The director of "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life" was inspired by Austen's ability to be both entertaining and deep.

Some of “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” takes place at Shakespeare & Company, the longtime independent bookstore on Paris’ Left ...

Repressed passions, thwarted ambitions and Empire-waisted gowns aren’t just Regency-era relics in “Jane Austen Wrecked My ... caressing books to the R&B ballad “Cry to Me.” ...

Lawyers love Jane Austen, disproportionately—often rabidly—so. A leading London jurist once memorably quipped of his devotion: “I read all six of Austen’s books every year, because if I ...

The curators take T&C behind the new “A Lively Mind” exhibit at the Morgan Library & Museum—and why the public remains so ...

‘Jane Austen Wrecked ... solely reliant on finding love. Romantic fiction has been giving women unrealistic expectations of love for more than a century. First books, then films depicted ...

Jane Austen's birth. The renowned English novelist, primarily known for six books, still has legions of fans around the world. A new movie celebrates her work: "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life." ...

Jane Austen ... book The Theory of Moral Sentiments. It is a fascinating study. Smith argued that people want to be praised and to be praiseworthy. That they want to be loved and to be deserving ...

That’s the most difficult question I could possibly answer, as I’m in my 70s now and I've been reading Jane Austen since I was in my teens. That is a lifetime of reading six books. With Austen ...