What makes a porch swing chair? A classic porch swing comprises three parts: the main chair, hanging elements (chains or ropes), and catching pieces, referred to as hardware or hanging kits. Some ...

Midway through Jane Austen's 1814 novel Mansfield Park, a few lines of prose rouse readers into a debate that still rages. The heroine, Fanny Price, known for both her timidity and strong moral ...

“Mansfield Park” continues to complicate the writer’s legacy 250 years after her birth. Lauren Groff explains how the novel’s dark themes and complex ironies help keep Austen weird.

Reconstruction of Jane Austen’s sumptuous silk pelisse features a pattern of gold oak leaves and conveys her stylishness, circa 1812-14. In those years, thanks to the earnings from her novels ...

This has got to be the most watchable Jane Austen adaptation since the recent influx." A third top-rated review awarded the film 9/10, saying: "Jane Austen's world perfectly brought to life." ...

A cherished Jane Austen novel adaptation is currently streaming, and it's a must-watch for enthusiasts of period dramas, reports the Express. This 1995 movie release coincided with Austen's 220th ...

Austen’s fiction draws much of its vitality from her own experiences. She was, by her own admission, a “desperate walker”, rarely deterred by weather, terrain or propriety.

See all 14 stories. “One cannot have too large a party,” Mr Weston tells Emma Woodhouse in Emma, and Jane Austen societies around the world are certainly taking his dictum to heart.

The Real Jane Austen is set for a repeat broadcast in celebration of Austen's 250th anniversary. The programme comes in the wake of the BBC and PBS's charming rendition of Miss Austen, with Keeley ...

This year marks the 250th birthday of Jane Austen, the beloved British novelist whose stories have been retold through countless television shows, plays and movies. And though we’re an ocean ...

Jane Austen 's iconic 1811 novel, Sense and Sensibility, is coming to the big screen, with Daisy Edgar-Jones set to lead the cast as Elinor Dashwood. The Normal People star teased the news on ...