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Nov 4, 2022

To the Polls!

As we get ready to head to the polls Tuesday, a quick look back at elections during Austen's lifetime.

Nov 2, 2022

Which Decade are You?

Fashion changed a lot during Jane Austen’s lifetime. Take our quiz to find out which decade is most like your style!

Oct 31, 2022

The Austen-Curious Reader – “Edgar and Emma” and “Henry and Eliza”

Happy Halloween to all my fellow Jane Austen Juvenilia Enthusiasts! Who is the scariest character from this week's reading? Read on to see!

Oct 26, 2022

Halloween Special: Mummies! Unwrapping Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign

Jane Austen would not have had Halloween festivities as a child, but that doesn't mean she didn't know mummies!

Oct 21, 2022

Swift and Sensibility. . .

What Taylor Swift songs would Austen heroines love? We take an educated guess.

Oct 19, 2022

No Loitering?

Jane Austen came from a family of writers and story-tellers, like her older brother James Austen, author of The Loiterer and comic prologues

Oct 12, 2022

Jane Austen’s Juvenilia and the Pleasures of Recognition

Jane Austen's Juvenilia offer many pleasures, from a hearty guffaw at the heroines' escapades to snickering as Austen skewers conventions.

Oct 3, 2022

The Austen-Curious Reader

By Eden Iazeolla Hello My fellow Jane Austen Enthusiasts! Ah! There I go already… I told myself I would not lie to you all, so I must...