Historical literary links

You may have heard me mention Austenblog, but how about its sister, Brontëblog? If either of these authors are favorites, these blogs are a great way to learn more. A lot of the posts are links to articles about the author, their works, adaptations of those works, new editions of books, reviews, etc.

The Victorian Web is not only good for history but their Authors section is quite helpful. They even have Jane Austen in the Pre-Victorians!

This site has all the Jeeves and Wooster stories, and what TV episode they correspond with.

This is a good Georgette Heyer site (it has excerpts from all the books), and so is this one (plot summaries of many of the books).

Ok, so enough of the historicals. Here's a couple links for two well-liked authors at our house:

Lemony Snicket and Brian Jacques (Though his new book left me quite cold. I just couldn't finish it.)

And some general literary links:

This site will tell you how likely a title is to become a bestseller. (For aspiring authors, but it's also fun to put in titles of classic books.)

Book-a-Minute gives you incredibly condensed summaries of books...with a heavy dash of sarcasm.


And...I couldn't pass up mentioning one of my favorite sites again. Of course about Jane Austen. ;) Lots of links and information, and the forums are family-friendly and fun. This is The Republic of Pemberley. (Warning: these people are all addicted to Jane Austen. Not for the faint of heart.)

For my other favorite author, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Encyclopedia of Arda is exhaustive, this is great for costume-makers, and this is just plain fun!