A reader at the Jane Austen Centre in Bath, England. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of "Pride and Prejudice," book experts, writers and fans read the entire novel in a 12-hour livestream. All of ...

Jane Austen was born in the village of Steventon in Hampshire, on the south coast of England, on December 16, 1775. The seventh of her family's eight children, the Austen household was a lively and ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Most readers know Jane Austen for her six completed novels, but her most ...

A peerless chronicler of class and romance, the “Pride and Prejudice” author was never prolific. But her work remains remarkably relevant, more than two centuries after her death. Credit...Portrait by ...