On top of the 250th author's anniversary, it celebrates 30 years since the four film and TV adaptations were first seen in 1995, including the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, which famously saw Colin Firth as Mr Darcy emerging from a lake, dripping wet, and setting a generation of Austen enthusiasts' hearts fluttering.

Students and faculty from the University of Iowa's School of Music gathered at the Old Capitol to celebrate the 250th birthday of "Pride and Prejudice" author J

January 2025 marks the 250th birth anniversary of novelist Jane Austen, and fans — known as "Jane-ites" — are celebrating.

Jane Austen is popular just about any time of the year, but she and her six most well-known novels are especially popular around Valentine's Day.

Based on Gill Hornby’s novel of the same name, Miss Austen takes this real-life incident and reimagines it as a fascinating story of sisterly love, where Cassandra emerges as an Austen heroine in her own right.