- Title: Charades &c. Written a hundred years ago By Jane Austen and Her Family
- Year Published: 1895/This Edition: 1972 (Folcroft Library Editions)
- Year Purchased: 1990s
- Source: Library sale
- About: This is one of the quaintest books I own. It is a collection of charades-what we would call brain-teasers-created by several generations of the Austen family, including 3 by the famous author. It offers an interesting peek into one of the forms of family entertainment available to people in centuries past. If you are like me, it is easy to close your eyes and picture this close-knit family gathered round the fire whilst challenging each other with their nifty linguistic puzzles. I don’t have a mind for this sort of thing-I’m afraid I would get bored too quickly-but I am tempted to give it a go one rainy, cold, drunken evening.
- Motivation: Jane Austen!
- Times Read: A few
- Random Excerpt/Page 28: “Divided, I’m a gentleman/In public deeds and powers;/United, I’m a monster, who/That gentleman devours.”-Jane Austen
- Happiness Scale: 10+++
Jane Austen (Photo credit: Wikipedia). Thinking up a new brain teaser, Jane?
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