Jane Austen's House in Hampshire, England. Austen spent her first 25 years in Steventon and returned in 1809 to this cottage, where she revised and worked on her six novels. Luke Shears/Supplied ...

This year marks Jane Austen’s 250th birthday. In England, there will be festivals, exhibitions and parties — pack your ...

Jane Austen’s beloved works draw tens of thousands of tourists each year to the places where she lived, worked, and died—but in 2025, even more fans from across the world will be flocking to ...

Throughout the year of the author’s 250th birthday, the British spa town of Bath is celebrating its place as an Austen-lovers paradise. Jane Austen fans taking part in the world-famous Grand ...

It is a truth not universally acknowledged that Jane Austen did not actually like Bath. Even though she made it a memorable backdrop to her novels Persuasion and Northanger Abbey, her experience was ...

Jane Austen turns 250 this year, and to mark this milestone England is rolling out the Regency red carpet for throngs of ardent Austen fans. If your 2025 travel plans include Britain — Bath, in ...

To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Austen’s birth, my husband and I decided to channel her characters’ love of country strolls, walking from Oxford to Bath, the resort town where Austen ...

As the UK celebrates the writer's 250th birthday, there's never been a better time to explore the dramatic bluffs and picture-perfect villages connected to her most famous novel.

Cassandra’s hand drawn copy from of a plate from Bartolozzi’s print Conjugal Love (1786), made in 1806, included in “The Art Of Cassandra” at Jane Austen’s House. Photo: Luke Shears.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." And then there’s Bath, where Austen lived for six years in the early 1800s. The city, a designated ...