Jane Austen for Every Day of the Year is a charming collection of 366 quotes and short passages drawn from Jane Austen’s novels, with excerpts from her intimate, witty letters scattered throughout.
This book is perfect for reading or sharing and brings you passages from Jane Austen’s best-loved classics alongside the lesser-known works. Packed full of witty remarks and wry observations, this is the perfect companion to inspire laughter and spark delightful conversation – a gift to treasure all year long.
Some of the most-loved quoted lines include:
‘It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.’ Pride and Prejudice
‘There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.’ Emma
‘Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience – or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.’ Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen, celebrated for her keen observations of social manners and romantic entanglements, is best known for classics such as Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Emma. 2025 marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, and this celebratory collection – with beautiful illustrations – is the perfect gift for every Austen fan.
Highlight’s include:
– January: Universal Letter Writing Week, Blue Monday and World Introvert Day
– February: Chinese New Year, meet Emma Woodhouse or take a trip to Bath with Charlotte Morland
– March: World Book Day, Mother’s Day and a enjoy a day like the one Fanny Price experiences during her visit to Portsmouth
– April: Easter, spare a thought for James Stanier on April Fool’s Day, and set out on cheerful rides in the morning with the Bertram sisters
– May: Celebrate International Tea Day, have an Emma-style picnic or take a solitary ramble à la Elizabeth Bennet
– June: Father’s Day, skip into wedding season and celebrate Summer Solstice with the residents of Highbury
– July: Take the advice of the characters in Sanditon and make for the seaside, take a trip around Derbyshire with the Gardiners or retire to the country with Mary Crawford
– August: Discover Austen’s thoughts on Henry VIII and visit with Mr Darcy and his first (and disastrous) proposal to Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice and
– September: Leave the summer holidays behind us and start to get that ‘back to school’ feeling with quips from Mary Crawford, we learn of Sir Walter Elliot’s thoughts on Bath and yet another apt quip from Mary Crawford
– October: Diwali, Halloween and channel your inner Catherine Morland and enjoy some suitably spooky Gothic novels
– November: National Novel Writing Month, Guy Fawkes Night and World Kindness Day
– December: This time of year, the darker months are punctuated by the celebrations of Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa
This book is perfect for reading or sharing and brings you passages from Jane Austen’s best-loved classics alongside the lesser-known works. Packed full of witty remarks and wry observations, this is the perfect companion to inspire laughter and spark delightful conversation – a gift to treasure all year long.
Some of the most-loved quoted lines include:
‘It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.’ Pride and Prejudice
‘There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.’ Emma
‘Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience – or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.’ Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen, celebrated for her keen observations of social manners and romantic entanglements, is best known for classics such as Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Emma. 2025 marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, and this celebratory collection – with beautiful illustrations – is the perfect gift for every Austen fan.
Highlight’s include:
– January: Universal Letter Writing Week, Blue Monday and World Introvert Day
– February: Chinese New Year, meet Emma Woodhouse or take a trip to Bath with Charlotte Morland
– March: World Book Day, Mother’s Day and a enjoy a day like the one Fanny Price experiences during her visit to Portsmouth
– April: Easter, spare a thought for James Stanier on April Fool’s Day, and set out on cheerful rides in the morning with the Bertram sisters
– May: Celebrate International Tea Day, have an Emma-style picnic or take a solitary ramble à la Elizabeth Bennet
– June: Father’s Day, skip into wedding season and celebrate Summer Solstice with the residents of Highbury
– July: Take the advice of the characters in Sanditon and make for the seaside, take a trip around Derbyshire with the Gardiners or retire to the country with Mary Crawford
– August: Discover Austen’s thoughts on Henry VIII and visit with Mr Darcy and his first (and disastrous) proposal to Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice and
– September: Leave the summer holidays behind us and start to get that ‘back to school’ feeling with quips from Mary Crawford, we learn of Sir Walter Elliot’s thoughts on Bath and yet another apt quip from Mary Crawford
– October: Diwali, Halloween and channel your inner Catherine Morland and enjoy some suitably spooky Gothic novels
– November: National Novel Writing Month, Guy Fawkes Night and World Kindness Day
– December: This time of year, the darker months are punctuated by the celebrations of Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa