Jane Austen

“One abandoned and the other uncompleted.” The Watsons and Sanditon may be fragments in Jane Austen’s literary canon, but they still deserve due deference. Composed over a decade apart in 1803-4 and 1817, each represents Austen’s desire to continue writing... by austenprose.wordpress.com | related posts

Today's Tuesday Trivia Question:   Jane Austen's novel, Pride & Prejudice was first rejected as First Impressions. From that initial rejection, how many years later was it published as Pride & Prejudice? In order to count, your answer must be left in the comment section... by jenniferswriting.blogspot.com | related posts

Laurel Ann from Austenprose is hosting "By the seaside with Sanditon" this week.  Sanditon , Jane Austen's last, unfinished novel, is one of the books I chose for the Jane Austen Challenge , so I thought this week-long event was the perfect... by diaryofaneccentric.blogspot.com | related posts

Upper School, Tonbridge, Where George Austen taught A circular walk in Tonbridge celebrates the family links of Jane Austen, including Tonbridge School, where Jane’s father studied and taught. Learn more about Jane... by janeaustensworld.wordpress.com | related posts

. Elton is referring to a grander carriage that somehow confers social distinction. But at some point the reader may well want to know more about specific objects or actions mentioned in Austen’s works. Pauline E. Kelly’s Jane Austen Dictionary; A guide to the... by austenblog.com | related posts

“Sanditon…The finest, purest Sea Breeze on the Coast—acknowledged to be so—Excellent Bathing—fine hard Sand—Deep Water ten yards from the Shore—no Mud—no Weeds—no slimey rocks—Never was there a place more palpably designed by Nature”   Welcome, to ‘By the Seaside with Sanditon’, an in depth... by austenprose.wordpress.com | related posts

; Mignonnette It is time to think about the garden, and this year I am inclined to plant a few varieties that Jane Austen and her family grew. Jane wrote to Cassandra: Syringa, Sweet William Some of the Flower seeds are coming up very well–but your Mignioette... by janeaustensworld.wordpress.com | related posts

be an inducement to her to read more herself. They will read together. She means it, I know." The sentence in bold speaks volumes about Jane and Cassandra’s relationship. I cannot speak for our Gentlemen friends, but as a woman, I know the value of my close, personal, ‘lady’ friends and I would... by becomingjane.blogspot.com | related posts

trod; Jane Austen's house - Chawton Photo Credits, Gary A Warner (sorry, Gary!) by bookishkind.blogspot.com | related posts