It's the first day of spring break here (a bit of a pointless event considering my kids have barely had school for the past month), so I...

Following a series of hot debates last week about clergymen in Austen, particularly the problematic behavior of both Mr. Collins and Mr. Elt...

I’ve tackled a variety of Austen rankings in my time, but I never have offered up my absolute favorite quotes from each of the novels, prob...

Happy Easter Monday! My family is on day seven of a ten day quarantine (exposure at school - none of us are sick), so my days are kind of in...

Eleven years ago tomorrow, my first novel, First Impressions: A Tale of Less Pride and Prejudice , was published. It seems like forever ago ...

Watercolor Illustration by C.E. Brock, courtesy of Mollands.net. I dedicate this post to Saint Wiborada of Saint Gall , Switzerland’s own pa...

Dancing dress featuring  Grecian elements, 1809. Though this post was composed a few years ago, I can't help but think it has more reson...