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Regency striptease

When I was a kid, I – or perhaps my sister -- owned a novelty pen bearing an image of Botticelli’s Venus in a bathing suit. (Or was it a...

Many happy returns

The return of spring brings many pleasures. Flowers! Baby birds! And, of course, a new Jane Austen bobblehead! Back in 2020, the North...

Jane and the feathered friend

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

Pricey, and priceless

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...

Austens with a pedigree

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

Another side of Austen

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

All the Janes

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...

Radical dish-drying, Austen style

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...

In the 'hood

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

Another chance at completion

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....

Breaking news!

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...

Beautiful books, glamorous provenance

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