Jane Austen vs. Jane Marple

Two of the Janes have more in common than you might suspect!

Join JASNA-NJ for a Foodie Regency Event

Join author and food historian Julienne Gehrer on Saturday, February 19th at 2pm EST for a detailed look at Martha’s Lloyd’s Household Book, an extraordinary artifact described as “a kitchen window” into the daily life of Jane.

Jane Bennet: The Human Equivalent of a Really Good Vanilla Scoop of Ice Cream

Jane Bennet. TNTBR? (Too nice to be real?)

Jane Austen, Charlotte Lucas, and the Power of “Yet”

Charlotte Lucas remains one of the most controversial characters in Pride & Prejudice, with some seeing her choice of the obsequious Collins as pragmatic, others as calculating, and still others as tragic.

New Years Resolutions: Reading Goals

Have you set your reading goal for 2022

Jane Austen on Resolutions

New Years and Resolutions, Jane Austen-style.

Holiday Book Exchange

Every year we celebrate Jane's birthday with a book exchange. Here's what we swapped this year: The Lost book of the Grail by Charlie LovettArthur Prescott is happiest when surrounded by the ancient books and manuscripts of the Barchester Cathedral library. Increasingly, he feels like a fish out of water among the concrete buildings of … Continue reading Holiday Book Exchange →

Twelve Days of Janeite Christmas

Giving the gift of Jane this holiday season.

Racy Regency: Loretta Chase’s Lord of Scoundrels

Racy Regency: Loretta Chase's Lord of Scoundrels

Will the Real Jane Austen Please Stand Up?

It is a truth universally acknowledged that in the realm of fanfiction, two names dominate—Jane Austen and Sherlock Holmes, according to Anne Jamison in her book Fic: Why Fanfiction is Taking Over the World. On December, author Deborah Yaffe gave a wonderful talk for the Somerset Library system, expanding upon her 2013 book Among the … Continue reading Will the Real Jane Austen Please Stand Up? →