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My week with ‘the Janeites’
As Bath celebrates Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary, Jemima Kelly dons bonnet and bows to join devotees on a Regency-themed ...
Top 11 Jane Austen film adaptations ranked – Pride and Prejudice is only at number 6
This Bafta-award-winning film is based on Austen’s 1817 novel of the same name. From director Roger Michell, it stars Amanda ...
I Cooked Like Jane Austen, and All I Got Was This Vaguely Regency-Era Sense of Smugness (and an Inedible Soup)
Below, please find my step-by-step guide (with attendant thoughts) to making the white soup that’s referenced in the part of Pride and Prejudice where Bingley says the Netherfield Ball can be ...
Jane character energy: 250 years on, what still makes Austen’s novels the stuff of blockbusters?
How is it that her stories are still being retold, in Hindi, English, Japanese, Tamil? It comes down to her eye for people, ...
From Marvel to Mr. Darcy: Why actor Angourie Rice based debut novel on ‘Pride & Prejudice’
Angourie Rice and playwright mom Kate Rice talk about their debut romance novel "Stuck Up & Stupid" and the staying power of ...