It's not that old. Merely the first fan subculture. Before "Trekkies," before "Beatlemaniacs," "Janeites" were letting the world know that they love, love love Jane Austen.

Cassandra Austen's 1795 hand-drawn copy of a plate from a 1786 drawing instruction manual Luke Shears / Jane Austen House When Jane Austen died on July 18, 1817, her older sister, Cassandra ...

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 ...

Jane Austen’s six novels have stood the test of time, leading to countless adaptations a quarter of a century on from her birth year, but despite her romantic novelist status, her themes delved ...

Austen is far from the only writer who used the technique. It appeared in, for instance, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (which mentions the rather Google Maps-unfriendly “town of ——”), and ...

Joe Wright’s debut feature may divert from Jane Austen’s novel in more ways than one, but it stands out as the most Elizabeth-centric adaptation of the author’s beloved classic. Now marking ...

As a student-athlete, Grayslake North junior Jane Pritchard is a throwback, and she has no plans to change course. A third-year starter at shortstop for the softball team, Pritchard is also a ...