In chapter 21 of Emma the marriage of Mr Elton to Miss Hawkins has just been announced by Miss Bates. She says: "It is such a happines...

Of special interest this week (with a surprise at the end) in Pride &Prejudice is Miss Mary King. We find her mentioned in the followi...

I wanted to acknowledge some of the great features in this months The Jane Austen Centre Monthly Newsletter . Firstly an article entitled Ar...

This week I have chosen a quote from Sanditon . Jane Austen died in 1817 leaving Sanditon unfinished. The novel is about the generation of...

This week's quote was, once more, taken from Pride & Prejudice. Chapter 18 of Volume III (Chapter 60) in which Elizabeth and Darcy ...

Since we are on the subjects of cakes, I did a bit more research on ‘sponge cakes’. The word ‘cake’ is mentioned once in Pride and Prejudice...

This weekend’s quote was taken from Jane Austen’s letter in 1808 which was written for Cassandra Austen. It was a simple, no-brainer quote ...

Since it seems to be the season for birthdays, I thought a quote from our own Tom Lefroy in “The Memoir of Chief Justice Lefroy” about his n...

In light of Icha's quote last week and the fact that it was International Women's Day last tuesday (8th March 2011), I would like to...

This week’s quote is taken from Persuasion, chapter 23 on the conversation between Capt Harville and Anne Elliot (Wentworth was writing THE ...

Sorry for the belated posting; I was a bit under the weather last week (and Maria sent it on 27 Feb!). But thanks a lot Maria! 1680x1050 px ...

In Chapter 14 of Emma we find Emma mentally berating Mr. Elton in a very long paragraph, but in the very next paragraph we find her thoughts...

The quote I have chosen represents Tom's dedication to his religious faith and how it comforted him in times of need. The following wa...

There is an exciting new quiz on The Jane Austen Centre website for you to try. There are 10 questions and the theme is Love. Your results ...

Thanks a lot Maria! You are so valuable here!

I have been meaning to post this one, but I kept forgetting it. Last January, Jane Austen Centre of UK adopted one of our old articles abou...

Thanks so much dearest! Download here: 1024x768 1680x1050 Wallpapers by Maria from Sweden

This week I ventured into Sense & Sensibility again to find anything for tomorrow's Valentine's Day. I found this passage and I...

To match the wonderful header, Maria has also produced a stunning calendar for this month. I can only apologise that we are already 7 days i...

Thank you so much Maria for taking the time to produce such a wonderful new header.