If you’re a Jane Austen fan or know someone with a Kindle who is, make sure you take advantage of this short-term Austen sale on the Kindle Store. But hurry, because it looks like most of these deals are for today only in honor of her birthday. (I’m sorry I’m just now posting about it–I only found out a few minutes ago!)
First off, we have six illustrated Kindle editions
If you’ve read “Pride and Prejudice” and crave more of those characters, here are nine unofficial sequels by contemporary authors that are also free today. They’re all published by Sourcebooks as well, so the free offers may end at midnight tonight too. Also, wow, people sure like that Darcy jerk.
“Mr Darcy’s Diary” by Amanda Grange
“Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife” by Linda Berdoll
“Mr. & Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy: Two Shall Become One” by Sharon Lathan
“Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy” by Abigail Reynolds
“Darcys & the Bingleys” by Marsha Altman
“What Would Jane Austen Do?” by Laurie Brown
“The Other Mr. Darcy” by Monica Fairview
“Lydia Bennet’s Story” by Jane Odiwe
“Eliza’s Daughter” by Joan Aiken
(Illustration by Henry Matthew Brock, found at solitary-elegance.com)
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