Meet the woman who lives like Jane Austen – from dressing in Regency-style costume to writing novels. Jessica Bull has been ...
While “Regency Girls” isn’t a Jane Austen sequel, her famed novel of manners set in the early 1800s has inspired a world-premiere musical comedy at the Old Globe about a woman of that era who finds ...
was published, her novels remain endlessly readable — not just for their romances and razor-sharp social observation, but for the ordinary, domestic details that anchor them. Among these: food. Rarely ...
Repressed passions, thwarted ambitions and Empire-waisted gowns aren’t just Regency-era relics in “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” a low-tonnage pleasure bomb aimed straight at anyone who finds ...
Partygoers ditched pop music and booze for a string quartet and tea cakes at a dance in Glen Ellyn, kicking off a week of parties around the author’s 250th birthday. It is a truth universally ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Imagine a giant slumber party lasting nearly a week, where people from all over the world talk about English author Jane Austen, while wearing hats, gloves and corsets. That unusual ...
Seattle-based author Madeleine Roux’s latest novel, “Much Ado About Margaret” (out now from Dell), is the first in a Regency romance series that follows Margaret Arden, a tenacious young writer ...
It only spanned nine years, but this era continues to elicit sighs of recognition, inspiring writers and delighting readers.