When I was a little girl, my favorite toy was my dollhouse. I liked setting up tiny roomscapes filled with detailed, perfectly manageable...

In the social world of Jane Austen’s Regency, young people navigated a complex set of unwritten rules for managing friendship and...

Jane Austen’s novels are filled with tourism: think Catherine Morland in Bath, Elizabeth Bennet in Derbyshire, the Dashwood sisters in...

And here’s an interesting footnote to the tale of Jane Austen’s ring – bought at auction four years ago by American singer Kelly...

I love names – perhaps because I’m terrible at faces, perhaps just because I’m a verbal person in all respects. Whatever the reason, I...

A while ago, my husband wrote the word “Basement” in green marker on the November 4 square of our family calendar. He didn’t do it to...

Jane Austen, I think it’s fair to say, was not one to coo sentimentally over babies. She did not wax eloquent about the radiance of...

Jane Austen and Disney: it’s a nightmarish pairing. An adorably anthropomorphic Pug steals fabric from Mrs. Norris’ poor box to trim...

New Year’s Resolutions for Janeites 1. Adopt Mr. Woodhouse’s macrobiotic/vegan diet. “The wedding-cake. . .had been a great distress to...