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...

I was born with a completist gene. I like to finish things up – books, TV series, leftovers. I like to own full sets of things. I abhor...

“I have just learnt to love a hyacinth.” “. . . . So much the better. You have gained a new source of enjoyment, and it is well to have...

“Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance,” I texted my husband. I was not providing dampening commentary on our nearly...

I really should cease being surprised by how indiscriminately purveyors of goods and services slap the name “Jane Austen” onto items with...