This year marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of famous author Jane Austen. You might recognise her name from studying ...

Most interesting biography The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne Rather than a simple timeline, this book tells the story of Austen's life by pegging each chapter on objects ...

C an reading Jane Austen give us unrealistic expectations of life? If Austen’s denouements (spoiler: everyone gets married) have left you with a longing for either (1) your own ...

In Jane Austen’s own century that actually would have been considered pretty abhorrent.” Significantly, Austen’s books have endless sly wit and cynicism, also unusual for her time.

Jane Austen enthusiasts are being asked to help transcribe a handwritten manuscript biography of her brother Francis. The unpublished text details the life, travels and naval career of Admiral Sir ...

Local councillors met with members of the Jane Austen Regency ... memory of the author Jane Austen has opened. The garden, which includes flowers mentioned in her books and charity roses named ...

Janice Hadlow, whose book The Other Bennet Sister explores the transformation of priggish Mary into an intellectually curious woman, agrees that Austen’s work is a wealth of modern feminist ...

In Sept. 2019, my dad handed me a very exciting package: the Macmillan Collector's Library Jane Austen Box Set. Each spine ...

Unlike Jane Austen, your intention is not to hold a reader’s attention for the length of a book. But, just as Jane Austen bonded her lovers by matching their interests, bond with your audience ...

Colin Burrow and Clare Bucknell look at Jane Austen's use of the words 'interest' and 'interesting ... 1690-1762), dressed in a wig, surrounded by books and scientific instruments. Fara Dabhoiwala ...

Can reading Jane Austen give us unrealistic ... Abbey” (published 1817), Austen’s first completed novel, a frisky satire on the pitfalls of letting books be your guide to life.