Archive - A Year of Jane Austen

April 2025

Sense & Sensibility, analysis, part 3 of 3

Don't apologise, don't explain. Except Willoughby does!

Apr 19 •

Jane's words: candid

This is one of those words to make you lean in, jump your chair closer to listen with attention.

Apr 12 •

The most famous of her heroes is, of course, Mr Darcy.

Apr 4 •

Sense & Sensibility, analysis, part 2 of 3

For the inhabitants of Barton Cottage, the social scene in Devon is relentless.

Apr 1 •

March 2025

Jane's words: genius

Today, when we use the word genius we mean the sort of exceptional intelligence and ability possessed by people like Einstein or Marie Curie.

Mar 23 •

Sense & Sensibility - analysis, part 1 of 3

Jane Austen has given herself a question to answer in Sense & Sensibility. Which of these two characteristics is it more important to possess?

Mar 15 •

Where to begin with Jane Austen?

‘I do not write for such dull elves

Mar 8 •

Jane's words: competence

This word meant something completely different in Jane Austen’s day, and as a modern reader it’s easy to mistake its meaning.

Mar 1 •

February 2025

Northanger Abbey - analysis, part 2 of 2

The drama in Jane Austen’s novels lies within its social situations driven by the stark realities of the marriage market, the snubs and snobbishness of…

Feb 26 •

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