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Illustrated audiobook cover with a blue background and dark and light green leaves on stems decorating it except for the yellow titles and two pink birds in the centre, top and bottom, The top bird is like a sparrow and the bottom bird is like a peace dove, flying and with a sprig of pink foliage in its beak. There are also four cameo illustrations decorating the cover. At the top left is a modern man with headphones on, at the top right is a modern woman reading on a tablet, in the bottom left is a Regency man tipping his hat and in the bottom right is a Regency woman holding a letter. The cameo people and what they're holding is in bright pink and orange on a light green background.
September 18, 2025

AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell, narrated by Stephanie Nemeth-Parker

KaetrinAudiobooks / B- Reviews / Book ReviewsJane Austen / Movies / NetGalley / Regency / SFF / Stephanie Nemeth-Parker / Time-Travel7 Comments

Content notes: parental death, parental illness, cancer, Alzheimer’s Disease Dear Madeline Bell, Tess Bright is an American actor who became famous on a teen sitcom “Chuck Brown”, based loosely on the Peanuts comic strip. After her mother became ill and then died, her grief led to her showing up late ... more >

April 22, 2019

REVIEW: The Austen Playbook by Lucy Parker

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsactor/actress / classic literature / Contemporary / critic / enemies to lovers / England / family drama / family relationships / Jane Austen / theater2 Comments

In which experienced West End actress Freddy Carlton takes on an Austen-inspired play, a scandal at a country estate, an enthusiastic search for a passion outside of acting…and the (some people might say icy*) heart of London’s most feared theater critic. *if those people were being nice Freddy Carlton knows ... more >

October 9, 2013

REVIEW: Longbourn by Jo Baker

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsHistorical / Jane Austen / Regency England / Servants22 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Ms. Baker, Usually when I see a book that is in some way based on Jane Austen’s novels, I shy away from it. Though I’ve only read a fraction of the multitude ones that have been published, I find myself sick to death of variations on Austenlandia – the ... more >

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