Jane Austen

A Jane Austen Tea & Holiday Celebration

by Heather Parish



“It is such happiness when good people get together—and they always do," says beloved novelist Jane Austen.
And what better time to take a bit of respite with like-minded folk than during the hubbub of the holidays? The Central Valley region of the Jane Austen Society of North America ("JASNA Cen Cal") will provide just such a respite by hosting A Jane Austen Tea and Holiday Celebration to honor Austen's 241st birthday and celebrate the Yuletide season.

Arsenic with Austen By Katherine Bolger Hyde: Review/Interview/Giveaway

by Cynthia Chow


Emily Cavanaugh’s life was on hold. Ever since the death of her husband two years ago, Emily managed to teach her literature classes at Reed College, looking forward only to graduation and the day classes ended. She is rocked out of this stasis by the news of the death of her great-aunt Beatrice Runcible, who has left her an inheritance in Stoney Beach, Oregon. Although Emily had some of her fondest moments as a child reveling in Beatrice’s grand library, it has been decades since the two last spent time together.

Emma Approved: Web Series Review

by Jessica Runnels



Jane Austen is one of the most famous novelists who ever lived. Her books have romance and drama and teach us a little lesson along the way, especially in her novel Emma. Emma is a stubborn woman who is always meddling in other people’s lives by playing matchmaker. She is so busy worrying about how her friends feel that she never stops to realize her own feelings. She hurts people a long the way by being quick to judge and by going a little too far in the meddling. She learns her lesson but it takes some time.

Pride & Pasteurizing: Mystery Short Story

by Carrie Padgett



It is a truth universally acknowledged that an ill-tempered man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of killing.
Jane Austen probably never had to deal with a corpse! Antonia Burns stared at the purple, dead face of Eustace Perrin. Antonia had often fancied a parallel between her life and Austen’s Pride & Prejudice heroine Elizabeth Bennett–until this night. She’d left Eustace on the patio of Fresno’s Fig Garden Swim and Racquet Club for ten minutes, maybe twelve. Fifteen at the most.

Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor by Stephanie Barron: Book Review

by Terell Byrd



The only sad ending in the work of Jane Austen is the author’s early demise. There were six books published in her lifetime and two after her death. It has left those of us who love her novels bereft. In recent years a revival of interest has inspired authors to write books that continue the stories of her remarkable characters.

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