The entrance hall installation is inspired by a regency colour palette, and in each of a series of alcoves, artist Meg Boscowen has painted a scene inspired by the British landscape, with subtle nods ...

Jane Austen is one of the English language’s most beloved writers, and yet the details of her own life remain relatively unknown. As the story goes, and as the new PBS “Masterpiece” series ...

Decades after Jane Austen’s death in 1817, her older sister Cassandra burned nearly all of the author’s correspondence, much to the consternation of future fans and historians. Why were ...

“As you’re speaking, Austen, I can see a tear in your eye,” smiled the kind woman to my right. “Yes, I’ve had a few of those this week,” I replied, forgetting for a moment that we were ...

To destroy someone’s letters, back in pre-email days, was a mild act of rebellion; to destroy Jane Austen’s letters was to alter literary history. Though the great novelist would surely have ...

Before "Trekkies," before "Beatlemaniacs," "Janeites" were letting the world know that they love, love love Jane Austen. As the world gears up for the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth and ...

The Folio Society will publish a limited edition collection of Jane Austen’s complete novels to mark the 250-year anniversary of the author’s birth. The highly illustrated artisan edition ...

Yet for Janine Barchas, internationally admired Jane Austen scholar and UT English professor, such a task was irresistible. Her lack of familiarity with the current state of the graphic genre ...

In honor of Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary of birth, the high school theatre arts department at The Grauer School, an independent school in Encinitas, presented the Austen classic “Pride ...

Derbyshire is set to welcome a host of Jane Austen-themed events this summer. They are to help celebrate the novelist’s 250th birthday, and the 20th anniversary of Chatsworth House being ...

Cassandra Austen's 1795 hand-drawn copy of a plate from a 1786 drawing instruction manual Luke Shears / Jane Austen House When Jane Austen died on July 18, 1817, her older sister, Cassandra ...

Only 12 visitors at a time are allowed on guided tours through Jane Austen’s House, and about only half that number can fit into many of the rooms in this 17th-century cottage where the author ...