Kerry Sinanan has received funding from the AHRC, the Beinecke Library, Yale, Yale Center for British Art, the James Ford Bell Library, and the Corning Museum of Glass. Scholars have long noted Austen ...

Fevers, fatigue, and a changing complexion? Why modern doctors are still trying to make sense of the symptoms the celebrated novelist experienced before her death at age 41. This portrait of Jane ...

Big anniversaries are coming up in 2026: 200 years since the deaths of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, 250 since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, 250 since Adam Smith published “The ...

For decades, people have paused outside of No. 8 College Street next to the campus of Winchester College in England. The only detail of the painted brick building’s façade that gives away its ...

This year marks the English novelist’s 250th birthday. Her hundreds of surviving letters—both real and fictional—offer valuable insights into her imaginative wit and enduring appeal Ellen Wexler - ...

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 ...

A peerless chronicler of class and romance, the “Pride and Prejudice” author was never prolific. But her work remains remarkably relevant, more than two centuries after her death. Credit...Portrait by ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The novelist’s sheet music collection reveals new perspectives on her life and work. By Eleanor Stanford Reporting from London When Lisa Timbs sits ...