I have been dipping into Northanger Abbey and one paragraph made me chuckle - Mrs Thorpe and Mrs Allen have just been reacquain ted in Bath ...

I thought I had a brilliant idea, namely, to include on the Becoming Jane Fansite a list of other sites that are Jane Austen related whic...

I have been reading ‘The Dressmaker’ , a Victorian novel written exquisitely by Posie Graeme-Evans. The heroine in the novel slightly re...

This week I attended the most spectacular wedding in Tuscany, Italy. It was such a pleasure to be there and bride and groom were so happy,...

I have spent this past week on vacation at my childhood home with my dear Sister and I managed to do some genealo...

"I have bought your locket, but was obliged to give 18 s. for it, which must be rather more than you intended. It is neat and plain, s...

We should have posted a quote last Saturday/Sunday, but because of a miscommunication on my part, it was delayed. My apologies, dear friends...

Continuation of my post on the Memoir,  Chapter XI  My objective is not to discuss his religious views, but to make a Jane Austen con...

What I have discovered is of such major importance that I shall take this week and next week to post quotes for our Tom file. It all star...

This quote is from the end of chapter 38 in Pride and Prejudice . Elizabeth has just spent six weeks with Charlotte and Mr Collins. She is...

Thanks to Maria we have another fantastic Becoming Jane header. You can use it on FBs new timeline coverimage aswell. Download the header...

For this week's quote I wanted to peruse James Austen's The Loiterer for a gem, and WOW, did I ever find one!   In the Number...

Recently, I’ve been putting a new healthy habit of enjoying my weekend and doing a really minimum work (other than cleaning the house, bak...

A few weeks ago I made a visit to Devon, the South West of England. On my trip I went to a National Trust Georgian property called  Saltram ...

Here are my musings about our dear Jane, as I was pondering what to post.  I thought that she wrote some things other than her novels.  ...

I have been coughing since late February (!), on and off because of the weather and pollution where I live... so I've been irritating ma...

This week I have chosen the quote from Tom Lefroy's memoirs, part 8, page 345. He is writing this in the context of the christian...

My favorite novel is Persuasion, so I wanted to dwell on that this week. What I found is a "passionate passage" amongst those I...

Please forgive the late instalment of this weekend. I was trying to find something from the Memoir of Chief Justice Lefroy, and – with my bu...

Sorry this is early but I will be unable to post this weekend. This quote is in honour of strong, "rational" women. It was our dea...