The Joy of Libraries

The development of libraries changed life for many people in Austen's England.

Favorite and Recent Adaptations of Sense and Sensibility

What happens when an Austen novel gets adapted to JAFF, plays, or movies?

For Darkness Shows the Stars is a beautifully written science fiction variation of Jane Austen's Persuasion.

Stoneleigh Abbey is a lovely location where Jane Austen stayed. It seems to have influenced several of her novels.

The Stoneleigh Abbey chapel was likely the model for the chapel at Sotherton, where a key scene takes place in Mansfield Park.

The clergyman in Jane's mother's family may have given her patterns for the clergymen-heroes in Austen's novels.

Stories from Jane Austen's wealthy Leigh relatives are reflected in several of her novels.

The 1980 BBC Pride and Prejudice is not my favorite, but it has its beauties, and many people love it!

If wisdom comes with age, how much wisdom do Austen's older characters show?

The third and final season of PBS's Sanditon is now available.