"Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness." Jane Austen in a letter to her sister Cassandra.?
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I finally remembered to take a picture of my current #Crochet shawl from the Always Austen first quarter shawl box I subscribed to through Wonderland Yarns 🧶
💛💛💛💛🎉🎉🎉🎉🙌🙌🙌🙌Christine thank you so much! these all arrived in different packages and made it feel like the birthday extravaganza it was! Also- while i love it all- i was going to order variegated embroidery thread and now it is here!!!! This is going to be fun for a very long time.
I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it.
#ABookADay2025
so-soIt took me a long time to finish this one. While it was informative, I basically had the same issue with it as with the collection of Jane Austen's letters: there were so many names and ordinary events.
It's a well researched and comprehensive biography, and the author is clearly passionate about her subject matter. However, I personally would have been happier with fewer details about the wider social circle around Jane Austen.
Was #yuleswap a one off? It was a fun one. Did I miss seeing it for last winter?
pickFor #JaneAustenThenAndNow I've read the novellas related to Northanger Abbey. There are 3: As Much As He Can deals w General Tilney & it was not bad; The Art Of Sinking is about John Thorpe & I couldn't finish it 😬; For Mischief's Sake is Frederick Tilney's story & the one I liked best of the three.
These stories try to flesh out Austen's rogues, often w an aim of leaving a better impression of them. It sometimes works for me but not always.
