I opened up randomly at Jane Austen's Letter (1997, Deidre le Faye) and found a very interesting letter, at least for myself. A very si...

Thanks to our dearest Linda the Librarian, we have in announcement the hard copy version of The Memoir of Chief Justice Lefroy , available s...

We find in Chapter 3 of “Emma” the description of Mrs. Bates and Miss Bates. This passage is about Miss Bates: "Her youth had passed wi...

This week I am still in Chapter 2 of “Emma” where we read about poor Mr. Woodhouse’s afflictions after losing Miss Taylor: "His own sto...

I was (am) still in the New Year mode, so I was looking for a quote decent enough for a beginning when I opened Pride & Prejudice Volum...

The first quote of 2010 is taken from chapter 5 of Mansfield Park. The topic of the conversation is actually marriage and Mary is being flo...

Merry Christmas, friends! Because this is the season for celebrating love with our loved ones, I wanted to share a family-themed quote. Luc...

Another gratitude to Maria for her gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous Becoming Jane Christmas calendar! Just love it! Maria also gave the links to...

With all this talk lately about the new “Emma” production, I was enticed to reread “Emma” again, mainly because it had been several years si...

I must apologise to Maria (Sweden) for taking a solid fortnight to put her beautiful XMas gift: an amazing deep red Becoming Jane banner on...

This week’s quote returns us to Persuasion with a quote that struck me for its truth, despite it being ‘dedicated’ to Elizabeth Elliot inste...

This week the quote i have chosen is from Northanger Abbey (chapter 14). This quote is a fantastic example of Jane's facetiousness in re...

Seems Emma has been my favourite as well... for my last quote was also about Emma . Anyway, can't help falling in love with the book! Ch...

The time is approaching where we are starting to think about christmas gifts for our loved ones......well I have spotted a few great ideas w...

Hi! This week my quote is from Emma . I'm currently reading it, and once again it's a tie between this and Pride and Prejudice as m...

I want to share with you a part of a post I made 9 years ago about General Tilney from Northanger Abbey. It is a good example of Jane’s ab...

Last night I had the pleasure of going to a production of Austen's Women , a breathtaking performance from one actress playing multiple ...

I have chosen quite an unusual quote this week. I remember reading the Jane Austen biography by Carol Shields years ago and loving a parti...

Well, at least we know the reunion is under the care of a trusted friend, i.e. Jane Odiwe, whose book Willoughby's Return shall be publ...

This week’s quote popped up when, in the Emma euphoria, I randomly opened Emma (Penguin Classics, 2003, Chapter 43) for inspiration. It was ...