Genuinely good news – a commodity that’s been in short supply this past year – came our way earlier this month, with the announcement...

Sixtieth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. The record of Jane Austen’s thoughts, feelings, and opinions is...

Tom Lefroy’s house is crumbling away. To Janeites, this may seem poetic justice for the young Irishman who danced and flirted with the...

I like to think that I do not “rant” about Jane Austen-related error. I merely point it out, in a snarky yet restrained way. At times, it...

Forty-ninth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. For devotees of the Tom-Lefroy-was-the-love-of-Jane-Austen’s...

The dog days of summer are approaching, and perhaps that’s why the amount of Stupid Jane Austen Stuff coming my way seems to have ramped...

Most Janeites don’t need to hear, yet again, that Jane Austen was not a kindly maiden aunt whose sweet, insubstantial little romance...

Thirty-sixth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. The young Jane Austen was a voracious reader. We know this...

Nineteenth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. If Cassandra Austen had known how much speculation would be...

“Jane Austen fans rejoice,” commands the Hollywood business website The Tracking Board. “Voltage Pictures is moving forward with a new...

There are weeks when all you hear about Jane Austen is staid, decorous stuff: the prospect of a new film adaptation, or the exhibit of a...