Smells Like Jane Austen

Smells like Jane Austen

Jane Austen was a woman who liked to shop. “I am getting very extravagant & spending all my Money,” she wrote to her sister Cassandra during an 1811 London sejour. “What is worse for you,” she added, “I have been spending yours too.”  Muslin, trimmings, and silk were her chosen indulgences, but there were limits to her taste for luxury. Opulence, in her fiction, signals artifice. Sir Walter Elliot’s reckless spending in Persuasion or Augusta Elt…

LEGO Tribute to Jane Austen's Books (40766) GWP Sold Out

As of a few hours ago, the LEGO Tribute to Jane Austen’s Books (40766) has sold out on the LEGO Shop. The gift with purchase set was originally planned to run until Friday, June 27 but it only lasted for about three and a half days. You can still probably find it available at your nearest LEGO Brand Store but you should double check if they still have it. We do still have double Insiders points which will run only until tomorrow night so there i…