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 didn’t, I ...

At the heart of the installation lies a topiary interpretation of a quintessential Austen character, crafted from lush moss. Tianna Williams is Wallpaper*s staff writer. Before joining the team in ...

No novelist in the English language is more closely associated with the marriage plot than Jane Austen. That literary trope turned rom-com convention gives structure to all six of her masterworks ...

Delivered by Jack Barber from the Jane Austen Society, the events will take place at Stourbridge Library on Monday 19 May from 2-4pm, Dudley Library on Thursday 10 July from 7-9pm, Halesowen ...

For decades, English novelist Jane Austen has been a constant source of inspiration for filmmakers and TV creators looking to adapt her work, but also authors who want to expand her world and our ...

Dench’s Lady Catherine de Bourgh leaves every other actor who’s played Darcy’s aunt in the dust. She makes the dowager hard to please but easy to watch. “Do you play the pianoforte, Miss ...

In Gill Hornby’s 2020 novel Miss Austen, the author builds a story around the fact that Jane Austen’s older sister Cassandra burned the letters Jane wrote to a friend, Eliza Fowle. The letters ...

Writing great sister acts (think the Bennett siblings of Pride and Prejudice, the Dashwoods of Sense and Sensibility) came naturally to Jane Austen. Or so we gather from Miss Austen, a poignant ...

Decades after Jane Austen’s death in 1817, her older sister Cassandra burned nearly all of the author’s correspondence, much to the consternation of future fans and historians. Why were ...

An illustration of a scene from Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, where protagonist Catherine Morland wears an Empire-line dress. As per The Met's catalogue, the style is defined by its high waist ...