Welcome to All Things Austen in April! Jane Austen had a wonderful way with words, using them instead of pencils or paint to illustrate something. Today we’ll look at a few of her novels in which she uses words synonymous with drawing to convey a thought. We are all familiar with the following passage in “Pride and …
Welcome to All Things Austen in April! We are pleased to welcome a guest today to our celebration of All Things Austen in April. Joining us is Collins Hemingway, the author of the trilogy “The Marriage of Miss Jane Austen,” which reimagines seven “missing” years in her life to create a relationship with a man very much …
Welcome to All Things Austen in April! The dramatic tension in Jane Austen’s novels are strongly dependent on the inheritance of property, and the property laws of Regency England. These laws are often confusing for modern readers, so let’s separate truth from fiction when it comes to inheritance! For most fans of …
Welcome to All Things Austen in April! What might Jane Austen have seen through her window whilst writing? Last June I had the privilege of visiting Chawton, the village where Jane Austen did much of her writing, living in a home provided by her brother. Here are some of the views she may have …
Welcome to All Things Austen in April! What did the month of April mean to Jane Austen? Something mercurial, as the month is ever famed to be. A month of declarations, of stormy emotion, of disappointment in love, and of activity of all kinds… “If your feelings are still what they were last April, …
Welcome to All Things Austen in April! All about Austen in just a glance!
Welcome to All Things Austen in April! Today, I am writing about the world Jane Austen lived in. Jane Austen was born at a fascinating time. In America, His Majesty’s oldest colony was in revolt, and the war would rage on for eight very long years. Another revolution played a larger role in Jane’s life. The French Revolution …
Welcome to All Things Austen in April! To celebrate, we have a free gift to our readers! We love our readers and we want to show it with a new free book to share! All the Anniversary posts from our February Anniversary month are bundled here in a free ebook for your …
Welcome to All Things Austen in April! Today Abigail Reynolds takes us on a walk in Jane Austen’s footsteps in Kent. In 1796, Jane Austen spent several months in Kent visiting her brother, Edward Austen Knight, and his wife, Elizabeth, whose parents lived at Goodnestone (pronounced gun-stun) Park. It’s easy to imagine Jane Austen dancing the …
This month we are celebrating Jane Austen with All Things Austen in April! What does this mean? Many of our posts will be about Jane Austen – her life and times, her novels, her letters, and just about anything! We begin All Things Austen with a letter Jane Austen wrote on April 1. It is a …
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