Jane Austen is turning 250 — and her fans have been celebrating all year. The beloved author of “Pride and Prejudice” was born on Dec. 16, 1775, and birthday celebrations have been taking place across ...

In an early scene in Kate Evans' Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen, she depicts 3-month-old, bundled-up baby Jane being smuggled out through the back door of her family's large home. The ...

It might look like a scene from yet another Jane Austen production, but this is no set. The British town of Bath recently held a celebration of the author 250 years after her birth. This historic ...

The award-winning smash-hit comedy, as heard on BBC Radio 4, opens at the Arts Theatre. The all-star Austentatious cast improvise a hilarious new Jane Austen novel every night! Inspired entirely by a ...

Legions of “Janeites” will spend 2025—the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth—truffle-hunting for undiscovered morsels in the life and work of English literature’s most famous woman author. Amid ...

Jane Austen interest is reaching a fever pitch as we near the 250th anniversary of the lauded author’s birth this December. The latest development is that Sotheby’s is auctioning off three extremely ...

Caroline Jane Knight, who founded the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation nonprofit, speaks with PEOPLE in honor of Austen’s 250th birthday this year Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. The series—which opens in 1830, 13 years after Jane’s death—follows ...

MOUNT DORA, Fla. – The Jane Austen Festival offers a delightful journey into the world of one of literature’s most beloved authors. Held annually, this festival brings together fans and scholars alike ...

Jane Austen needs no introduction. She's the original rom-com queen, writing novels in Regency-era England that gently satirized class and gender roles while also giving her readers classic romances ...