In August, 1918, Virginia Woolf spent a quiet stretch at Asheham, the country house that she and her husband, Leonard, rented in rural Sussex. “We’ve been practically alone, which has a very ...

Reading a romance book is always a good idea. Sure, genres like fantasy, science fiction, and thriller have their own appeal, ...

Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, and Millie Bobbie Brown have worn Jane Austen bags on the big screen; Taylor ...

In a discussion hosted by 'New Yorker' writer Alexandra Schwartz at New York’s 92nd Street Y on March 27, authors Jennifer ...

Legions of “Janeites” will spend 2025—the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth—truffle-hunting for undiscovered morsels in the life and work of English literature’s most famous ...

On a special episode (first released on March 13, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: There are few writers who have as devoted a following as celebrated English novelist Jane Austen, author of classics ...

Opinion: As Jane Austen turns 250, a definitive ranking of her novels and why the true power of Austen is still to be found in her written work I have always been an Austen fan and recently made ...

As a bookseller, Rebecca Romney usually makes a profit from satisfying other people’s curiosity. In “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf,” however, she takes us along on a self-defined quest that grew ...

Helen Fielding, Jennifer Egan, Kevin Kwan and Vivian Gornick spoke in conversation with New Yorker writer Alexandra Schwartz at the Celebration of Jane Austen at the 92nd Street Y on March 27 The ...

The Wilkes University English Department held a ball in honor of novelist Jane Austen’s 250th birthday on Thursday night at Weckesser Hall. Austen, who was born Dec. 16, 1775, published four ...