About

Northanger Soapworks closed in December 2024. This blog is a digital archive of the bar soaps I have created, as well as the articles I have written and may continue to write.

As owner and soapmaker at Northanger Soapworks, I’m an unabashed Austen addict and have read all her works, watched every movie adaptation, read a dozen variations, and even written one of my own (a variant of Northanger Abbey of course)! My addiction began at age 10 when I saw my first ever Austen film, Northanger Abbey, and my world was changed forever. Northanger Abbey was published in 1817, shortly after Jane Austen’s death. 200 years later in 2017, I created Northanger Soapworks, borrowing from her novel’s title. In doing so, I hope to honor her memory.