My Love for Jane Austen

Delve into the world of Jane Austen's novels by playing a new Facebook game specially designed for Janeites and Austen lovers around the world. BBC Worldwide Digital Entertainment in collaboration with Legacy Games and Cerebral Fix brings Jane Austen and her famously social world to Facebook for the first time with Jane Austen's Rogues and Romance . What is this game about? A hidden-object and find-the-difference games where Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy have escaped from the pages of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice . Players must find the newly married couple and convince them back into Austen's most popular book. Set in the world of Jane Austen's six literary creations, discover your place in Regency society and also create an Austen-inspired manor. How do you proceed once you venture into the world of Jane Austen game? Master new levels and unlock new scenes from the novels. Share your favourite quotes from Austen at the successful conclusio...

This diverting Jane Austen quiz was posted on Elegance of Fashion and I gladly took it to discover who I would be cast as if I were a Jane Austen secondary heroine. Well it's not surprising that I am a Jane Bennet from Pride and Prejudice because I generally believe in the goodness in people and I seldom think ill of them if I can help it. Lúthien84's Result: Jane Bennet on quiz: Which Jane Austen Secondary Heroine Are You? You are Jane Bennet of Pride and Prejudice ! Sweet, loving and compassionate almost to a fault, you have great difficulty in seeing anything but the best in people. You are quite five times as pretty as any of your sisters and most definitely your mother's favorite. You want to marry for love and not money, but somehow you manage to catch the eye of the richest bachelor in the neighborhood. How on earth did that happen? :) Quiz Maker Take this quiz & get your result Do take this fun quiz created by Miss Dashwood from Y...

On day three of Austen Author 's first anniversary week-long celebration, Sharon Lathan has posted a bit of fun for readers to enjoy. It is a quiz to find the right Austen man for you. This is my result and I wholeheartedly concur with it. He is one of Jane Austen's leading man after Mr Darcy and my favourite hero due to his ability to write a touching and heartfelt love letter and bare his soul to Anne Elliot in Persuasion . " You pierce my soul. I'm half agony, half hope.... " still warms my heart and send shivers down my spine every time I read it. And now I present to you Captain Frederick Wentworth, RN. Which Austen man's for you? Captain Wentworth- Persuasion Captain Wentworth...other than being a complete cutie..he is very sweet. He loves forever, even though it hurts, and never gives up hope. He is gentlemanly and kind...with very good conversation! Facebook quizzes , quiz apps & blog quizzes by Do you agree he's ...

Jennifer Becton has created a fun personality quiz at her blog in honour of Austenesque Extravaganza 's Traveling Tuesday post. Are you a Caroline Bingley or Charlotte Lucas? Do you resemble one of the three younger Bennet daughters? Take this quiz and find out. Which Minor Pride & Prejudice Character Are You? Charlotte Lucas Collins Charlotte is a practical, sensible creature, who believes that love in marriage is a matter of chance. At twenty seven years old, she fears becoming a burden to her family and therefore agrees to marry the odious Mr Collins in order to gain financial security. As Elizabeth's best friend, she is also witty and smart. (adapted from Wikipedia) Facebook quizzes , quiz apps & blog quizzes by

There is a fun quiz over at Meredith's Austenesque Review for her fourth post on Fun and Games Friday as part of Austenesque Extravaganza event. Click on this post and answer the ten simple questions based on characters from According to Jane by Marilyn Brant, Definitely Not Mr. Darcy by Karen Doornebos, My Jane Austen Summer by Cindy Jones and Laurie Viera Rigler's Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict and Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict . I got: My Result: You are Lily Berry from My Jane Austen Summer by Cindy Jones! Quiz: Austen-Inspired Heroine Quiz Romantic at heart, your passion for books is exceeded only by your desire to love and be loved by the one person in the cosmos who appreciates the real you. Engaging the world is hard work but you are determined to be the heroine of your own life story. To find out more, see Cindy's website Quiz School Take this quiz & get your result

I posted this trivia before in my other blog last year. I thought I might take this quiz again and post it in this blog dedicated to Jane Austen novels and other books. The result is very different from last year where I was rated a Literate Good Citizen . Thus it shows that after a year, my taste for books do change a lot. What Kind of Reader Are You? Your Result: Dedicated Reader   You are always trying to find the time to get back to your book. You are convinced that the world would be a much better place if only everyone read more. Literate Good Citizen   Book Snob   Obsessive-Compulsive Bookworm   Fad Reader   Non-Reader   What Kind of Reader Are You? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

I write like H. P. Lovecraft I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software . Analyze your writing! According to Wikipedia , H. P. Lovecraft was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the sub-genre known as weird fiction. In my opinion, I don't think this test is accurate. Anyway, it is just a fun piece of trivia. For those who are curious, do read here . I quote some interesting tidbits here. The website was created by Dmitry Chestnykh, a 27-year-old Russian software programmer currently living in Montenegro. Chestnykh modelled the site on software for e-mail spam filters. This means that the site’s text analysis is largely keyword based. Even if you write in short, declarative, Hemingwayesque sentences, it’s your word choice that may determine your comparison. Chestnykh has uploaded works by about 50 authors – three books for each, according to him. That, too, explains some of its shortcomings. This could account for the inaccuracy o...