Which wine pairs best with Jane Austen’s novels?   As someone whose annual alcohol consumption can be measured in teaspoons, I wouldn’t know. So I was bemused to run across a recent story headlined “ Enjoy The Worlds of Jane Austen with a Glass of Bubbly ,” on a champagne marketing site called—yes—Glass of Bubbly.   According to the site, the perfect pairing for Austen’s novels is “a bottle of Vintage Champagne. . . . rich and complex in flavours and aromas, smooth, creamy an

Physical copies of Jane Austen’s letters are rare commodities. Of the 160 letters whose text we have, seven are known only from copies...

Running a brick-and-mortar bookstore in the age of Amazon sounds to me like one of the most stressful jobs imaginable. Yet it was...

Although Jane Austen didn’t write for children, many Janeites discover Austen during their tween or teen years, around the age when...

Halfway through this year of Austen 250 celebrations, you may be considering what sort of merch would make an appropriate souvenir of the...

Calling all pedantic Janeite killjoys: It’s time for you to proudly proclaim your (our) identity. At long last, the T-shirt is available...

At the back of Rebecca Romney’s new book Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a...

When Elizabeth Bennet visits Pemberley, she admires the furniture, the paintings, and the view from the windows. Apparently, however, she...

Do Kids These Days need to be coaxed into picking up a book? What with their new-fangled BookTok and #bookstagram, they seem to be doing...

I’m so fond of the famous “Peacock edition" of Pride and Prejudice that its glorious art nouveau cover--featuring a graceful vase, some...

Long ago, as readers of Among the Janeites  may recall, I had a curious encounter with a Jane Austen tarot card. It appeared to advise me...

As a card-carrying Wife, I feel I must call my Husband’s attention to a recent feature in Town & Country  magazine, “ 40 of the Best...