I am huge fan of #BeatrixPotter and so it was a delight to attend the #IWD event last night @litfest.bsky.social to listen to @drpennybradshaw.bsky.social in conversation with #JoBaker who talked about her new book an A-Z of Beatrix Potter. 🙏 I am looking forward to reading the book.
Longbourn by Jo Baker is a #prideandprejudice retelling from the servants’ side of the house. A must for all #austenfans...
#janeausten #jobaker #booksky #bookrecs
March 2025 Reading Wrap Up
35 books
Standout Titles:
Ordinary Mysticism by #MirabaiStarr
Hood Feminism by #MikkiKendall
Bright Young Women by #JessicaKnoll
Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials by #MarionGibson
Longbourn by #JoBaker
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Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
4/20
Jo Baker
#Writers #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge #femaleauthors #jobaker
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Bake...
A maid carries a tray bearing a glass of water and a cup of tea. Her dress is fitting for her station--neat and tidy though simple--and fitting for her era, in the first decade or so of the 19th century. Modestly, she wears a cap covering her hair and a fichu covering her chest. The difference between this picture and the common illustration of Regency-era fiction couldn't be, well, plainer. The simplicity of dress and dignity of carriage in this maid suggest this is no bodice-ripper or noble-marriage fantasy, but a well-researched work of historical realist fiction. We can expect the narrative, like this cover illustration, to focus on a servant, who usually is as much taken for granted and as unmentioned as a doormat. This will tell a story of their world. Text over the image reads, simply, "Longbourn; A Novel; Jo Baker.
Just for fun in February, A-Cover-A-Day, books I love, that's all. #BookSky 💙📚 #Longbourn #JoBaker #HistoricalFiction #RegencyRealism #JaneAustenSpinoff
