Jane Austen
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Jane Austen’s words from her novels and letters ❤️
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Though I sometimes amuse myself with suggesting and arranging such little elegant compliments as may be adapted to ordinary occasions, I always wish to give them as unstudied an air as possible.
#JaneAusten #PrideandPrejudice
#JaneAusten #PrideandPrejudice
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Though I sometimes amuse myself with suggesting and arranging such little elegant compliments as may be adapted to ordinary occasions, I always wish to give them as unstudied an air as possible.
#JaneAusten #PrideandPrejudice
#JaneAusten #PrideandPrejudice
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
November 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
By the by, as I must leave off being young, I find many douceurs in being a sort of chaperon, for I am put on the sofa near the fire, and can drink as much wine as I like.
#JaneAusten #letter1813
#JaneAusten #letter1813
November 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
By the by, as I must leave off being young, I find many douceurs in being a sort of chaperon, for I am put on the sofa near the fire, and can drink as much wine as I like.
#JaneAusten #letter1813
#JaneAusten #letter1813
I have often observed it before—she likes to go her own way to work; she does not like to be dictated to;
#JaneAusten #MansfieldPark
#JaneAusten #MansfieldPark
November 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I have often observed it before—she likes to go her own way to work; she does not like to be dictated to;
#JaneAusten #MansfieldPark
#JaneAusten #MansfieldPark
I am no advocate for entire seclusion. I think, on the contrary, when people shut themselves up entirely from society, it is a very bad thing;
#JaneAusten #Emma
#JaneAusten #Emma
November 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I am no advocate for entire seclusion. I think, on the contrary, when people shut themselves up entirely from society, it is a very bad thing;
#JaneAusten #Emma
#JaneAusten #Emma
November 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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The Jane Austen Society’s London Branch meets at St Columba’s Church — a fitting setting in the heart of London for lovers of Austen’s wit, wisdom and world.
Join us to share conversation, tea and timeless literature.
#JaneAusten #London #StColumbasChurch
Amanda Deans
E-mail : london@jasoc.org.uk
Join us to share conversation, tea and timeless literature.
#JaneAusten #London #StColumbasChurch
Amanda Deans
E-mail : london@jasoc.org.uk
October 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The Jane Austen Society’s London Branch meets at St Columba’s Church — a fitting setting in the heart of London for lovers of Austen’s wit, wisdom and world.
Join us to share conversation, tea and timeless literature.
#JaneAusten #London #StColumbasChurch
Amanda Deans
E-mail : london@jasoc.org.uk
Join us to share conversation, tea and timeless literature.
#JaneAusten #London #StColumbasChurch
Amanda Deans
E-mail : london@jasoc.org.uk
in her silence and sadness she was the very reverse of all that she had been before
#JaneAusten #NorthangerAbbey
#JaneAusten #NorthangerAbbey
November 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
in her silence and sadness she was the very reverse of all that she had been before
#JaneAusten #NorthangerAbbey
#JaneAusten #NorthangerAbbey
Do not pretend, with your sweet temper, to understand a bad one, or to lay down rules for it: you must let it go its own way.
#JaneAusten #Emma
#JaneAusten #Emma
October 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Do not pretend, with your sweet temper, to understand a bad one, or to lay down rules for it: you must let it go its own way.
#JaneAusten #Emma
#JaneAusten #Emma
Mr. Darcy sends you all the love in the world that can be spared from me. You are all to come to Pemberley at Christmas.
#JaneAusten #PrideandPrejudice
#JaneAusten #PrideandPrejudice
October 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Mr. Darcy sends you all the love in the world that can be spared from me. You are all to come to Pemberley at Christmas.
#JaneAusten #PrideandPrejudice
#JaneAusten #PrideandPrejudice
October 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I am tired of submitting my will to the caprices of others; of resigning my own judgment in deference to those to whom I owe no duty, and for whom I feel no respect.
#JaneAusten #LadySusan
#JaneAusten #LadySusan
October 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I am tired of submitting my will to the caprices of others; of resigning my own judgment in deference to those to whom I owe no duty, and for whom I feel no respect.
#JaneAusten #LadySusan
#JaneAusten #LadySusan
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Jane Austen's 250th birthday is coming up in December and I hope you'll celebrate by taking a turn about the room, acquiring a passion for dead leaves & closet shelves, and taking a fancy to the last person you could ever be prevailed upon to marry.
October 26, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Jane Austen's 250th birthday is coming up in December and I hope you'll celebrate by taking a turn about the room, acquiring a passion for dead leaves & closet shelves, and taking a fancy to the last person you could ever be prevailed upon to marry.
October 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
October 25, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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If you find yourself in the NJ suburbs next month, come to my talk! You can register at ridgewoodlibrary.org.
October 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
If you find yourself in the NJ suburbs next month, come to my talk! You can register at ridgewoodlibrary.org.
October 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
October 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Modesty, and all that, is very well in its way, but really a little common honesty is sometimes quite as becoming.
#JaneAusten #NorthangerAbbey
#JaneAusten #NorthangerAbbey
October 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Modesty, and all that, is very well in its way, but really a little common honesty is sometimes quite as becoming.
#JaneAusten #NorthangerAbbey
#JaneAusten #NorthangerAbbey
If people do but know how to set about it, every comfort may be as well enjoyed in a cottage as in the most spacious dwelling.
#JaneAusten #SenseandSensibility
#JaneAusten #SenseandSensibility
October 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If people do but know how to set about it, every comfort may be as well enjoyed in a cottage as in the most spacious dwelling.
#JaneAusten #SenseandSensibility
#JaneAusten #SenseandSensibility
October 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A woman is not to marry a man merely because she is asked, or because he is attached to her, and can write a tolerable letter.
#JaneAusten #Emma
#JaneAusten #Emma
October 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A woman is not to marry a man merely because she is asked, or because he is attached to her, and can write a tolerable letter.
#JaneAusten #Emma
#JaneAusten #Emma
October 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
It is the worst evil of too yielding and indecisive a character, that no influence over it can be depended on. You are never sure of a good impression being durable; everybody may sway it.
#JaneAusten #Persuasion
#JaneAusten #Persuasion
October 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It is the worst evil of too yielding and indecisive a character, that no influence over it can be depended on. You are never sure of a good impression being durable; everybody may sway it.
#JaneAusten #Persuasion
#JaneAusten #Persuasion