As Claire Harman says in her book, Jane’s Fame, Austen has “conquered the world”. Perhaps because her portraits of the lives of women are so well-observed they always feel modern and insightful?
Jane Austen died 200 years ago but the author’s modern day fans have an insatiable appetite for ‘all things Austen’ including Regency clothes and style. It is a truth universally ...
Jane Austen fans are set to descend on Britain to celebrate the birth of the Pride and Prejudice writer 250 years on. Austen's literary works have attracted tourists by the tens of thousands to ...
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, Maureen Stiller will talk about Jane's life and influence on the development of the modern novel.