Best Friend Day

Today is Best Friend Day so to celebrate I think we should all read Love and Freindship.In the short epistolary novel is a series of letters. Frist Isabel writes to her friend Laura asking if Laura could please share her upsetting past with Isabel's daughter Marianne. As any best friend would do, Laura shared her … Continue reading Best Friend Day →

Wordless Wednesday #123

Book Recommendations – Love and Friendship & Lady Susan

Source: Daily Mail via CNJ JASNA on Pinterest The picture above is from the new film adaption of Jane Austen's Lady Susan. The movie is titled Love and Friendship (if you're like me you are kind of wondering if Whilt Stillman is going to pull in some of that famous fainting from that story into … Continue reading Book Recommendations – Love and Friendship & Lady Susan →

A look back…

On June 3, 1793 Jane pens the poem "Ode to Pity" for her Juvenilia. (janeausten.org)Ode to Pity 1Ever musing I delight to tread The Paths of honour and the Myrtle Grove Whilst the pale Moon her beams doth shed On disappointed Love. While Philomel on airy hawthorn Bush Sings sweet and Melancholy, And the thrush … Continue reading A look back… →