Welcome, Tartlets, to my living, breathing, ever-updating list of Books for Jane Austen Lovers.
If you’ve been reading the blog for awhile, you’re well aware that I’m a Janeite, a.k.a, a huge Jane Austen fan. I grew up on Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility (the books and the movies), and I’m always willing to read a retelling, reimagining, or continuation of Jane Austen’s beloved classics and timeless words.
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I seem to be on a Jane Austen retelling kick lately: first Once Persuaded, Twice Shy, and now Relative Strangers, which is a modern reimagining of Sense and Sensibility.
What’s Relative Strangers about?
Amelia Bae-Wood ((ahem, Marianne Dashwood) goes to live with her widowed sister Eleanor, her widowed mother, and her niece Margaret after her glamorous foodie-preneur lifestyle falls apart. Her family has been rendered near penniless...
I actually let out a cheer while reading Once Persuaded, Twice Shy.
I mean, it was a quiet cheer. Because it was 4am and my husband was asleep next to me. But, at a crucial moment in the book, a fist pump and a hissed "yes!" went up in honor of Anne Elliot.
What’s Once Persuaded, Twice Shy about? Once Persuaded, Twice Shy is Melodie Edwards’ modern rom-com reimagining of Jane Austen’s famous novel Persuasion.
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