The Oxford Diaries

For fans of Downton Abbey, Harry Potter, J.R.R. Tolkien, and everything traditionally British…

Eccentric dons.

Black dinner gowns. 

Leather chairs in old libraries.

At age nineteen, J.A. Jernay touched down in England, an innocent travelling abroad. The destination—

Oxford University.

Plunging into a thousand years of English literary and cultural history, J.A. Jernay leads the reader through daily life at the world's third-oldest university.

From drinking warm beer at back-alley pubs to standing for dinner in a formal black gown at the college dining hall—

From punting on the Cherwell River to sitting for a debate at the Oxford Union—

From crowded parties in Scotland to lonely forests in Wales—

The Oxford Diaries is a romantic snapshot of an undergraduate experience that only comes along once in a lifetime.

Be transported to a world of literature, history, fantasy, and tradition. Read The Oxford Diaries!