The British Library is to make more than 65,000 rare first editions of 19th Century fiction available for the public to download for free from the spring.

I don't know about you, but I've just about had it with these zombies. Except for "Zombieland" that was pretty darn skippy and "Shawn of the Dead," of course.

MORE than 65,000 19th-century works of fiction from the British Library's collection are to be made available for free downloads by the public from this spring.

Libraries are magical places. I spend such pleasant hours surrounded by stacks of books - a library is like home away from home.

The drama troupe at Newberg High School holds a dress rehearsal for the upcoming performance of Jane Austen's - Pride and Prejudice.' A A Mr.

Thus the dashing Mr. Tilney addresses Catherine Morland, heroine of Northanger Abbey , upon discovering her in conversation with the odious Mr.

Romantic novels are a lot like okra: you either like them or you don't. There isn't much in-between. I detest romantic novels -- and okra -- with a passion bordering on the evangelical.

In this week's issue, we asked Ben Winters and Nancy Butler - the authors of Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters and the Marvel Illustrated version of Pride & Prejudice , respectively - to translate two letters Jane Austen wrote to her sister, Cassandra, in the 1800s .

State Right Conservatory Theatre, Inc. will hold auditions for "Pride and Prejudice" on January 25th & 26th at 5pm.

Test your knowledge of history, celebrities and pop culture with a quiz on this day's events.

As you might expect from the title, a Fairfield County town we all know -- and some of us love -- plays a major role in the new Cathleen Schine novel, "The Three Weissmanns of Westport" which the Sarah Crichton Books division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux is publishing Tuesday.

OF all the syllabus books those of us of a certain age had to read at secondary school, one of the mostly fondly remembered is The Machine Gunners.

When Ken Tucker asked for your fave on-screen version of the author's work, he launched a message board debate.

Alert Janeite slw sent us a link to an article in the Guardian about a new book that purports that women should not wait for Mr.

A couple of newspapers use the BrontA s to discuss Lori Gottlieb's book Marry Him: The Case For Settling For Mr Good Enough .

Alliterative words share a particular sound . They make attractive pairings because, together, they are catchy and memorable.

There can be too much of a good thing, but a great thing can be remade over and over.

Does your heart pitter-patter when Gwyenth Paltrow's Emma Woodhouse makes clipped, eloquent cooings with Mr.

The latest incarnation of Jane Austen's "Emma," starring Romola Garai in the title role and Rupert Evans as Frank Churchill, begins Sunday on PBS' "Masterpiece." When she started "Emma" in 1814, Jane Austen declared, "I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like." To quote Cher, the 20th-century Emma of the clever 1995 movie ...

Two novels by Ms. Johnson. "Scarlett Fever," the latest in a series for young adults, is due out in hardcover on Feb.