No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be an heroine. Her situation in life, the character of her father and mother, her own person and dispositi…| This Reading Life
Jane lies in Winchester, blessed be her shade!Praise the Lord for making her, and her for all she made.And, while the stones of Winchester – or Milsom Street – remain,Glory, Love, and Honour unto E…| This Reading Life
As September winds down, so too does our shared journey with Northanger Abbey. Reading this novel together has reminded me why I find Austen endlessly revisitable. She writes with a sly wink and a sharp pen, but always with a sense of humanity that allows her characters, even in their absurdities, to remain recognizable. One … Continue reading Northanger Abbey – Wrap-up post| The Classics Club
Celebrating the 2025 Jane Austen Festival in Bath with words, photos and videos of this Regency take-over| Beautiful Bath
Lady Susan by Jane Austen (1794),(in Northanger Abbey, Lady Susan, The Watsons and Sanditon).Oxford World’s Classics, 2008 (1871). Will you walk into my parlour?” said the Spider to the…| Calmgrove
Hello everyone! Top 5 Tuesday is a weekly meme created by Bionic Bookworm, and it’s now hosted by Meeghan Reads. If you’re interested in participating, check out their wonderful blog to get the details and the prompts for each week! I’m playing a bit of catch-up with the Top 5 Tuesday topics. On September 9th the Top […] The post Top 5 Classics I Meant to Read (but Never Got Around To) first appeared on Books Are 42.| Books Are 42
Lesley Castle: An Unfinished Novel in Letters by Jane Austen. Introduction by G K Chesterton (1922). Renard Press, 2024 (1792). That it is unfinished, I grieve; yet fear that from me, it will always remain so . . . Composed in 1792 when Jane Austen was still only sixteen years old, Lesley Castle is an … Continue reading A neverending story: #ReadingAusten2025| Calmgrove Books
Love Jane Austen? Check out this epic book list of must-read modern Jane Austen retellings releasing in 2025.| She Reads Romance Books
Interviewed by Brenda S. Cox “As soon as he can light upon a bishop, he will be ordained. I wonder what curacy he will get!”–Anne Steele, about Edward Ferrars in Sense and Sensibility. A few days ago, I told you about a fascinating new book on Henry Austen. The author is a retired Church of […]| Jane Austen's World
Book Review by Brenda S. Cox “I had a letter from him [Henry], in which he desired to hear from me very soon—His to me was most affectionate and kind, as well as entertaining;—but there is no merit in that, he cannot help being amusing.”—Jane to Cassandra, April 8, 1805 “Henry at White’s! Oh, what […]| Jane Austen's World
Ah, the novels of Jane Austen! In my teenaged mind they conjured up romantic tales, white muslin dresses, perfectly coiffed and finely dressed gentlemen, ballroom dancing, visits to Bath, and carri…| Jane Austen's World
La storia Parigi, oggi. Agathe Robinson, dopo aver perso i genitori in un incidente stradale, vive con la sorella e il nipotino. Ragazza inibita e disancorata dal mondo attuale, si identifica nella Anne Elliot di Persuasione e trascorre i suoi giorni vendendo libri nella leggendaria libreria britannica Shakespeare & Co, dove è molto legata al […]| La letteratura e noi
Conheça a Austenmania, o movimento que transformou a escritora Jane Austen e suas obras em um fenômeno midiático nos anos 1990!| Antofágica
Note to Reader: One of Jane Austen’s earliest surviving letters is dated 23 August 1796 and was sent to her sister Cassandra from Cork street in London, where the twenty-year-old budding auth…| This Reading Life
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 worl…| This Reading Life
With the scientific voyages of the mid-18th century, many previously unknown plants reached Britain and the Continent. Naturalists on these expeditions sent seeds to their sponsors, as well as to wealthy individuals. In Europe, botanists eagerly welcomed new seeds from Asia and America. They competed to describe them first, as this offered a chance to make a name for oneself in botany.| Regency Explorer
Often Inattentive and Occasionally Stupid A Mid-Read Check-In: Volume 1 of Northanger Abbey We’re halfway through Northanger Abbey, and I have to admit, I’m having more fun than I expected. Catheri…| The Classics Club
Miss Austen est l’adaptation du roman éponyme de Gill Hornby, sorti en 2020. Même si mes souvenirs sont flous, je me rappelle avoir beaucoup aimé cette lecture. Cette adaptation de la BBC m&r…| La lectrice en robe jaune
Here are some photos from the 2023 Jane Austen Festival. The Grand Regency Costumed Promenade was a joyous spectacle of colour and costume, and the Festival Fayre was a great opportunity to see the interiors of the Assembly Rooms brought alive by crowds in historic dress – as well as a chance to stock up […] The post Jane Austen Festival 2023 appeared first on Beautiful Bath.| Beautiful Bath
This roundup of intriguing personal essays celebrates Jane Austen’s life and legacy, and the unique place she holds in literary history. In 2025, the year of Jane Austen‘s 250th birthday, her influence and talent have been recognized far and wide. Unusually for a woman of her time (she was born in 1775) her talent was recognized early on and taken seriously by her entire family. Despite the popular portrayal of her as all charm and modesty, Jane was a writer and observer in full mastery...| Literary Ladies Guide
I’ve previously enjoyed Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen before reviewing it in my Calmgrove blog: in fact, my post (entitled ‘Irony and Ingenuousness‘) has had a good innings after first appearing 5th June 2013: it was reposted to coincide with the bicentenary of its posthumous publication in 2017 and then again for Austen in August … Continue reading Jane’s Bristol: #ReadingAusten2025| Calmgrove Books
Celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th Anniversary with this charming Regency-inspired paper doll featuring Elizabeth Bennet with four beautiful outfits. This year, 2025, marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth — and as a lifelong admirer| The Quiet Grove
Check out my book review of Anne of Avenue A by Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding to see if this is a modern retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion worth reading.| She Reads Romance Books
Our review of Devoney Looser's new scholarly work on novelist Jane Austen, "Wild for Austen."| Chicago Review of Books
Now that the summer is wrapping up I’m trying to get a little more structure with my reading as one of my goals for this year was to have some goals and stick with them. That means a little less mood reading and having more specifics and sticking with them!! Now this is mildly hilarious […]| Lost In The Narrative
Le 3 septembre, une austenerie est sortie aux éditions City (que je remercie encore pour cet envoi). J’ai pu découvrir ce roman en avant-première et je l’ai dévoré en une journée ! Résumé de Chère Jane Austen : Commérages et confusion ✒️Jeune femme romantique et grande lectrice, Anne Spencer va passer quelques semaines dans leLire la suite "Chronique livre : « Chère Jane Austen : Commérages et confusion » de Béatrice Égémar"| La lectrice en robe jaune
Jane Austen’s Lady Susan: Watch Online Austen’s epistolary novel, delivered to your inbox: 41 short films in 41 days22 Sept – 1 Nov 2025 Calling all Jane Austen fans! Enjoy a daily dose of Austen in your inbox. Creation Theatre’s award-winning team presents a witty, digital adaptation of Lady Susan in celebration of Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary. Told… Continue reading Jane Austen’s ‘Lady Susan’ ~ Watch Online! 22 Sept – 1 Nov 2025| Jane Austen in Vermont
The Folio Society has a long history of publishing Jane Austen’s novels – some as sets, some as stand-alone editions of individual novels – I have them all and marvel at their variety, the differen…| Jane Austen in Vermont
Last week the husband and I enjoyed a trip to Bath. With only two days to explore we were determined to pack in as much as possible, so arrived early to make the most of our short time there. So, of course, our first stop was breakfast – well, you can’t do much on an […]| Penny Hampson
“If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.” I am so pleased to be back here at The Classics Club to invite you all to step into the witty world of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, a novel that encourages us not just to read, but to … Continue reading Reading Austen 2025 – Northanger Abbey with Guest Host, Adam B.| The Classics Club
From "Pride and Promiscuity" to "Virtues and Vices," a look at the Regency Era's decades-long steamy reappraisal| Salon.com
“The Austen biography space is fairly saturated and covered. But there’s still a lot more we can learn by seeing her in context: that is, by seeing Austen in relation to her society, her family, her friends.”| Public Books
Hello, dear readers! This month, I’m featuring this new edition of Pride and Prejudice, a Handwritten Classics edition. This is a luxurious collector’s edition in two volumes, featuring Austen’s complete novel. Inside, you’ll find a collection of characters’ letters and papers, written and folded by hand. This new collector’s edition offers a luxurious cloth binding, deluxe […]| Jane Austen's World
Jane Austen & the Price of Happiness explores the gaps in Austen’s endings.| Jane Austen's World
I had read The Lord of the Rings many times before I discovered Jane Austen. Yet the tone of the beginning sounded so familiar. I can easily imagine that, if Bilbo had married a silly person, and had had five daughters, the oldest two of whom would be remarkable, Mr Baggins and Mr Bennet would have had much in common.| Alas, not me
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen| Clothes In Books
Ever since 2012 when The Classics Club was conceived, we have accumulated a HUGE data base of reviews from our members. To honour all your hard work, reading and reviewing throughout this time, we will celebrate with In Review – an occasional look back on what you’ve read and what you thought about it. It will … Continue reading In Review…Northanger Abbey| The Classics Club
Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken. As July slips away, we come to the end …| The Classics Club
And just like that, it’s August. Between yoga classes, meetings and (yes) more heat waves, here’s what I have been reading: Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat To) the Modern Dictionary, Stefan FatsisI was fascinated by Fatsis’ deep dive into the history of American dictionaries, the threats they face in the digital age, descriptive vs. […]| cakes, tea and dreams
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, look forward to Paperback Book Day, announce the publication of a very special b…| Book Jotter
The Jane Austen Summer Program is a great way to learn more about Austen and get to have great discussions and fun times with other Janeites.| Jane Austen's World
Started the morning with Joy spotting yet another famous person – in the lobby of the hotel – a Gerald-Ford-Lookalike – Joy is very good at finding these people! [recall Churchill last night at The Wellington!] ********** We are off and running this morning to see as much as possible before the play tonight… We… Continue reading Adventures with Jane! Day XIII & XIV: Books, Fabrics, a Palace, ‘Clueless,’ and Home!| Jane Austen in Vermont
Hotel Indigo [from their website – I forgot to take a picture!] Our last group breakfast at our Hotel Indigo in Bath – hugs and goodbyes and “safe travels” to all who boarded the bus to Heath…| Jane Austen in Vermont
What a day! And the final one for those not doing the London two-day extension… To continue with our adventure yesterday touring around Austen-related places in Bath, you can see this map and this website where much is explained: https://18thc-cities.sorbonne-universite.fr/-Map-of-Bath-1803-Jane-Austen-s-.html#3 and this map from JASNA.org: *********** But now we are off first thing to the… Continue reading Adventures with Jane! Day XI: Bath, Bridgerton, and Rugby…| Jane Austen in Vermont
So, today I messed up Royally – was supposed to meet a friend, but misplaced days of the week in my head – travel can do that to you [anyone else out there have this happen??]. To me, today was a M…| Jane Austen in Vermont
Godmersham Park, Kent. In case you thought – after the second of two reviews and at least two discussion posts – that I had said all I needed to say about Jane Austen’s 1814 novel Mansfield P…| Calmgrove Books
As we continue our tour of new books and media for Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary celebration, my choice this month is the much-anticipated Jane Austen in 41 Objects by Kathryn Sutherland. T…| Jane Austen's World
Dear Reader: Two hundred and fifty years ago marked two significant events across two continents – Jane Austen’s birth in Steventon, England, December 16, 1775, and the start of the fight for…| Jane Austen's World
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen published 1811 Set mid-1790s I recently watched all the available Jane Austen screen ad...| clothesinbooks.blogspot.com
Henry Thomas Austen (8th June 1771 – 12th March 1850) wrote two memoirs, or biographical notices, about his sister Jane. The first one was written in 1818 just after her death and was included…| This Reading Life
Well, finally back to recounting this Jane adventure – I have been to London again and then to Belgium for a Flemish Art tour [fabulous trip with Martin Randall Travel] – so working on …| Jane Austen in Vermont
In conjunction with Brona @This Reading Life and her yearlong #ReadingAusten25 project, The Classics Club is hosting a Sync Read (or readalong) of all six of Jane Austen’s novels, in chronological …| The Classics Club
In my looooong post sharing my stack of recent arrivals, there were four lovely slim volumes from Renard Press. I love their pocket sized editions, and decided that a couple of these would be the p…| Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings
We are off to Winchester College to learn of its history and its connection to Jane Austen – several of her nephews went here – and we were privileged to see many of the treasures in the library, as well as the what was to be an exterior visit to 8 College Street, the location… Continue reading Adventures with Jane! Day VII: Winchester, the Beautiful and the Sad…| Jane Austen in Vermont
Coming off our visit to Steventon, we were given some free time to explore Winchester on our own, the Cathedral and College to be part of the Day 7 adventure. I have been to Winchester before, have seen all the spots associated with Jane, and at the 2003 AGM we had a grand banquet at… Continue reading Adventures with Jane! Day VI, Part 2: Winchester and the Hampshire Cultural Trust.| Jane Austen in Vermont
James Andrews’ insipid watercolour portrait of Jane Austen (1869) based on Cassandra’s. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. Penguin Popular Classics, 1994 (1814). “‘I do no…| Calmgrove Books
When in 1926 Robert Chapman published his edition of James Edward Austen-Leigh’s biography of his aunt Jane Austen the Times Literary Supplement chiefly welcomed its reissue not for the life …| This Reading Life
About thirty years ago, Miss Maria Ward of Huntingdon, with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram, of Mansfield Park, in the county of Northampton, and to be…| This Reading Life
As I mentioned online on Friday, 6th June was the 13th anniversary of the blog (it always sneaks up on me, and then Wordpress reminds me!) As I commented, that’s a lot of books and a lot of w…| Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings
I hope everyone has enjoyed Mansfield Park! As I said in my starting post, Mansfield Park can be viewed as a novel about the qualities required to maintain one’s own identity and integrit…| The Classics Club
Austen uses language brilliantly in the Juvenilia, as in her mature novels.| Jane Austen's World
I hope everyone has settled in nicely with their reading (or re-reading) of Jane Austen’s novel Mansfield Park. The first chapter gives you lots of background information so you know exactly …| The Classics Club
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a Janeite devoted to the celebrated authoress must be in want of new books! Luckily, it’s Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday in 2025. A wealth of new non-fiction books about the authoress will be published this year. Check out the list here. January to March A detailed biography of Jane […]| Regency Explorer
Writers & Artists Spirituality Series: Jane Austen, Chawton, Hampshire| The Culturium
Mansfield Park, Jane Austen’s third published novel, came out in May 1814 in three volumes. Her name did not appear on the title page which read “By the author of ‘Sense & Sensibility,’ and ‘Pr…| The Classics Club
April has been much better than the previous few months, and I’m super grateful for that. The first two weeks were really long and unmemorable, but after that, things changed for the better. I spent a week at my favourite place in the country, which was much needed and appreciated. I was out in nature… Continue reading April wrap-up // Calm days at the cottage & winds of change| Morgan Is Reading Again
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. I have reread Pride and Prejudice so many times I have lost count, but we must b…| This Reading Life
Happy New Year! I managed to squeeze 6 reads into December. In a desperate attempt to reach my revised Goodreads goal of 50 books. Neglecting my reading a little in 2022, so definitely had a bit of catching up to do in December. Luckily, I had some short audiobooks to binge! A Manual for Heartache… Continue reading December Wrap Up | 2022| Literary Leisha
Happy December!Can’t believe how fast this year flew by. I participated in Nanowrimo in November, so I didn’t get much reading done. The books I did manage to squeeze in I loved! Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree A cosy, light-hearted fantasy was perfect for me during November. Low stakes and wholesome vibes. It was… Continue reading November Wrap Up | 2022| Literary Leisha
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, focus on a past post deserving to be read, announce a brief break and highlight …| Book Jotter
Jane Austen is not my secret friend – although in my latest novel Jane Austen and Shelley in the Garden I made her a bothering companion to my heroine. Here in this book I try to stay with he…| This Reading Life
Ahhh. Upon closing the cover of this oft admired book, one can sigh with the relief that it is a sweet story well told. My High School teachers of literature told us that a novel has a beginning, a…| The Classics Club
We travel for various purposes — to explore the culture of soils — to view the curiosities of art — to survey the beauties of nature — and to learn the manners of men; their different polities, and…| This Reading Life
Jane Austen: watercolour by her sister Cassandra. “I can’t bear Jane Austen’s tedious books,” thundered one recent pundit in a UK national daily newspaper (I won’t men…| Calmgrove Books
During her short lifetime, which ended prematurely at the the tender age of forty-one, Jane Austen gifted the world with six timeless novels, each bearing the indelible imprint of her literary geni…| This Reading Life
Wynne and I were honored recently to sit down with acclaimed author, Christina Hwang Dudley, to discuss her latest book, “Pride & Preston Lin”, a gorgeous adaptation of the beloved …| The Heart of the Matter
When in 1926 Robert Chapman published his edition of James Edward Austen-Leigh’s biography of his aunt Jane Austen the Times Literary Supplement chiefly welcomed its reissue not for the life …| This Reading Life
Back when my friend convinced me to read Tess of the d'Urbervilles (the most depressing piece of literature in the history of civilization!), the edition I checked out from the library included a quote calling Tess a rare example of "goodness made interesting." Now, this actually isn't true of Tess because murder (however sympathetic the plight of the murderer, as hers is) is incompatible with "goodness"; she quite a heroine, just not "goodness made interesting."| jill_rg
Paradise Lost, Mansfield Park, Little Women, Lady Audley's Secret, A Little Princess, every fairy tale, every Shakespeare tragedy, every Gothic novel from The Castle of Otranto to Wuthering Heights to Dracula to The Phantom of the Opera... in all literary fandoms, it's the same song from all readers and critics: virtue sucks, evil rocks; heroes are boring, villains are awesome; any restraint, reason, or morality is always wrong, but all passion is always right all the time.| jill_rg
I still haven't found a way to justify Anne Elliot's defense of her decision 8 years ago to my satisfaction, but at least I know one way NOT to justify it.| jill_rg
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I shifted a heavy burden off my shoulders yesterday: I turned in the extended paper necessary to earn my Master's Degree in English. I chose to write about Mansfield Park for 2 reasons:| jill_rg
What do Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey have in common?| jill_rg
Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, and Persuasion - which of these is not like the others?| jill_rg
Whenever I try to take up the impossible task of personally putting Austen's novels in order from my favorite to least favorite, I can never get past my top 2: Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park. Northanger Abbey is my least favorite (which does not mean I don't like it - not even close - I just like all the rest better), but the other 3 are all (completely subjectively and biased, here) equally good in different ways imho. P&P and MP are in a class of their own, but which of them is the ...| jill_rg
Jane Austen en Angleterre : 7 endroits chargés d’histoire à découvrir dans le sud de la Grande-Bretagne, de Bath à Winchester en passant par Chawton.| Destination Angleterre
In the autumn of 1996 my daughter, the writer Anne Giardini, and I travelled to Richmond, Virginia, to present a joint paper at the Jane Austen Society of North America, an organisation that compri…| This Reading Life
The family of Dashwood had been long settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived…| This Reading Life
St. Swithin’s Walcot Church, mentioned in Northanger Abbey, is connected with Jane Austen’s family.| Jane Austen's World
Reading Jane Austen If people like to read their books, it is all very well, but to be at so much trouble in filling great volumes, which, as I used to think, nobody would willingly ever look into,…| This Reading Life
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As per tradition, I’m starting the yearly recap posts with next year’s resolutions! I love coming up with these resolutions, even if I don’t fulfil all of them. Now, without furth…| Morgan Is Reading Again
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I can hardly believe we’ve arrived at November in Jane Austen’s World! After 10 months of this series, it’s proved an experience I won’t soon forget. What a fantastic journey! As …| Jane Austen's World
Note : ★★★★★ — « Ainsi et entre malice et magie, je me suis laissé porter par l’œuvre de Melinda Taub qui se révèle bien plus qu’une simple réécriture. Grace à son ingéniosité, cette dernière parvient à s’émanciper de l’œuvre originale pour dévoiler un ouvrage immersif et innovant. J’ai adoré la tonalité de sa prose ainsi… Lire la suite Orgueil, Préjugés & Sorcellerie de Melinda Taub| Maven Litterae
A visit to the Garrison Church in Portsmouth, where the Prices worshiped in Mansfield Park.| Jane Austen's World
It was the English who first liberated furniture from the walls of their rooms. However, by the time the Prince of Wales became Regent, most people in other countries, both on the Continent and in America, had done the same. … Continue reading →| The Regency Redingote
Our month-by-month exploration of Jane Austen’s life, letters, and novels continues now as we take a look at August in Jane Austen’s world. If you’re new to the series, you can find previous articl…| Jane Austen's World
