I know, I know. I need ‘Pedants Anonymous’

by Lucy

  Dear Internet, I need a word. You’re encouraging my mum to do the thing that annoys me most, and it’s just not on. She is not a particularly forgiving person, and in… Continue reading →

Mansfield Park Revisited

by Lucy

I last read Mansfield Park when I was about 19 (20 years ago!) and I was sure I had enjoyed it, but this time round, as much as there are funny and interesting… Continue reading →

Lighten up, Charlotte.

by Lucy

It’s well documented that Charlotte Brontë didn’t like Jane Austen. In a letter to the literary critic, George Henry Lewes, she said of Pride and Prejudice – “I got the book and studied… Continue reading →

Period drama therapy

by Lucy

As Blur once quite rightly said, ‘Modern life is rubbish’. When work is getting on top of me, and family, and every-bloody-thing-else, I watch period dramas. I watch hour after hour of soothing,… Continue reading →

Welcome to the Bates Motel for Meekness & Mindfulness

by Sarah

I read Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’ in 1985, and at the time, I’d have happily swapped it for a quarter of cola cubes, or even just one. I blame my teacher Mrs Powell, who,… Continue reading →

Thanks to Alison Steadman, I will never read ‘Pride and Prejudice’ ever again!

by Sarah

The novels of Jane Austen have been good friends to me over the years. I couldn’t count how many times I’ve re-read them. When mulling over what books to read for this blog,… Continue reading →