Category Archives: My Jane Austen
I Sat Next to Jane Austen at Her Birthday Lunch
The Jane Austen Society of North Texas celebrated Jane Austen’s 235th birthday and I sat next to Jane at the luncheon. Everyone thought she was a regular Janeite in period dress but I saw her struggle with the escalator, noted how she walked behind me into … Continue reading
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Say It Isn’t So, Jane Austen
Imagine the outrage of 700 Janeites (myself included), packing our bonnets to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Jane Austen Society of North America, upon reading the shocking Muggle headlines suggesting Jane Austen may not have written her prose. Where is Dumbledore when you need him? At the meeting … Continue reading
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I Met Jane Austen’s Writing Table
This time, last year, I went to England to meet Jane Austen. I was nervous, and with good reason since I’d taken the liberty of writing about our relationship, even though we’d never met. I ran the terrible risk of discovering I’d based my book on a deep … Continue reading
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