Secondary characters include Elizabeth’s older sister Jane, her younger sisters Mary, Catherine (Kitty) and Lydia, Charles Bingley, Mr and Mrs Bennet and George Wickham. There are many ...

Famous for her witty observations of provincial English gentry society, famous author, Jane Austen undoubtedly looked to friends, family, neighbours and visitors for inspiration. The question ...

Secondary characters include Elizabeth’s older sister Jane, her younger sisters Mary, Catherine (Kitty) and Lydia, Charles Bingley, Mr and Mrs Bennet and George Wickham. There are many ...

Jane Austen came close to penning her bestselling romance novels in Ireland, I am told by my tour guide, Theresa Roche, who is elegantly dressed in a cherry-red Regency costume. Towards the end of ...

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