We received an email a few days ago from a John O'Neill. He conveyed sad news about what is happening to Carrigglas Manor, the former ho...

This weeks quote is from chapter XII, page 370 of Tom Lefroy's memoir. " I feel that any memorial of him would be wanting which o...

This week, I was lucky enough to receive a nice email from Mariana Georghe who analysed a passage from Sense & Sensibility versus The Me...

     I have a special reason for using the following quote this week.  My granddaughter and I went to see a local presentation on stag...

I have chosen this letter from Jane's Love and Friendship. It is part of  Lettter The Firth - From a Young Lady Very Much in Love to He...

This is quite a story for a simple quote, but it pulled at my heartstrings, so I have to tell it! I noticed our copy of the m...

The auction and selling of Jane Austen’s ring (I still ponder over its final value of GBP 152,450!) made me realise how fine Jane’s tas...

  Sorry it has taken us a while to write this information but a ring belonging to Jane Austen sold for £152,450 at a Sotheby's auct...

Generally mothers want the best for their children and have good intentions. I work with alot of young people who find their mothers a drai...

In the few minutes of spare time that I can find nowadays, I work a daily puzzle named "Cryptogram" which uses quotes from famous...

This week's quote is actually inspired by an old Tom Lefroy quote that I posted about 1.5 years ago, in November 2010. The quote was ta...

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...