Showing posts with label Jane Austen's Little Advice Book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jane Austen's Little Advice Book. Show all posts

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Jane Austen's Advice

Dear Readers, Happy New Year, everyone! 2011 promises to be a good on in Jane Austen Land.Thank you for visiting this blog and inspiring us to provide daily information about Jane.

A good friend, Lady Anne, sent me words of advice from Jane Austen's Little Advice Book. Our dear Jane is always good for a chuckle!

On Taking Autobiographies with a Grain of Salt:
"Those who tell their own story...must be listened to with caution." - Sanditon
On prediction the popularity of plastic surgery:
"But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to observed in them forever" - (P&P)

Jane Austen's Little Advice Book by Cathryn Michon and Pamela Norris  MJF Books, New York, 1996