How famous is Jane Austen? Let us assess the evidence: the screen adaptations, the TikTok mentions, the T-shirts and fridge magnets and tote bags.   Or we could take a trip to the Grolier Club in New York City, a private club dedicated to books and the book arts, where a free exhibit titled “ Paper Jane: 250 Years of Austen ” is opening today.   The exhibit, which runs through Valentine’s Day, includes “a kaleidoscopic mix of 110 objects, including rare first editions, manusc

It’s here at last: The final month of this Austen 250 year—which just happens to be the very month in which we will commemorate Jane Austen’s 250 th  birthday. As we march inexorably towards the great day of December 16, the pace of celebratory events is hardly slackening—quite the contrary, in fact.   Case in point: Over the next two weeks, at least eleven libraries (public, academic, or research-focused) in England and the US have Austen 250 events planned—tea parties, movi