Laura Piani's rom-com about a love-challenged French writer is more "Persuasion" than "Emma," but still finds its own pains ...

Throughout the year of the author’s 250th birthday, the British spa town of Bath is celebrating its place as an Austen-lovers paradise. Jane Austen fans taking part in the world-famous Grand ...

As opening lines for a history go, this is an excellent one. Its author was the teenage Jane Austen, in a lively short piece she wrote for the entertainment of her family: The History of England from ...

Ruby also visited Royal Victoria park. Bordered by blossom trees Ruby tells her vlog: “Spring is the season of Jane Austen. Like Spring is the season, the regency period of the Georgians.

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 ...

Jane Austen is one of the English language’s most beloved writers, and yet the details of her own life remain relatively unknown. As the story goes, and as the new PBS “Masterpiece” series ...

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 ...

The Folio Society has announced that it will publish a stunning new limited edition of ‘Jane Austen: The Complete Novels' this September, in celebration of the beloved English author’s 250th ...

Jane Gardam began writing after the birth of her second child, but her first novel, about a homosexual curate, was turned down by Oxford University Press on the grounds of immorality. Later, by ...

Miss Austen season 1 is a historical television series based on the life of famous 19th-century author Jane Austen and her sister Cassandra. Directed by Aisling Walsh, it is based on the novel Miss ...

To destroy someone’s letters, back in pre-email days, was a mild act of rebellion; to destroy Jane Austen’s letters was to alter literary history. Though the great novelist would surely have ...

Before "Trekkies," before "Beatlemaniacs," "Janeites" were letting the world know that they love, love love Jane Austen. As the world gears up for the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth and ...