It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen can be linked to everything, whether "everything" has

Calling all Jane Austen enthusiasts! The Governor's House in Hyde Park, Vermont, has scheduled a series of four Jane Austen-themed weekends during which her novel Persuasion will be discussed along with afternoon tea and carriage rides. Suzanne Boden, owner of the Governor's House, says of the weekends, "I'm hoping Read more

A bunch of Jane Austen enthusiasts are going to get the vapors when they watch the forthcoming British drama about Jane's life, Miss Austen Regrets. You see, in Miss Austen, Jane is not portrayed as the chaste maiden auntie she's thought by many to have been. According to Reuters, the new drama "depicts [Austen] Read more

"[Catherine] was heartily ashamed of her ignorance. A misplaced shame. Where people wish to attach, they should always be ignorant. To come with a well-informed mind is to come with an inability of administering to the vanity of others, which a sensible person would always wish to avoid. A woman especially, if she Read more

Is this woman on crack? Emma Campbell Webster hypothosizes in her new book, Being Elizabeth Bennet: Create Your Own Jane Austen Adventure that Jane Austen's works send a subliminal message to women that they are better off staying single. Though Austen herself never married, her books have long seduced women into Read more

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