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Friends in England sent me Follies Past , a prequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice .  Since I'm always wary of sequels and ...

"I will not say your mulberry-trees are dead, but I am afraid they are not alive." "At the bottom of Kingdown Hill...

  Jane Austen's portrait will replace Charles Darwin's on the Bank of England's 10-pound bank note. The bank note concept, ...

In a good many earlier posts, I've written of the enormous influence of Jane Austen's novels on my entire life.  The words below ...

  From The History Blog: At the Sotheby’s English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations sale in London this July, a ...

What excitement! (Well, it is for me, as a true, blue, forever fan of dear Jane.) First the painting of the teenager that could be Jane...

New evidence may have revealed the true face of one of Britain's most beloved authors. Using digital photographic tools analysis ha...

In her latest novel , P. D. James carries forward the story of Elizabeth and Darcy six years into their life together after their marriage ...

Jezebel tells us that Ancestry.com reveals that Catherine, wife of Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge, and Jane Austen, the writer, a...