Jane Austen assuredly never saw a penguin: According to the Zoological Society of London, it wasn’t until 1865, nearly fifty years after...

It’s always nice to know that other people value Our Jane the way we do. Like, value her in dollars. Last week, as blog readers will...

Owning first editions of Jane Austen’s novels – ideally, as I’ve noted before, of all Jane Austen’s novels – must be . . . pretty cool....

Jane Austen’s silhouette – or, at least, a silhouette that has come to be identified with her – is ubiquitous. Despite its uncertain...

Janeites have a curious affinity for images of Our Author – even though, as I’ve noted before, we’ll never really know what she looked...

How radical was Jane Austen? It's a topic of continuing debate: She’s been embraced as an icon of both traditional family values and...

The last of the Thanksgiving leftovers have been consumed. Wreaths and tinsel are filling the stores. It must be time to shop for holiday...

Less than a year ago, a rich person with excellent taste snapped up a complete set of Jane Austen first editions at a New York auction....

Mark your calendars, Janeites! The day we’ve barely dared to imagine in our most fervid fantasies is nearly here! On October 28, we’ll...

When valuable editions of Jane Austen’s novels come up for auction, the selling point is usually something about the books themselves:...

The proliferation of face masks in every conceivable style, color, fabric, and design is either an encouraging sign of inexhaustible...

Apparently, I’m not the only Jane Austen completist out there. Last week, as blog readers will recall, the New York auction house Swann...