Also, surprise parties are very much a no-no… “We are to have a tiny party here tonight; I hate tiny parties – they force one into constant exertion” - 1801 letter from Jane Austen to her ...

In “Miss Austen,” though, she’s humanized as a deeply devoted sister who just wanted to keep Jane’s most unfiltered thoughts ...

“A word, a look, is enough,” we hear in Persuasion – but we need a lot of words in a Jane Austen film, along with white dresses, officers, and a nice big party. I have checked out an ...

Derbyshire is set to welcome a host of Jane Austen-themed events this summer. They are to help celebrate the novelist’s 250th birthday, and the 20th anniversary of Chatsworth House being ...