Gentle readers, I just held a book giveaway contest on Jane Austen's World. In order to win Tracy Kiely's Murder Most Persuasive, I...

Which JA female character will drive you out of the room first from boredom? Lady Middleton, Sense and Sensibility The only subjects t...

You are a keen observer of personality oddities and collector of outrageous statements. Which Jane Austen character would you wish to observ...

Which Jane Austen secondary character would you be friends with? Part 2. In last week's friend showdown, you overwhelmingly voted for Co...

Which Jane Austen secondary character would you be friends with? For the sake of brevity, I shall pick three novels first, and ask the quest...

Some of Jane Austen's characters are too irritating for words. Who, in your opinion, would be the most irritating character if you had t...

Three characters in Jane Austen's novels are seventeen when their stories begin: Marianne Dashwood, Kitty Bennet, and Catherine Morland....

Two of Jane Austen's heroines have been on my mind lately. Known for their restraint, they must bear their burdens silently before love ...

In several novels Jane Austen showed the results of bad behavior by young ladies. Eliza, seduced by Willoughby and the ward of Colonel Bran...

In the past we have asked you to vote on various aspects of Jane Austen villains, and this week is no exception. Two of Jane Austen heroines...

Last week's Regency food throwdown was the least visited of all the polls. Regency food, it seems, does not please the 21st century pala...

We contemplated the happiest Jane Austen couple last week and were not surprised that Anne Elliot and her handsome captain won top honors. T...

PBS is showing an encore presentation of 2007's Northanger Abbey this Sunday. Check your local listing for the time, and join me on Twit...

This week's throwdown offers the least pleasing images we have ever chosen for this blog, but for a good reason. The three scenes repres...

Emma's ruined outing at Box Hill vexed readers most. Emma, as we have all read , has become the most popular girl's name in the U.S...

Your choice of Mrs. Bennet as favorite comical character is not surprising, though I see that Mr.Woodhouse has quite a few fans as well. Ou...

Frederick Wentworth's letter pierced your souls and he won the last throwdown with his eloquent words. Jane Austen, known for her sha...

Last week Sense won over Sensibility , but Marianne devotees were passionate about their choice. This week we examine second chances - secon...

Edward Ferrars was your preferred Man of the Cloth by a good margin last week . We now pit two sisters against each other: Elinor and Marian...

My Janeites on the James friends were convinced that Elizabeth Elliot would be the hands down winner of last weeks’s Jane Austen Character T...