It is a truth universally acknowledged that popular culture cannot leave Jane Austen alone for too long before returning to the well. And frankly, why would it? More than two centuries after she put down her pen, we remain helpless before an empire line frock, a wicked but dashing suitor and, most seductively of all, a house fit for Mr Darcy.

This autumn, Austen fever is upon us once more. A new Sense & Sensibility has arrived on the big screen, while Netflix’s much-anticipated Dolly Alderton-penned Pride & Prejudice is waiting in the wings, bringing with it the inevitable desire for candlelight and handwritten letters; embroidery and nightdresses in which to march purposefully through fields (before inevitably catching a life-threatening chill).



Happily, you need not go full bonnet. The new Regency mood can be attained with the odd romantic flourish – think pearl earrings, pretty stationery, ruffled lampshades, floral china and ribbons in the hair. Here, then, are the pieces we are coveting most ardently.