Other critics have not been so kind to Fanny; Austen’s own mother called the character “insipid,” and C.S. Lewis said that “into Fanny, Jane Austen, to counterbalance her apparent ...

A Rare Book Collector’s Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend”Rebecca RomneySimon & Schuster$30 Where did Jane ...

A modern retelling of Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” is one of the most celebrated novels in the English language, but time may have diluted ...

The curators take T&C behind the new “A Lively Mind” exhibit at the Morgan Library & Museum—and why the public remains so fascinated by Jane Austen 250 years after her birth.

By 1814, Jane Austen, aged 38, has had three novels published: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park. These works have earned her a modest income and hint at the promise of ...

Do the French do irony? Well, was Astérix a Gaul? Obviously they do, and do it pretty well to judge by many of their movies down the decades. As we brave the salutes on this side of the Channel to ...

Page-Turner Returning to Life with Jane Austen’s “Emma” By David Denby December 23, 2015 ...

It is written by Daisy Chute and Rebecca Brewer. Both productions are part of a wider programme of events marking 250 years since Jane Austen’s birth. Austen lived in Southampton from 1805 to 1809.

JANE AUSTEN’S BOOKSHELF by Rebecca Romney (921 Austen) is a look at the female authors who influenced Jane Austen’s writing.

An assembly framework to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen in 2025 and to celebrate her contribution to storytelling and consider celebrity.

August Books will publish a new edition of the definitive biography of literary icon Jane Austen by Elizabeth Jenkins to mark the 250th anniversary of Austen’s birth.