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My class assignment taken to the fullest extent! And of course he must have his say. Virginia Claire Virginia Claire, our Austen at Large roving reporter is a college student studying English literature and history who just returned from her time studying abroad in Bath England and working as an intern at the Jane... Continue Reading →
Many associate Jane Austen with romance. I also appreciate her slightly stinging reproves of the process. So in celebration of Valentine's Day, here are few lines from Pride and Prejudice to make you swoon and or rankle your romantic ire. "I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!" "I have... Continue Reading →
"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. I have read all Mrs. Radcliffe's works, and most of them with great pleasure. The Mysteries of Udolpho, when I had once begun it, I could not lay down again; I remember finishing it in two... Continue Reading →
Here's a little humor to brighten your Monday morning Janeites! Can you describe your life in six words or less? That was the question that Smith Magazine asked their online readers in 2006. What developed was an amazing array of comic, tragic and poignant mini life stories that are now available in the book Not Quite... Continue Reading →
The Novel Jane Austen is renowned for her witty and sometimes cutting dialogue. Her novel Mansfield Park, though considered to contain a more darker subject matter, it still is full of them. Here are a select few that aim to amuse. Do not be surprised that the antagonist Mary Crawford gets all the best lines! "But... Continue Reading →
"And that," said Mrs. Reynolds, pointing to another of the miniatures, "is my master -- and very like him. It was drawn at the same time as the other -- about eight years ago." "I have heard much of your master's fine person," said Mrs. Gardiner, looking at the picture; "it is a handsome face.... Continue Reading →
"At length the day is come on which I am to flirt my last with Tom Lefroy ... My tears flow as I write at the melancholy idea" Jane Austen Letter to Cassandra Austen, 16 January 1796, The Letters of Jane Austen My Dear Miss Austen, Our tears flow too dear Jane. A tornado has hit... Continue Reading →
Continuing on the Jane '08 campaign trail Presidential candidate Jane Austen, reveals her position on some important issues to Americans Janeites everywhere! Jane '08: Leadership (Parody)
It was a sweet view -- sweet to the eye and the mind. English verdure, English culture, English comfort, seen under a sun bright, without being oppressive...It might be safely viewed with all its appendages of prosperity and beauty, its rich pastures, spreading flocks, orchard in blossom, and light column of smoke ascending. Emma, Chapter... Continue Reading →
Janeites: You have been been summoned... As part of the Jane Austen national campaign for president tour, the cherry trees in Washington have bloomed on her command. We were honored by her highnesses recent visit to our humble neck of the woods and snapped this photo to commemorate the occasion. (see new banner above) Check... Continue Reading →
WIN A FREE COPY OF CONFESSIONS OF A JANE AUSTEN ADDICT Today is the official release date for the paperback edition of one of my favorite Austen-esque novels, Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, by Laurie Viera Rigler. Hurrah! You can read a synopsis of the book here. This novel received a most ‘favourable'... Continue Reading →
Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict author, Laurie Viera Rigler, is on one of her usual humorous jags, and has treated us to her Austen inspired political views of the 2008 presidential campaign. Here is excerpt from her lively speech that she gave recently to a group of Janeites at the Whittier Public Library in... Continue Reading →
