Last-minute book gift ideas for the holiday season

With the holiday shopping season upon us, here’s the only last-minute gift-giving guide you’ll need for the book-lovers in your life. Audio, e-books, and a bonus short story included! The Unexpected Miss Bennet For the Jane Austen fan in your life. They’ve read every sequel and watched every movie and they love all things Austen. So get them The Unexpected Miss Bennet, the sequel they probably haven’t read, because it just hasn’t broken out the Read more…

A Regency era girl stands at the piano, a boy standing behind her. The title reads The Unexpected Miss Bennet by Patrice Sarath

How to Write a Jane Austen Novel

Jane Austen will never go out of style. Her most famous six novels, written over 250 years ago, are timeless illustrations of life and love. Most people who read Austen read her books as love stories; nothing wrong with that, although not all of them are romances, as I discuss in my series, The Six: An Analysis of Jane Austen’s Novels. There’s Something About Jane Austen Nowadays when I read Austen, and I reread her Read more…