We will visit the Lefroy family for our Christmas quote. This is from Chapter 12 of the Memoir of Chief Justice Lefroy: The habit of kee...

Last Friday, 16 December, was Jane Austen’s 236 th birthday. To commemorate the birthday of our ‘girl’, I have chosen a quote she wrote to ...

Since the Christmas season is upon us, I began my search for a Christmas quote and found a lovely surprise. This week I will consider Christ...

This quote is taken from near the beginning of chapter 48 of Emma . Emma is discussing her feelings about Mr Knightley, and his possible fee...

This week’s quote is taken from The Memoir of Chief Justice Lefroy (pp. 216-217) when he related the extent of a devastating hurricane of ...

I have chosen a quote from Mansfield Park simply for the beautiful imagery and great construction of sentences by Jane Austen. "Miss Cr...

I am always amazed at what one can find when looking into all things "Jane Austen". I picked a number at random and turned to th...

To me, Jane Austen is many things altogether. One of them: she is one of the very few authors whose writings still attracts me, despite her ...

This information was taken from Jane Austen Centre monthly newsletter. Today a book is being published which was written by the English crim...

I would like to thank Brad for posting a comment and making us aware of a wonderful organisation called GoneReading. They provide products ...

My dearest Maria, please forgive us for missing your email notifying the new Becoming Jane Wallpaper! Totally unintentional! So here's t...

This quote jumped out at me this week. It is taken from page 243 of the memoir (part 6)- a letter written on 22nd February 1848. The newspa...

I wish to bring your attention once again to James Austen's periodical "The Loiterer" where we find in No. 36 a letter from a ...

Australian and New Zealand readers, please forgive the rather late instalment for quote of the week. I have just returned from half a day ...

I decided on a funny quote this week. One of the characters I always have held with high regard is Mr Bennet for his wit and gentile nature....

Our focus this week is on Tom Lefroy, so for a very interesting discussion of our Tom and Jane Austen, let me direct your attention to an e...

This week’s quote is from Sense & Sensibility , Volume III Chapter X, Penguin Classics 2003 edition. Elinor and Marianne had returned b...