Jane in the News
News for Austen Enthusiasts: October 2020
For an almost two and a half century old lady, Austen somehow manages to keep making the news. Here's everything you might have missed in October.
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Interviewing The Cast of Sanditon
As the date of the airing of the first episode of Sanditon draws ever nearer (Sunday 25th August, at 9pm on ITV) the cast of Sanditon and the director of the new series have been doing a series of ...
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An Evening of Emma in Fort George
An Evening of Emma in Fort George At the Jane Austen News we love hearing about celebrations of Jane that happen all around the world. Because as much as we might wish all of Jane's fans could com...
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Will We Soon Be Going Into The Next Regency Era?
The first Regency period ran from 1811 to 1820, and covered the years in which King George III had to give his full powers to his son, King George IV, because of his health. (What the exact illness...
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Spreading Literature With A Floating Library
This week we came across an article about a rather unusual library. We're familiar with mobile libraries which are housed in buses, but we hadn't come across a floating library before! And certainl...
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Sense and Sensibility Church To Reopen
Image from the Visit Devon website The village church in Upton Pyne near Exeter is believed to be the setting for the marriage of Elinor and Edward in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. The me...
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The Owners of That First Edition of Persuasion Found
A mystery solved, and a book in safe hands.
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Curtis Sittenfeld on Austen and Feminism
Curtis Sittenfeld says she didn't set out to write a feminist take on Austen, but ended up doing that anyway.
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A Mystery and A First Edition of Persuasion
An English teacher named Eleanor Capasso from Ayer-Shirley Regional High School in Massachusetts received a rather mysterious package. Opening the parcel Capasso found that the English department ...
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Reworked Pride and Prejudice Set To Top Summer Book Charts
Read everything Jane has to offer? Need your next fix? Curtis Sittenfeld might have the book for you.
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Top 10 Romantic Quotes - Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility Ranks Number 1
This heart-melting affirmation of love from Edward Ferrars to Elinor Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility has been ranked as the most romantic quote from romantic literature, film and TV drama.
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