dawn.vogel | November 20, 2024
Jamie Lackey’s Toil and Trouble (2024) is a delightful retelling of Pride and Prejudice that integrates witchcraft and LGBTQ+ characters seamlessly into the Regency setting, offering a fresh take on the Austen classic. The book opens with Mrs. Bennet making a deal with a witch–in exchange for her daughters Lizzie and Mary, her fifth child will be […]
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dawn.vogel | October 5, 2022
I grabbed a Kindle copy of Caytee by Susanna Kanto (Caudex Books, 2022) recently because it was touted as a modern retelling of Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. As I’d wanted to read Northanger Abbey for a while, but often find Jane Austen’s writing style a little difficult to dig into, I thought this would be a […]
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dawn.vogel | March 4, 2020
I’m a Jane Austen fan by proximity and osmosis (I’ve tried to read the books, but I had a difficult time with her writing style, but I really enjoy the movies and the general ideas), but this game, Seance and Sensibility, hits a number of the buttons that I like! It’s Jane Austen. It’s Powered by […]
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Tags: Jane Austen, Lovecraftian, regency, roleplaying games