
Jane's Life


Did Jane Austen Find Love in Lyme?
Miss Austen cuts a tantalizing figure. She is kept from us at arms-length by the span of about two centuries as well as by the protective arms of h...
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Jane's Niece: Catherine Anne Hubback (1818 -1877)
Jonathan Rowe looks at Catherine Anne Hubback for the Brislington Conservation & Historical Society
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Madame LaTournelle and the Abbey School
Was the Abbey School an inspiration to Jane? Constance Hill investigates.
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Who was the Real Tom Lefroy?
"Tell Mary that I make over Mr. Heartley and all his estate to her for her sole use and benefit in future, and not only him, but all my other admi...
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Jane Austen's Brothers
Jane had lots of brothers- six, to be exact! Who were they, and how might they have influenced their sister's writing.
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