The curators take T&C behind the new “A Lively Mind” exhibit at the Morgan Library & Museum—and why the public remains so ...

Jane Austen’s letters reveal her trademark sharp wit ... creating a bridge between her private life and published works. $12.99 Shop Now To date, 160 of an estimated 3,000 letters have been ...

Portrait of Jane Austen, year and artist unknown ... The surviving letters are now scattered across institutions and private collections, their locations carefully cataloged by Austen expert ...

In early January 1796, 20-year-old Jane Austen wrote a gossipy letter to her beloved older ... Jane was a very private person," says Hornby, pointing to the fact that she chose to be published ...

Decades after Jane Austen’s death ... PBS Masterpiece series “Miss Austen” offers a theory: Much later in life, Cassie decided they were just too private. Too revealing.

The normally private residence where the Pride & Prejudice author took lodgings for the final three months of her life with ...

Historians rely on Jane Austen’s correspondence as firsthand ... The surviving letters are now scattered across institutions and private collections, their locations carefully cataloged by ...

The surviving letters do more than illuminate Jane Austen’s daily life; they help scholars explore how her personal experiences shaped her fiction. Researchers have long analyzed the connections ...