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From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: In honor of lovers everywhere we are highlighting some of Jane Austen’s insights on courtship, love, and marriage in her novels, and in her life, on the most romantic day of the year, Valentine’s Day. Here are 24 of the best quotes to include in a card, express... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: Hot off the presses is a new Jane Austen quote book. I know what you are thinking. Why do I need yet another pithy volume of my favorite author’s best lines jockeying for position on my bedside table along with my Jane Austen bobblehead and my “Waiting for... Continue Reading →
This charming journal completely missed my radar when it was released last November. Not surprising, really. Who would know from the title listed online that it was inspired by Jane Austen? The actual cover is more helpful; it has a subtitle, 365 Witticisms by Jane Austen, that was unfortunately omitted in the online listings. Bingo!... Continue Reading →
A book review of Remarkably Jane: Notable Quotations on Jane Austen, by Jennifer Adams.
Mrs. Jennings was a widow, with an ample jointure. She had only two daughters, both of whom she had lived to see respectably married, and she had now therefore nothing to do but marry all the rest of the world. In the promotion of this object, she was zealously active, as far as her ability... Continue Reading →
A violent gust of wind, rising with sudden fury, added fresh horror to the moment. Catherine trembled from head to foot. In the pause which suceeded, a sound like receding footsteps and the closing of a distant door struck on her affrighted ear. The Narrator on Catherine Morland In honor of Halloween, it is appropriate... Continue Reading →
Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her. The Narrator on Emma Woodhouse The opening line of Emma is so honest! Poor Miss... Continue Reading →
I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress. The Letters of Jane Austen, 11 December 1815 Unlearned? Uninformed? Vanity? I think NOT! This one line from a letter written to the Rev. James Stanier Clarke, librarian to the Prince... Continue Reading →
"Oh Elinor," she cried, "you have made me hate myself for ever. How barbarous have I been to you! -- you, who have been my only comfort, who have borne with me in all my misery, who have seemed to be only suffering for me! -- Is this my gratitude? Is this the only return... Continue Reading →
" Which do you mean?" and turning round, he looked for a moment at Elizabeth, till catching her eye, he withdrew his own and coldly said, "She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me," Mr. Darcy, Pride & Prejudice, Chapter 3 What Janeite does not feel jolting alarm whenever we hear the word... Continue Reading →
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