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Historic England said there was no evidence the house had ‘any direct influence on Jane Austen’s literary output’

King Charles, Sigourney Weaver, Dame Joanna Lumley, Miriam Margolyes and others were in attendance at the event at Clarence House

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Steff Aquarone said wealthy people treat coastal villages like a ‘Jane Austen-era summer jaunt’.

Books as a backdrop in a portrait or an interview lend gravitas. They stand for literacy, for education, for a way to open the mind, develop the imagination and get on in life. But not all books are considered to convey such benefits.

We’d like to hear about your most-loved Austen novels and what they mean to you

Most readers hear “pride and prejudice” and immediately think of Jane Austen’s most famous novel, that salty-sweet confection of romance and irony with a fairy-tale ending.

IN FOCUS: With a fresh script and songs by KT Tunstall, the all-singing, all-dancing adaptation of the seminal Nineties teen movie starring Alicia Silverstone has finally hit the West End… starring actors who weren’t even alive when the film was released. Annabel Nugent meets them, along with writer/director Amy Heckerling