Was Jane Austen poisoned? Some think Jane Austen, the beloved author, may have been offed.

Jam out like Jane Austen (or at least, with her music collection) When we think of Jane Austen, we think about her novels, those masterpieces of restrained affection and desire. Emma! Sense and Sensibility! And of course,

Remember That Time Jane Austen Got Real Drunk? Today, December 16, is the 240th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth in the United Kingdom. You’ve probably heard of her? Let’s mark the day with something Austen wrote to her sister while apparently hungover.

How Jane Austen Became Such a Tourist Trap For a woman who spent much of her life pinched for pennies, Jane Austen sure makes a handy marketing tool today. For example, on my way into a Jane Austen Festival dance workshop at the local Guildhall (another soaring, cake-like interior), I was han Read more ... ded a flyer for a “Georgian Lunch Menu,” offering 20 percent off for anybody in period costume.

Tea Cozies, Tote Bags and Colin Firth: The Thriving Jane Austen Souvenir Economy I’m not going to subject you to the umpteen millionth permutation of the opening line of Pride and Prejudice, so let’s just lay it out there: Holy shit, there are so many Jane Austen souvenirs.

Tea Cozies, Tote Bags and Colin Firth: The Thriving Jane Austen Souvenir Economy I’m not going to subject you to the umpteen millionth permutation of the opening line of Pride and Prejudice, so let’s just lay it out there: Holy shit, there are so many Jane Austen souvenirs.

How Much Jane Austen Is Too Much Jane Austen? Greetings from Bath, England, where I’m currently attending the fifteenth annual Jane Austen Festival, on the two-hundredth-year anniversary of both the publication of Emma and the Battle of Waterloo, in an attempt to probe the outer limits of my o Read more ... wn deep fondness for Austen’s oeuvre. Yes, I am dres…

How Much Jane Austen Is Too Much Jane Austen? Greetings from Bath, England, where I’m currently attending the fifteenth annual Jane Austen Festival, on the two-hundredth-year anniversary of both the publication of Emma and the Battle of Waterloo, in an attempt to probe the outer limits of my o Read more ... wn deep fondness for Austen’s oeuvre. Yes, I am dres…

These two Jane Austen characters kissed, and it took us 200 years to find out about it If there’s one thing that’s bound to get Jane Austen lovers hot under the collar, it’s the subject of kissing. Writers of Hollywood screenplays and steamy online fan-fiction have been trying to get Austen’s characters to lock lips for years, Read more ... which causes complete outrage amongst the Austen purists w…

A DIY Jane Austen-inspired t-shirt for the 21st Century Lizzy One of the best things about the works of Jane Austen and the Regency era is the fashion! If you are a Jane Austen fan, I can 100% guarantee that you have wished/imagined/daydreamed yourself walking around in your own beautiful floor-length Regency g Read more ... own, just waiting for your gentleman (or lady) to…