The phrase appeared on thousands of pages unrelated to Jane Austen before and during her life – and was a favorite phrase of ...

Corsets. Kaftans. Crushed velvet. Period dramas didn’t just serve looks—they rewrote the rules. Fashion’s obsession with ...

There are few writers who have as devoted a following as celebrated novelist Jane Austen. But is she really the “first” great English female author?

A rare-book dealer traces the books that Austen admired. Many were by women writers who were the literary stars of their day.

An American rare-book dealer, Rebecca Romney, has managed it, by searching where Austen’s secrets lie hidden in plain sight: ...

When Catherine Fay set out to design costumes for the stage adaptation of Emma, her vision was nothing short of revolutionary ...