Jane Austen’s World is the first among equals of the many well written and researched blogs about our favorite author, with many illustrations and articles on life in the Regency, book reviews and contributions from the fans of creator Vic Sanborn. And then there’s Vic’s other blog …
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Jane Austen Today, where she takes a contemporary approach and reports on movies, books and other Austen adaptations with the flair of a Hollywood insider.
There’s something about an Austen blogger that makes it difficult to express themselves in a single blog. And thus we find at austenonly: “Jane Austen’s life, times and works explained and discussed” …
… and at the Jane Austen Gazetteer: “Virtually visit the real places that Jane Austen and her family inhabited in reality,” both by the very talented Julie Wakefield.
Yet another fabulous Austen blog can be found at austenprose.com. One cannot help but think of comments about “accomplished women,” and I know that’s a very limited attitude because I already know one man, one of my senseis, who is an Austen fan. You’ll find many reviews, group reads and contests here.
The Regency Redingote is not Austen obsessed, it’s Regency obsessed with a nod to Austen and Georgette Heyer. “I focus primarily on the social and cultural history of life in Regency England, particularly those esoteric topics which are ignored by historians of the ‘big issues’ of history.” (A redingote, which I did not know until I Googled it, is a Regency riding coat, for men and women.)
Austen Sequels is another member of the class of 2011 and already has a devoted following. It is the work of Laurel Obstgarten who you can also follow on twitter and facebook. And in case you haven’t guessed, it’s a site that explores sequels, continuations and adaptations of the original Austen novels.
Lucy Inglis’s profile on twitter lists her as blogger in residence at the Museum of London, and it’s such a charming title. I can’t help but think of wealthy Georgians boasting, “Oh yes, we keep a blogger on the grounds, she moans dreadfully from the attic at times but is generally well behaved.” Her blog is fabulous.
It should come as no surprise that a website that “supports independent/non-traditionally published Austenesque literature” should get my attention. Of course the mauve/pink also helpts gets my attention. I especially like that the middle lady in their logo holds a magnifying glass.
