾倫咚 Aaron Don Don
    哆啦囉 Dora Lo
    田雨璇 Anna Tian
    阿曼 Manav Mehta
    余宗翰 Hank Yu
    陳佳琳 Jia Lin Chen

    攝影師 director of photography
    范樂怡 Laticia Fan

    故事和方向 story and direction
    唐博訥 A T Beaune

    music by Ludwig van Beethoven
    路德維希.范.貝多芬 (1770-1827)

    a film by A T Beaune 唐博訥
    本片攝於台灣 made in Taiwan
    ________

    #shortfilm #artfilm #melodia #music #piano #festivals #janeausten #jakartaindependentfilmfestival #indonesia #yianchen #chunghuaweng #aarondondon #doralo #annatian #manavmehta #hankyu #jialinchen #laticiafan #atbeaune #boxinhuang #tzuxiangchen #pennychou #timelinestudio #bösendorfer #ninako

  10. @dancast

    True enough. It eventually becomes clear that Mister Amis most ardently admired and loved Miss Austen. But perhaps he hated himself a bit for it.

    And his description in those last three lines of the drooping arc of her personal hopes and life are so brutal you want to look away.

    #Books #JaneAusten #MartinAmis

  11. Jesus, Martin Amis was a brutal bastard.

    "No reader can resist the brazen wishfulness of 'Pride and Prejudice,' but it is clear from internal evidence alone that Austen never fully forgave herself for it. 'Mansfield Park' was her—and our—penance. As her own prospects weakened, dreams of romance paled into the modest hope for respectability. 'Persuasion' was her poem to the second chance. And then came death."

    newyorker.com/magazine/1996/01

    #Books #JaneAusten #MartinAmis

  12. Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen by Rory Muir

    Rory Muir uncovers the excitements and disappointments of courtship and the pains and pleasures of marriage, drawing on fascinating first-hand accounts as well as novels of the period.

    @bookstodon
    #books
    #nonfiction
    #England
    #SocialHistory
    #GeorgianEra
    #Regency
    #JaneAusten
    #marriage
    #love

  13. “THERE was a time when #juvenilia and “teenage writing” were regarded simply as stuff to be got through on the way to the “mature” writings of some literary celebrity. No longer.”

    #JaneAusten / #FreyaJohnston, University Lecturer and Tutorial Fellow in English at #StAnne’s College, #Oxford <churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202>

  14. @bookstodon

    Martin Amis on the Genius of Jane Austen (and What the Adaptations Get Wrong)

    Superb critical essay from 1996, demonstrating a deep love and understanding of Jane Austen. He elegantly eviscerates Four Weddings and a Funeral - "the upper crust is playing cute" - and happily spends much more time on the brilliant BBC television series (1995). That was the only adaptation of Pride and Prejudice worth watching, the gold standard.

    #JaneAusten #MartinAmis

    lithub.com/martin-amis-on-the-