Jane Austen’s Birthday Event! Jane’s Birthday Wish – Part Two

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to leave such lovely comments on my blog on Jane Austen’s birthday!The competition is still open to win a signed copy of Willoughby’s Return until 22nd December, so if you wish to leave a comment, please do so, and don’t forget to visit the other participating websites – [...]

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Flirting and Dancing in Steventon, Jane Austen and Tom Lefroy

When Jane Austen was growing up in Steventon, Hampshire, she enjoyed the kind of social gatherings that we are familiar with in her novels. Local families like the Lloyds, the Lefroys and the Bigg-Withers were friends, and at some time all became romantically connected to the Austen family. These families enjoyed a similar position in [...]

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! I’ve had a lovely, relaxing and happy Christmas and New Year with my family – I hope you all have too! It’s very chilly here in England and with more snow expected this week, I know my fires will be well stocked with logs. For the first time in years we saw [...]

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