Jane Austen Never Loved Bath—but Bath Loves Jane Austen. Now, the City Is Exploring Why the Novelist Was So Unhappy There

Jane Austen Never Loved Bath—but Bath Loves Jane Austen. Now, the City Is Exploring Why the Novelist Was So Unhappy There

To celebrate the author's 250th birthday, a new exhibition spotlights her complicated relationship with the English city where she set parts of "Persuasion" and "Northanger Abbey"

Did Jane Austen even care about romance? — Harvard Gazette

Arts & Culture Did Jane Austen even care about romance? Scholars contest novelist’s ‘rom-com’ rep as 250th anniversary ushers in new screen adaptations Eileen O’Grady Harvard Staff Writer July 7, 2025 5 min read Illustration by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff Deidre Lynch thinks everyone should read “Mansfield Park.” Jane Austen may be best known for the romantic and witty “Pride and Prejudice,” but Lyn…

Jane Austen would be annoyed women still do not have equality – Lucy Worsley

Austen’s novels include Sense And Sensibility, Pride And Prejudice and Emma.

Jane Austen would be annoyed women still do not have equality – Lucy Worsley - Jersey Evening Post

A TV historian has said she thinks Jane Austen would be disappointed that women do not have equality in 2025. Lucy Worsley was speaking at Austen’s birthplace in Steventon, Hampshire, at a country fair to mark 250 years since the novelist was born. Austen’s novels include Sense And Sensibility, Pride And Prejudice and Emma. Worsley said: “It’s such a special feeling to be on the spot where she herself walked and everybody here agrees with me, ev…