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“Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.” Charlotte Lucas makes this dour prediction to Elizabeth Bennet, the heroine of Pride & Prejudice. We laugh. It’s not true, after all. [...]

Today I’m here to talk to you about a somewhat controversial topic that annoys the bejeezus out of me — feminism in historical romances. Specifically, because I see it most often in this era, [...]

Just a couple weeks ago, I posted about how Christian girls shouldn’t wrap their worlds around marriage. And, to balance that out, now I’m going to give you some marriage advice! [...]

Hello ladies and gents! Today I have the opportunity to introduce you to Vintage Jane Austen, a multi-author series of Jane Austen retellings. I’ve only read two so far (Emmeline and [...]

One of my biggest pet peeves in fiction is Clueless Main Characters. You’d think this would be one of the things authors would avoid. But it’s not. Throughout fiction, we see quite a [...]

I don’t cry a lot. And when I do, I’m usually not crying about one thing so much as a bunch of things. But yes, some books do make me cry … or at least make my eyes water. And [...]

Title: Austenland Author: Shannon Hale Genre: Contemporary Romance Age-Range: 14+ (young adult/adult) Era: contemporary Setting: New York, USA and England Publisher: Bloomsbury Source: library [...]

Title: Mansfield Park Author: Jane Austen Genre: Classic Romance Age-Range: 14+ (young adult/adult) Era: early 1800s (Regency) Setting: various places in England Source: own a copy Rating: 5/5 [...]

Title: Persuasion Author: Jane Austen Genre: Classic Romance Age-Range: 14+ (young adult/adult) Era: early 1800s (Regency era) Setting: England ~ mostly Bath Source: free on Kindle ~ probably [...]

I’ve decided to write a short story for Homeschooled Authors’ Short Story Contest. If you’re an author and love Jane Austen, you should definitely enter your story into this [...]