Among Austen’s close contemporaries, Walter Scott – now little read or adapted – was seen as inestimably more worthy, not ...

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"Break out the bodices and bonnets," said The Times. Jane Austen fans will be "flocking" to the UK this year to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the world-renowned English author's birth.

A new BBC drama explores one of the most vexing acts of sabotage in literary history: the decision by Jane Austen’s sister ...

The four-part drama, Miss Austen, centres on the life of the renowned author of Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen (played by Patsy Ferran), as seen through the eyes of her sister ...

Her essay was just one of many that would bring into question and then rewrite the received biography. And with this rewriting came the desire to know exactly why Jane Austen had remained single. The ...

The mini-series looks at various aspects of the Austen sisters' lives and loves. Some audiences members, who have tuned in to the BBC and PBS Masterpiece series, are eager to discover if Jane ...

BBC and PBS Masterpiece’s Miss Austen is a sweet adaption of Gill Hornby’s novel of the same name. The four-parter features an ensemble cast in a reimagining of the life of Jane Austen (played ...

This year, fans of the British romantic novelist Jane Austen are celebrating 250 years since her birth. In her homeland of England, residents are expecting a tourist boom. Special correspondent ...