Pouring Over Books
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Pouring Over Books
Jane Austen Retellings To Add to Your TBR
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On this episode of Pouring Over Books, LaShawn shares her obsession with Jane Austen retellings, exploring various modern adaptations of classics like Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion, and Emma. She discusses her favorite books, themes, and the importance of reading classics to understand modern literature. Plus what she is currently reading.
Books Mentioned in This Episode
Heartstone Elle Katharine White
Recipe for Persuasion By Sonali Dev
Where the Rhythm Takes You by Sarah Dass
This Motherless Land by Nikki May
Seeking Mansfield by Kate Watson
Sex, Lies and Sensibility by Nikki Payne
Jane of Austin by Hillary Manton Lodge
Emma: A nModern Retelling by Alexander McCall Smith
Currently
In her own league by Liz tomfode.
If not for my baby also by Kate Golden
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