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An archive of Jane Austen Blogs covering a range of subjects from news updates, her life and novels.
(Part of the story of Jane Austen’s aunt) Jane Austen’s aunt, Jane Leigh Perrot, was prosecuted for shoplifting, for stealing a card of white lace from a shop in Bath...Updated: February 14 2026 Created: February 08 2026 Published: February 14 2026
Mrs Bennet's Secret: Did Austen hint at a secret vice?
Pride and Prejudice has traditionally been critical of Mrs Bennet. Silly and ignorant, she has married above her station. She comes from trade, whereas Mr Bennet is a gentleman. Mrs...Updated: April 09 2026 Created: January 25 2026 Published: January 25 2026
(Part of the story of Jane Austen’s aunt, Jane Leigh Perrot) Sub Judice lis esto. To love of plants, which boasts the better claim, Darwin the Bard, or surreptitious Dame? ...Updated: March 14 2025 Created: June 07 2024 Published: June 07 2024
“Faultless” Cottages: A Comparison of Edward Ferrars & John Willoughby in Sense and Sensibility
Abigail Rinkenberger considers the similar motivating factors that influence the characters of Edward Ferrars and John Willoughby in Sense and Sensibility, comparing the ways in which each responds to their own particular...Updated: March 14 2025 Created: August 01 2023 Published: August 02 2023
Accidents and Safe Spaces: How Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth Negotiate between Duty and Desire in Jane Austen’s Persuasion Persuasion as Portrait of and Challenge to the Dichotomy of Gendered...Updated: July 12 2023 Created: February 20 2023 Published: February 26 2023
How large was No. 1, Bath Street?
(where Jane Austen’s aunt, Jane Leigh Perrot, was accused of shoplifting. Read more in a previous article by David Pugsley) “I had imagined a big, bright, airy, shop, but...Updated: July 12 2023 Created: January 30 2023 Published: February 01 2023
Virginia Woolf, Kew Gardens and Bloomsbury Formalism
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was a member of the Bloomsbury Group, sometimes also referred to as the Bloomsbury Set, and is one of the...Updated: March 25 2022 Created: March 24 2022 Published: March 24 2022
London Theatre in the Regency: Covent Garden
Jane Austen Visits Regency Covent Garden I think you judge very wisely in putting off your London visit, and I am mistaken if it be not put off for some...Updated: April 09 2026 Created: July 26 2020 Published: January 28 2022
Was Mrs Augusta Elton a fraud?
(Page numbers from Nelson’s Gift and Presentation Classics) On Christmas Eve there was a party at the Westons’ at Randalls. On their way home in the snow Emma and the...Updated: March 14 2025 Created: June 20 2021 Published: June 20 2021
It used to be ironclad tradition to describe Jane Austen Q-U-I-E-T-L-Y. One mass-market paperback edition of her novels featured a foreword calling her life “uneventful, placid, and circumscribed” and ending...Updated: July 08 2023 Created: January 26 2021 Published: February 06 2021
(Part of the story of Jane Austen’s aunt) Jane Austen’s aunt, Jane Leigh Perrot, was prosecuted for shoplifting, for stealing a card of white lace from a shop in Bath...Updated: February 14 2026 Created: February 08 2026 Published: February 14 2026
Mrs Bennet's Secret: Did Austen hint at a secret vice?
Pride and Prejudice has traditionally been critical of Mrs Bennet. Silly and ignorant, she has married above her station. She comes from trade, whereas Mr Bennet is a gentleman. Mrs...Updated: April 09 2026 Created: January 25 2026 Published: January 25 2026
(Part of the story of Jane Austen’s aunt, Jane Leigh Perrot) Sub Judice lis esto. To love of plants, which boasts the better claim, Darwin the Bard, or surreptitious Dame? ...Updated: March 14 2025 Created: June 07 2024 Published: June 07 2024
“Faultless” Cottages: A Comparison of Edward Ferrars & John Willoughby in Sense and Sensibility
Abigail Rinkenberger considers the similar motivating factors that influence the characters of Edward Ferrars and John Willoughby in Sense and Sensibility, comparing the ways in which each responds to their own particular...Updated: March 14 2025 Created: August 01 2023 Published: August 02 2023
Accidents and Safe Spaces: How Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth Negotiate between Duty and Desire in Jane Austen’s Persuasion Persuasion as Portrait of and Challenge to the Dichotomy of Gendered...Updated: July 12 2023 Created: February 20 2023 Published: February 26 2023
How large was No. 1, Bath Street?
(where Jane Austen’s aunt, Jane Leigh Perrot, was accused of shoplifting. Read more in a previous article by David Pugsley) “I had imagined a big, bright, airy, shop, but...Updated: July 12 2023 Created: January 30 2023 Published: February 01 2023
Virginia Woolf, Kew Gardens and Bloomsbury Formalism
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was a member of the Bloomsbury Group, sometimes also referred to as the Bloomsbury Set, and is one of the...Updated: March 25 2022 Created: March 24 2022 Published: March 24 2022
London Theatre in the Regency: Covent Garden
Jane Austen Visits Regency Covent Garden I think you judge very wisely in putting off your London visit, and I am mistaken if it be not put off for some...Updated: April 09 2026 Created: July 26 2020 Published: January 28 2022
Was Mrs Augusta Elton a fraud?
(Page numbers from Nelson’s Gift and Presentation Classics) On Christmas Eve there was a party at the Westons’ at Randalls. On their way home in the snow Emma and the...Updated: March 14 2025 Created: June 20 2021 Published: June 20 2021
It used to be ironclad tradition to describe Jane Austen Q-U-I-E-T-L-Y. One mass-market paperback edition of her novels featured a foreword calling her life “uneventful, placid, and circumscribed” and ending...Updated: July 08 2023 Created: January 26 2021 Published: February 06 2021
(Part of the story of Jane Austen’s aunt) Jane Austen’s aunt, Jane Leigh Perrot, was prosecuted for shoplifting, for stealing a card of white lace from a shop in Bath...Updated: February 14 2026 Created: February 08 2026 Published: February 14 2026
Mrs Bennet's Secret: Did Austen hint at a secret vice?
Pride and Prejudice has traditionally been critical of Mrs Bennet. Silly and ignorant, she has married above her station. She comes from trade, whereas Mr Bennet is a gentleman. Mrs...Updated: April 09 2026 Created: January 25 2026 Published: January 25 2026
(Part of the story of Jane Austen’s aunt, Jane Leigh Perrot) Sub Judice lis esto. To love of plants, which boasts the better claim, Darwin the Bard, or surreptitious Dame? ...Updated: March 14 2025 Created: June 07 2024 Published: June 07 2024
“Faultless” Cottages: A Comparison of Edward Ferrars & John Willoughby in Sense and Sensibility
Abigail Rinkenberger considers the similar motivating factors that influence the characters of Edward Ferrars and John Willoughby in Sense and Sensibility, comparing the ways in which each responds to their own particular...Updated: March 14 2025 Created: August 01 2023 Published: August 02 2023
Accidents and Safe Spaces: How Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth Negotiate between Duty and Desire in Jane Austen’s Persuasion Persuasion as Portrait of and Challenge to the Dichotomy of Gendered...Updated: July 12 2023 Created: February 20 2023 Published: February 26 2023
How large was No. 1, Bath Street?
(where Jane Austen’s aunt, Jane Leigh Perrot, was accused of shoplifting. Read more in a previous article by David Pugsley) “I had imagined a big, bright, airy, shop, but...Updated: July 12 2023 Created: January 30 2023 Published: February 01 2023
Virginia Woolf, Kew Gardens and Bloomsbury Formalism
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was a member of the Bloomsbury Group, sometimes also referred to as the Bloomsbury Set, and is one of the...Updated: March 25 2022 Created: March 24 2022 Published: March 24 2022
London Theatre in the Regency: Covent Garden
Jane Austen Visits Regency Covent Garden I think you judge very wisely in putting off your London visit, and I am mistaken if it be not put off for some...Updated: April 09 2026 Created: July 26 2020 Published: January 28 2022
Was Mrs Augusta Elton a fraud?
(Page numbers from Nelson’s Gift and Presentation Classics) On Christmas Eve there was a party at the Westons’ at Randalls. On their way home in the snow Emma and the...Updated: March 14 2025 Created: June 20 2021 Published: June 20 2021
It used to be ironclad tradition to describe Jane Austen Q-U-I-E-T-L-Y. One mass-market paperback edition of her novels featured a foreword calling her life “uneventful, placid, and circumscribed” and ending...Updated: July 08 2023 Created: January 26 2021 Published: February 06 2021
(Part of the story of Jane Austen’s aunt) Jane Austen’s aunt, Jane Leigh Perrot, was prosecuted for shoplifting, for stealing a card of white lace from a shop in Bath...February 08 2026 in Jane Austen Extended Reading
2025 in new Jane Austen books - a new release recap!
The 250th year of Jane Austen has brought with it a renewed interest in our favourite author and her work. We've seen a flurry of new adaptations, new podcasts,...December 29 2025 in Jane Austen Media Reviews
Regency Bucks, Beaus and Dandies
Bucks, Beaus and Dandies Though not specifically mentioned by Jane Austen, it does not take much reading up on the Regency to come across descriptive terms for generalizing a young...July 26 2020 in Jane Austen's Work
In this quiet way, the first fortnight of her visit soon passed away. Easter was approaching, and the week preceding it was to bring an addition to the family...March 27 2023 in Regency Living and History
News for Austen Enthusiasts: June 2026
The heat here in Jane Austen's England has this blog editor feeling like a fainting waif, craving a trip to the seaside - maybe to Lyme Regis - for a...July 06 2026 in Jane in the News
July 26 2020 in Jane Austen in Bath
The Other Bennet Sister - The Jane Austen Blog Review
The Other Bennet Sister is a ten-episode adaptation of Janice Hadlow's novel of the same name and focuses on the third eldest Bennet sister, studious Mary, from Pride and Prejudice....June 21 2026 in Sequels and Spinoffs
Host your own Jane Austen Festival - at home!
Here at the Jane Austen blog, the Jane Austen Festival is the unmissable event of the season. We hope that you all have your tickets, but if you don't, you...August 20 2025 in Regency DIY
The novels of Jane Austen: A primer (or refresher)
In an exciting new addition to the Jane Austen Centre's collections, we have recently taken up a loan of a set of gorgeous 5th edition Jane Austen novels. This...August 23 2024 in Jane's Life and Work
Taking a turn about the garden: Blooming into Spring with Jane Austen
“Go out! to be sure she did,” said Mrs. Norris: “would you have her stay within such a fine day as this? Were not we all out? Even your mother was out...March 29 2026 in Thoughts from Janeites
(Part of the story of Jane Austen’s aunt, Jane Leigh Perrot) Miss Leeson was a shopwoman, we would now say a shop assistant, in a lace shop in Bath Street...June 14 2026 in Jane's Contemporaries
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life - Film Review
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life is a romantic comedy directed by Laura Piani from 2024. Much of its dialogue is in French, although some of it is in English. The...March 17 2026 in Jane Austen Film Reviews
Needlework: Stitching the gap between Jane Austen and now
Photo by Benigno Hoyuela on Unsplash The Jane Austen Gift Shop has just launched two new cross stitch kits -- one, a lovely Jane Austen's Life Sampler Kit and the...March 13 2025 in Women's Fashion
As the daughter and sister of Anglican clergymen, Jane Austen was intimately familiar with the rites, rules and habits of church ministers. Clergy members and their families were among her...July 26 2020 in Men's fashion
The Regency Fashions of Childhood
The Regency Fashions of Childhood While children are not usually thought of in the world of high fashion, with his debut of The Repository of Fashion... in 1809, Rudolph Ackerman provided...July 26 2020 in Regency Fashion for Children
Regency Etiquette: The Mirror of Graces
"It is vain to expend large sums of money and large portions of time in the acquirement of accomplishments, unless some attention be also paid to the attainment of a...July 26 2020 in Regency Histories, Biographies and Non-Fiction
Is humbly dedicated to Miss Cooper by her obedient Humble Servant THE AUTHOR As Sir George and Lady Harcourt were superintending the Labours of their Haymakers, rewarding the industry of...July 26 2020 in Jane Miscellany
A New Jane Austen Themed Convention Is On The Way!
For those of you who watched the television adaptation of Sanditon roughly two years ago, you will be excited to hear the show has finally been renewed for a second...August 17 2021 in Jane Austen News
As we are quite sure you have noticed, women in the Regency era wore hats and bonnets as a matter of course. They denoted many different things about the wearer,...July 26 2020 in Regency Fashion