Cora Lee, Regency Romance Author

Reindeer aren’t the only ones playing games this holiday season–we can too! Our Friday Favorite this week tests your intellect and memory while The Bard himself plays Game Show Host. Check out Modern Library’s Shakespeare Games:

Shakespeare Aptitude Test–translate Shakespeare’s phrases into modern English

What’s in a Name–identify characters in Shakespeare’s works so Juliet can choose a new suitor (before Brutus does away with them)

Hamlet’s Duel–help Hamlet beat Laertes in a duel by answering questions quickly and accurately

Name That Play–name the Shakespearean play based on a one-line quote

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Regency Word Wednesday

December 10, 2014September 28, 2014 Cora Lee

Word Grubbers

“Verbal critics, and also persons who use hard words in common discourse.”

Quotes

Quote of the Week

December 7, 2014October 5, 2014 Cora Lee

The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.

–Japanese Proverb

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Books, Friday Favorites

Friday Favorite: 200 Years of Jane Austen Covers

December 5, 2014November 23, 2014 Cora Lee

Cover reveals are a big event in the lead-up to a new book’s release. And different versions of a book (paperback, hardcover, mass market) might have different covers, or a new cover might be designed for the re-release of an older work. But what if your book was 200 years old? How many different covers would it have then?

Our Favorite this week is an article from The Guardian: Jane Austen’s fashion history: 200 years of cover designs – in pictures and a similar one from The Huffington Post: Jane Austen, Reinvented. Between the two there are about a dozen Austen covers from the past two centuries. See if you can tell the era in which they were designed before you read the article 😀

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue