A Regency wedding, from Isabelle Goddard   While searching for some "Jane Austen" opinions about the status of women in...

As it is valentines weekend I have chosen a favourite quote from Captain Wentworth's letter to Anne Elliott in  Persuasion : "You...

Jane (Anne Hathaway) and Tom (James McAvoy) before the faithful moment that turned the tide I’d like to revisit an old quote of...

Sorry for the delay in posting Linda's quote. We will be more on time this weekend. 　 Here I go again!  Sorry, but I can...

Chapter 6 of Northanger Abbey finds Isabella Thorpe and Catherine Morland having a conversation in the early stages of their friendship. Th...

Sunrise in north Bali (my own collection) It’s my first turn of the year, and I already am late! Sigh... (being more punctual i...

This week I chose a quote from part 9 of Tom Lefroy's memoirs: "But the things I am speaking of concerning his personal charac...

This quote is to reply to a comment we received from Anonymous last week who questioned the authorship of Jane's novels.  You may read ...

The subject of "Truth" in all areas of our lives has recently been brought to my attention. That naturally led me to wonder what ...

Sir Walter Scott in 1822 by Henry Raeburn I seem to open my quote these days with apologies again for being late. My excuse this ti...