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Sense and Sensitivity
Jane Austen wrote as a Christian, but all the better for doing so unobtrusively.
by Richard Whately 1787-1863
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An Unlikely Heroine
When she was ten, Catherine Morland showed none of the qualities needed to impress the ladies who read romantic fiction.
by Jane Austen 1775-1817
‘I Shall Keep This for Aunt Jane’
James Edward Austen-Leigh tells us what it was that made his aunt, the celebrated novelist Jane Austen, so remarkable.
by James Edward Austen-Leigh 1798-1874
A Universal Truth
From the very first lines, Jane Austen’s classic novel ‘Pride and Prejudice’ pokes affectionate fun at Georgian England.
All Things ‘Nice’
Henry Tilney teases a bewildered Catherine Morland for her lazy vocabulary.
A World of Differences
Emma tries to reconcile her father to the unaccountable tastes of his nearest and dearest.
One False Step
Louisa Musgrove thought she had hit on a sure method of winning Captain Wentworth’s affections.