Austen adaptations

New crossword here.

Article about the new Persuasion here.

A new novella series as a sequel to Northanger Abbey.

Help decide the promotional poster for 'Becoming Jane'.

And a quiz to round things off.

Jane Austen for the 21st Century

Read this interesting article with Andrew Davies, care of Jane Austen's Regency World magazine.

Plus, a quiz about JA parties.

Jane Austen crossword

A few of these are quite challenging!

Austen tidbits

An interesting article on the origin of Halloween and whether JA would have celebrated it

A tricky quiz on movie adaptations vs the books

How well do you know your Jane Austen?

Play Mastermind and find out. Apparently a score of over 20 is 'very good'... I scored 16.

Play 'Are you a Regency Catch?'

Here's my result:


Everyone adores you! But you're the heroine's sister, not the star attraction. You're accomplished in all things, but not as accomplished as your sister. You're like Pride and Prejudice's lovable Jane Bennet.

Play here. You can also find out if you are a 'vulgarian', but I'm sure Jane Bennet would do nothing of the sort.

Can you spot a fake smile?

Take this test at the BBC website.

I scored 16/20.

Two Quick Quizzes

Your Personality Profile

You are dependable, popular, and observant. Deep and thoughtful, you are prone to moodiness. In fact, your emotions tend to influence everything you do. You are unique, creative, and expressive. You don't mind waving your freak flag every once and a while. And lucky for you, most people find your weird ways charming!

The World's Shortest Personality Test

Your IQ Is 115

Your Logical Intelligence is Below Average Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Exceptional Your General Knowledge is Average

A Quick and Dirty IQ Test

What's Your Bloginality

My Bloginality is INFJ!

Only 1% of the population, apparently.

Which Jane Austen Novel Are You?

The Sense and Sensibility type: These delightful
(:-P) people have their feet set firmly in the
Eighteenth Century. Devotees of satire and
irony, they are far more likely to be reading
Alexander Pope or Jonathan Swift than Lord
Byron or William Wordsworth (no offense to
these men; all four have merit). Generally
reserved and self-controlled, they quite often,
though not always, resemble Elinor more than
Marianne.


Jane Austen novel quiz
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I am a Frappacino, apparently

You Are a Frappacino

At your best, you are: fun loving, sweet, and modern At your worst, you are: childish and over indulgent You drink coffee when: you're craving something sweet Your caffeine addiction level: low

What Kind of Coffee Are You?

Keys of the Heart

A silly little quiz. Apparently these are the keys to my heart... which are more or less accurate. The quiz asks you to consider different characteristics inherit in animal groups in different situations.

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to obedience and warmth.

In love, you feel the most alive when things are straight-forward, and you're told that you're loved.

You'd like to your lover to think you are stylish and alluring.

You would be forced to break up with someone who was emotional, moody, and difficult to please.

Your ideal relationship is lasting. You want a relationship that looks to the future... one you can grow with.

Your risk of cheating is low. Even if you're tempted, you'd try hard not to do it.

You think of marriage as something precious. You'll treasure marriage and treat it as sacred.

In this moment, you think of love as something you thirst for. You'll do anything for love, but you won't fall for it easily.

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

Don't you just love it...

... when you get a result from a quiz that's actually accurate? Not only that, but it encourages you to be yourself and be proud. I did this test, and here's my result.

INFJ - "Author". Strong drive and enjoyment to help others. Complex personality. 1.5% of total population.

Fantastic! I am supposed to be an author - it's my personality type! Apparently this test is similar in theory to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and the Kiersey Temperment Sorter. It measures four bipolar factors, Introversion/Extroversion, Thinking/Feeling, Intuition/Sensing, and Judging/Percieving. I've never done Myers-Briggs, so to have a go at this one for free was cool.

What are you?

A couple of great links

Well, I think they are anyway. Hours of entertainment to be had at...

The Republic of Pemberley
This is a great site for Jane Austen fans with a wonderful community feel. I particularly like Lady Catherine's board. I'm going to check out the Austen Blog site too.

Tickle (formerly Emode)
Lots of fun quizzes to do. Find out your wedding date (even if you're single). Which dog are you? What's your theme song?