Heard last week that the team at Bethany House tipped off Cindy Crosby to A Walk with Jane Austen for her article on BookReporter.com. Many thanks!
Bethany just published Nancy Moser's Just Jane, which Cindy said "brings Jane Austen to life through first-person narration" and is "an enjoyable fictional introduction to the life of Jane Austen for many new readers, especially Christians."
And they've just released an annotated version of Pride and Prejudice that sounds like a lot of fun. Here's part of Cindy's review:
"I loved this, and I think you will too. The editors of Bethany House offer the complete PRIDE AND PREJUDICE with footnotes, or rather, sidenotes throughout. These highlight specific themes in Austen's books and also include some factoids and historical notes that amplify the novel. The notes are coded by symbol; a heart on the sidenote, for example, shows that it's a tip for love and romance, a cross denotes…well, you can figure that one out. It's a relaxed undertaking; there's even a smiley face for notes that "just make us smile." I found some of the historical notes, like an explanation of the game of whist, particularly helpful, and others, such as a comment on Wickham on page 192, fairly hilarious ("Now go back and reread Wickham's description of her [Georgiana] on page 85. Oooo, we hate him!")."
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