Why Pride and Prejudice is a Diamond

June 26, 2013

Pride and Prejudice is a diamond, writes Susannah Fullerton in her new book Celebrating Pride and Prejudice: 200 Years of …

Jane Austen’s “Darling Child” Meets the World

January 28, 2013

Jane Austen didn’t like the way her mother read Pride and Prejudice aloud. Mrs. Austen read too quickly, “—& tho’ …

October 16, 2012

On Wednesday, January 27, 1813, Miss Mary Benn dined with Jane Austen and her mother at Chawton Cottage, which happened …