Preparing to Celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday in 2025
Jane Austen’s 250th birthday is December 16, 2025, and I’m thinking about throwing a party sometime that year. Would you …
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Reading is My Anchor
Hello, long-lost friends! I’ve missed the conversations we’ve had over the years, here in this corner of the internet. It’s …
Down to the Sea
“… the next thing to be done was unquestionably to walk directly down to the sea.” – Jane Austen’s Persuasion (1818), Volume …
Elinor and Marianne
I loved finding Jane Austen’s Elinor Dashwood in Emma Straub’s novel Modern Lovers, just as I loved finding Marianne Dashwood …
“Quiet Observation” in Persuasion
“We have much to learn from the patient practice of quiet observation in Jane Austen’s Persuasion,” writes Natasha Duquette. I’m …
Eight Years!
Here are eight of my favourite blog posts, to mark the eighth anniversary of my blog: Jane Austen’s “Darling Child” …
Such a Letter
Deborah Yaffe read Pride and Prejudice when she was ten and she’s been a passionate Jane Austen fan ever since. …
Thinking About Austen’s Writing of Persuasion
Many years ago, when I taught my very first English literature class and I put Pride and Prejudice on the …
Jane Austen At Work: The Revision of Persuasion’s Ending
Today’s guest post is by Judith Sears, a freelance writer specializing in marketing and corporate communications. A few of her …
Louisa, Fanny, and Sophy: Lives of Naval Wives
Sheila Johnson Kindred is the author of the first biography of Fanny Palmer Austen, Jane Austen’s Transatlantic Sister: The Life …
Sarah Emsley 