One of the notable facts about Jane Austen's life is Jane Austen's death. She was 41 years, 7 months and 2 days old. She died July 18 1817 after an extended period of feeling ill and weak, and then a rather fast progression toward death. Not only is Austen's life full of medical facts and... Continue Reading →
If you're like me, it's not just Jane Austen that gets your engine going. Chances are, you're a general fan of history, particularly those bits of history orbitting the Georgian and Regency Eras. So for this post, I'm keepin' it short and sweet and providing you with a quick list of some of the podcasts... Continue Reading →
Servants. They are the shadowy shapes lingering at the edges of Austen's scenes but rarely given more than the briefest of lines. The Longbourn housekeeper and manservant are perhaps the most active of any of Austen's servants, having a major role in the last chapters when Lydia's elopement is in its crisis. It is the... Continue Reading →
All right, well, I did kind of promise not to give you more of what the internet doesn't seem to need - i.e. reviews, evaluations, criticisms, or summaries of Austen content. But alas, poor reader, when you've watched as many rounds of Emma as I have over the past grumblemumble years, then it really does... Continue Reading →
All right...well...I dunno... I made it six months which - technically - was my original goal. But I spectacularly dropped off, right?!?! ?! Yeah, my bad. Thing is? I moved across the country (Oregon to Pennsylvania) exactly 11 days before I launched my program of Jane Austen Everything Everywhere All At Once. And it turns... Continue Reading →
I began reading Jane Austen as a high school student in an honors English class. As a white woman from an upper-middle class family, I have been the recipient of a great deal of generational opportunity and privilege, as did Austen herself. And I do know it. While I am grateful for the opportunities I... Continue Reading →
As I begin my journey through the published novels of Jane Austen, the first stop is Sense & Sensibility. As with so many of these novels, the conflict to the heroines is immediately introduced through the problems of inheritance. The Dashwood women, Elinor and Marianne in particular, are children of a second marriage, and this... Continue Reading →
A Life in Austen 