This year marks the English novelist's 250th birthday. Her hundreds of surviving letters—both real and fictional—offer ...

“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ...

The beloved author of “Pride and Prejudice” was born on Dec. 16, 1775. Here are some ways to join in the festivities.

Partygoers ditched pop music and booze for a string quartet and tea cakes at a dance in Glen Ellyn, kicking off a week of ...

Naperville Public Library celebrates Jane Austen’s 250th birthday by offering suggestions for books they think the author ...

Fans of English novelist Jane Austen are celebrating her birth 250 years ago, on 16775. Nowadays, she's a pop culture ...

Austen died in July 1817. Her 41 years spanned wild economic times. The first income tax arrived in 1799. Trading in slaves ...

Julia Margaret Cameron and Jane Austen are both luminaries of the 19th century who explored the inner lives of women in their respective fields, photography and fiction. The legacies of these two ...

“Badly done, Emma!” Jeremy Northam rebukes Gwyneth Paltrow in the Miramax film from 1996. She does a little shame-cry, then he repeats his verdict, whispering “badly done” over her shoulder like a ...

Break out your finest Regency-era dress and book a flight, pastoral England is the place to be this season. Jane Austen’s beloved works draw tens of thousands of tourists each year to the places where ...

Meet the woman who lives like Jane Austen – from dressing in Regency-style costume to writing novels. Jessica Bull has been in love with the writer ever since the first episode of Pride and Prejudice ...