On a visit to see my relatives in Warwick, England, last month, I stopped at Stoneleigh Abbey. It was late…
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Jane Austen’s novels have charmed readers for over 200 years with their beauty, humor, and wisdom. Much less is known,…
My upcoming book, Praying with Jane: 31 Days Through the Prayers of Jane Austen, releases October 2, 2018 (Bethany House…
In life, Jane Austen enjoyed a close relationship with her father. After his death, Austen wrote these words to her…
Jane Austen never had children of her own, and she never wrote a conduct manual for mothers, but her novels…
This is an 1815 print of “a young woman in an autumnal walking dress taken from La Belle Assemblee…” (123).…
“…you want to hear about the wedding; and I shall be happy to tell you, for we all behaved charmingly.”…
This beautiful edition of Pride and Prejudice is one of the 41 Objects I saw at Jane Austen’s house museum…
When I look at this view, with the lane twisting along out of sight, I think, “Jane Austen saw this.”…
![Countdown to Jane Austen’s birthday: favorite sisters. I love the relationship between Jane and Elizabeth. I like to think that their closeness was inspired by Jane Austen’s own close relationship with her sister Cassandra. I don’t have a sister, but I do have two wonderful sisters-in-law.
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Sister quote: ["Elizabeth’s] disappointment in Charlotte made her turn with fonder regard to her sister, of whose rectitude and delicacy she was sure her opinion could never be shaken, and for whose happiness she grew daily more anxious, as Bingley had now been gone a week and nothing more was heard of his return.” (Pride and Prejudice)
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If you have a sister, please share a favorite sister memory!
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In honor of Jane’s birthday on Sunday, I’m currently hosting a giveaway of a Jane Austen gift set. See previous post to enter! (Giveaway ends Sunday, December 16, at midnight Pacific Time. See rules.)
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