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Since returning home from my Internship at the Jane Austen Centre in Bath and my travels in England, I have been very fortunate to be invited by my old high school, Saint Mary's School and another high school called St. David's to speak about my Austen travels and Pride and Prejudice to several classes. I... Continue Reading →
The harp arrived, and rather added to her beauty, wit, and good-humour; for she played with the greatest obligingness, with an expression and taste which were peculiarly becoming, and there was something clever to be said at the close of every air. Edmund was at the Parsonage every day, to be indulged with his favourite... Continue Reading →
Jane Austen's letters offer a rich repository of her life and Regency times. Austen at Large reporter Virginia Claire shares her thoughts on Jane Austen's reading of Pride and Prejudice to her neighbor Miss Benn.
Jane Austen was included in the set of cigarette cards of 27 Famous Women (1929) and 50 Celebrities of British History (1935) issued by the Carreras Tobacco Company of London.
A book review of Remarkably Jane: Notable Quotations on Jane Austen, by Jennifer Adams.
An analysis and poll to vote for your favorite bachelor of the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
Announcement of a new book Lady Vernon and her Daughter by Jane Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-Bradway based on Jane Austen's novel Lady Susan.
Niroot Puttapipat a pen and ink and watercolor artist has illustrated three editions of Jane Austen's novels: Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion and Emma for The Folio Society.
Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen's most popular if not most adapted novel, and its famous hero Mr. Darcy has been interpreted in many different ways. There have been several excellent period adaptations of Pride and Prejudice which present Darcy's character differently, particularly Fay Weldon's 1980 and Andrew Davies 1995 versions. These two adaptations master... Continue Reading →
"And now, let me talk to you of something else. I have another person's interest at present so much at heart, that I cannot think any longer about Frank Churchill. Ever since I left you this morning, Emma, my mind has been hard at work on one subject."Â Â The subject followed; it was in plain,... Continue Reading →
Monthly announcment of upcoming Jane Austen novels, sequels, or other Regency authors of note. This month includes: Selected Letter of Jane Austen (Oxford Worlds Classics), Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, by Laurie Viera Rigler (UK release), Mr. & Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy: Two Shall Become One, by Sharon Lathan, Sandition: Jane Austen's Unfinsihed Masterpiece Completed, by Jane Austen & Juliette Shapiro, The Talisman Ring, by Georgette Heyer, Remarkably Jane: Notable Quoatations on Jane Austen, by Jennifer Adams, Waverly: or 'Tis Sixty Years Since (Oxford World's Classics), by Sir Walter Scott, The Bride of Lammermoor (Oxford World's Classics), by Sir Walter Scott
Arriving in the post yesterday was a new Jane Austen biography/cultural history for my review consideration; Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World. Right off the top - I love the title of this book! It totally proclaims that Jane Austen HAS conquered the world, and I am just fine with that. I read... Continue Reading →
