Who wouldn't want to have a Jane Austen Christmas? Jane Austen wrote about Christmas time in each of her major novels. Who can forget Mr Elton's proposal to Emma on Christmas Eve, Anne Elliot visiting the Musgroves at Uppercross during the holidays, or newly engaged Elizabeth Bennet inviting Aunt Gardiner to Pemberley for Christmas?
Carlo DeVito, the author of A Jane Austen Christmas, does what Austen didn't, since she didn't need to describe in details what her contemporary certainly knew: how to decorate or what to cook for Christmas, what music to sing or play or what little gifts to make. He collects all those details for us and depicts what a typical British Christmas must have been like in the Georgian Era.
A Jane Austen Christmas gives a
detailed look into six Christmases Jane Austen
artistically wove into her novels. This festive
book will hit shelves in October 2015, just in
time for the holidays.
Written by Carlo DeVito, this book provides
a deeper look into the lives of Austen and
her family as they encounter a series of firsts
in love, loss and celebration. Drawing from
selections of Austen’s letters between friends
and family, DeVito highlights the most
influential holiday seasons with historical
detail, providing Janeites with a first-ever
view into a Georgian Christmas. This elegant
book includes an introduction by Margaret C.
Sullivan, author of The Jane Austen Handbook,
recipes for cocktails and explanations of several
party games as Austen played them.
Readers of A Jane Austen Christmas are
transported back to a world of family and
festivities with the book’s in-depth detail of
songs, dances, recipes and traditions. Janeites
will learn how to decorate and host a celebratory dinner, and toast with Admiral Russell’s Punch. They can
play Bullet Pudding and Snap-dragon with loved ones, just like Austen and her sisters did. So raise a glass
and celebrate, Austen-style.
A Jane Austen Christmas is available at your local bookstore, amazon.com and BN.com.
Carlo DeVito is a longtime publishing executive, who has worked with many of the nation’s major historians. He is also the
author of A Mark Twain Christmas and Inventing Scrooge. His work has been reviewed in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the
Christian Science Monitor, and the Hartford Courant. Carlo lives with his family in Ghent, NY at the Hudson-Chatham Winery.
9 comments:
Love her writting. Thanks for a chance to win.
I've always thought it would be interesting to celebrate Christmas in a different time period. The Jane Austen time period seems like a wonderful time period to do so. Thanks for sharing this information on your blog. robeader53@yahoo.com
what an interesting take on Austen!
I would love to win this. I have another book, Jane Austen's Christmas by Maria Hubert, but I'd love to read a fresh take on it. Thanks!
I love Christmas themed books and stories and Jane Austin, so what could be better than this! sonja dot nishimoto AT gmail dot com
I wonder if Carlo has found anything in Jane Austen's correspondence about Jane's favorite gifts. Obviously, things weren't as commercial as they are today, but I am curious as to what gifts she and her family treasured. No idea about what "firsts in love, loss and celebration" they had - you have me very curious!
Jane Austen and Christmas, magical.
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There is nothing better than Christmas except Christmas with Jane Austen!
Thank you for this giveaway.
The book sounds perfectđź’•
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