The Jane Austen Quiz - P's and Q's

The Jane Austen Quiz - Context and Content

"I have not been in the habit of brooking disappointment." - Pride and Prejudice  What does 'brooking' mean in this quote? causing tolerating spreading halting "Mary had her evils; but upon the w...

The Jane Austen Quiz - Another Miscellany

The Jane Austen Quiz - Another Miscellany In Mansfield Park, what horticultural task set by Lady Bertram and Mrs Norris kept Fanny out in the heat and gave her a headache, much to Edmund's disma...