Henry Robert Morland, late 18th century, a laundress Dear friends and readers, Again Diana Birchall and I in tandem. This time the best way to convey the outline and pith of this letter is to provide… more →
Reveries Under the Sign of Austen, Twowrote 3 days ago: (Courtesy: OCAL via clker.com) Over the last couple of years we’ve been reading Jane Austen … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Enquiring Readers: Ron Dunning has previously posted here at Jane Austen in Vermont about his invalu … more →
wrote 2 months ago: “I do not write for such dull elves As have not a great deal of ingenuity themselves.” – Letters, No … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Jane Austen didn’t like the way her mother read Pride and Prejudice aloud. Mrs. Austen read too quic … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Gentle Readers: This year we have just entered upon will be a long and interesting 365 days of celeb … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Inquiring readers: CLD Stationery has been creating personalised stationery for over thirty years. … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Jane Austen thought of her books as her children. Pride and Prejudice, which she called “my own darl … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Here are some photos of Bath – I’ve added a few snippets from Jane Austen’s books … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Plain Jane: “God bless you. I hope you continue beautiful and brush your hair, but not all off … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Sense and Sensibility was published two hundred and one years ago today, and I thought of Jane Auste … more →
wrote 7 months ago: On Wednesday, January 27, 1813, Miss Mary Benn dined with Jane Austen and her mother at Chawton Cott … more →
wrote 11 months ago: “If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.” - Jane Austen … more →
wrote 11 months ago: “A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matr … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Prepared by member Jessie Discussion Steventon church (12th century), where George Austen, Jane Aust … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Portrait of Maria Edgeworth by John Downman (1807). Is it just wishful thinking on my part or does J … more →
wrote 1 year ago: (Courtesy: OCAL via clker.com) Over the last couple of years we’ve been reading Jane Austen … more →