Aerendgast Blog Tour and Giveaway - Jane Austen Comebacks for Any Occasion

Today I'm taking part in the 'Aerendgast' Blog Tour with a fun post from the author, Rachel Berman, who has compiled some of Austen's wonderful quotes so you can always have a literary comeback at the ready!

Please see below for links to other stops on the blog tour and a chance to win an 'Aerendgast' e-book.

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Jane Austen Comebacks for any Occasion

The characters in the novels of Jane Austen always know just what to say. In celebration of the publication of my novel Aerendgast: The Lost History of Jane Austen, I’ve compiled a list of perfect Jane Austen character comebacks for (almost) every situation in life:



1. When you and a friend disagree on the merits of a movie you’ve just seen - “Better be without sense that misapply it as you do.” – Mr. Knightley, Emma

2. When you decide to get a manicure even though you haven’t paid your electric bill - “I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other.” Emma Woodhouse, Emma

3. When your waiter gets your order wrong - “My good opinion once lost, is lost forever.” – Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice

4. When you meet someone who ‘doesn’t like to read’ - “I have not the pleasure of understanding you.” – Mr. Bennet, Pride and Prejudice

5. When you’re explaining why you don’t like going to clubs - “I am not fond of the idea of my shrubberies being always approachable.” – Sir Walter Elliot, Persuasion 

6. When someone says they ‘don’t like’ Jane Austen - “Use those words again and I will leave the room this moment!” – Marianne Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility 

7. When they’re out of your favorite cookie at the local bakery - “Mine is a misery which nothing can do away.” – Marianne Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility

8. When you’re seated next to a real dud at a dinner party - “Let us have the luxury of silence.” – Edmund Bertram, Mansfield Park

9. When you’ve just returned from Las Vegas - “We do not look in great cities for our best morality.” – Edmund Bertram, Mansfield Park

10. When you and your friends are interrupted when swooning about Mr. Darcy - “Now I must give one smirk and then we may be rational again.” – Henry Tilney, Northanger Abbey

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Aerendgast Book Blurb: What if Jane Austen was secretly married? What if she had a baby whose descendants are still alive today? Violet Desmond has just learned that her life is a lie. With sparse clues, she sets off to discover her hidden history and, simultaneously, an explanation for her vivid dreams-dreams in which a woman from the past narrates an impossible story involving a secret marriage and a child-a story intimately connected to Jane Austen. Violet reluctantly agrees to receive help from cavalier Peter Knighton. Blacklisted from his profession, Knighton can almost taste the money and accolades he'll receive for digging up something good on Austen. The unlikely pair begins a quest for answers that leads them to Aerendgast Hallows. Knee-deep in hidden crypts, perilous pursuits, and centuries-old riddles, Violet must put her literary expertise to the test as she battles to uncover the secret that her loved ones died trying to reveal-before an unknown enemy silences her as well.

Buy links:

Amazon (US) « B&N (US) « Amazon (UK) « B&N (UK)

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Giveaway time!

The lovely people at Meryton Press are giving away an e-book of 'Aerendgast' (Kindle or Nook) to a commenter on this post, so if you'd like to win a copy, just comment below. Please leave a way for me to contact you should you win. You can get a bonus entry for commenting on my review of 'Aerendgast'. This is open to international entrants, last day to enter is Tuesday 24 March 2015. - Please note this giveaway is now closed.

There are other giveaway opportunities on this blog tour, here's the full schedule, below:

Blog tour schedule:

2 March: Guest Post at Austenprose 

3 March: Excerpt & Giveaway at My Jane Austen Book Club 

4 March: Author Interview at The Little Munchkin Reader

5 March: Excerpt & Giveaway at BestSellers & BestStellars

6 March: Review at Babblings of a Bookworm 

7 March: Guest Post & Giveaway at My Love for Jane Austen 

8 March: Review at The Delighted Reader

9 March: Excerpt & Giveaway at So Little Time… 

10 March: Guest Post & Giveaway at More Agreeably Engaged 

11 March: Review at Austenprose 

12 March: Excerpt & Giveaway at My Kids Led Me Back to Pride and Prejudice 

13 March: Review at Diary of an Eccentric

14 March: Review at Margie's Must Reads

15 March: Review at Warmisunqu’s Austen

16 March: Guest Post & Giveaway at Austenesque Reviews

17 March: Guest Post & Giveaway at Babblings of a Bookworm
18 March: Guest Post at Laughing with Lizzie