Jane Austen on Resolutions

New Years and Resolutions, Jane Austen-style.

Flashback Friday – Pugs, Jane Austen, political conspiracy and mass murder

This post was originally posted on July 19, 2010Versailles and More's Catherine Delors shares, "Fans of Jane Austen will remember Lady Bertram in Mansfield Park sitting on her sofa with her pug by her side. “The next time Pug has a litter you shall have a puppy,” she tells her niece Fanny. Lady Bertram can … Continue reading Flashback Friday – Pugs, Jane Austen, political conspiracy and mass murder →

Monday Quote – Explain

Trying something new here on the blog, using a random word generator I will get a word and find it in one of Jane's novels. I will share that quote here. ExplainAnother burst of tears; but in spite of that burst, and in spite of that great black word miserable, which served to introduce it, Sir … Continue reading Monday Quote – Explain →

Wordless Wednesday #158

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Wordless Wednesday #152

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It’s Monday! What are you reading? Mansfield Park Revisited

Title: Mansfield Revisited Author: Joan AikenPublication Date: October 3, 2008Synopsis: In Aiken's sequel to Jane Austen's complex and fascinating novel, after heroine Fanny Price marries Edmund Bertram, they depart for the Caribbean, and Fanny's younger sister Susan moves to Mansfield Park as Lady Bertram's new companion. Surrounded by the familiar cast of characters from Jane Austen's original, and joined by … Continue reading It’s Monday! What are you reading? Mansfield Park Revisited →

Fun Friday – Mansfield Park Poll Results!

In doing research for this month's poll, I kept seeing Mansfield Park rated at the bottom of lists, or people saying how they don't care for the novel. I happen to like the novel and was wondering how everyone else feels about CNJ-JASNA's novel of 2017.I first asked if readers liked the novel: Then I … Continue reading Fun Friday – Mansfield Park Poll Results! →

Wordless Wednesday #142

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Wordless Wednesday #140

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Fun Friday – Mansfield Park Poll

In doing research for this poll, I kept seeing Mansfield Park rated at the bottom of lists, or people saying how they don't care for the novel. I happen to like the novel and was wondering how everyone else feels about CNJ-JASNA's novel of 2017.