As Radio 4 marks 250 years since Jane Austen’s birth, Philippa Perry explains why the author remains so influential today ...

For Janeites around the globe, the 250th anniversary of the English author’s birth is cause for elaborate celebrations. Credit...Video by Caroline Gutman For The New York Times Supported by By Sarah ...

Naming your romantic comedy Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (now streaming on Netflix) inevitably saddles it with certain expectations. The big obvious one is the invocation of the Mighty Austen, whose ...

Edward (Freddie Highmore) shows up at the house of his estranged mother Julie (Keeley Hawes), who’s living on a Greek island, seeking information about his parentage. But there are no Mamma Mia!–esque ...

Jane Austen’s Paper Trail is a podcast from The Conversation celebrating 250 years since Jane Austen’s birth. In each episode, we’ll be investigating a different aspect of Austen’s personality by ...

When Madeline Austin saw a live adaptation of “Pride & Prejudice” last year at the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Virginia, Jane Austen’s humor and wit leapt from the stage — they were even ...

Jane Austen’s Paper Trail is a podcast from The Conversation celebrating 250 years since Jane Austen’s birth. In each episode, we’ll be investigating a different aspect of Austen’s personality by ...

BATH, England — Imagine that 250 years from now, people dressed like you (in Hokas and hoodies, maybe?) are parading around Boston Common in your honor. That’s what happened to author Jane Austen, who ...

Miss Austen takes a literary mystery – Cassandra Austen notoriously burning her famous sister Jane’s letters – and re-imagines it as a fascinating, witty and heart-breaking story of sisterly love, ...

Matthew Macfadyen and Keeley Hawes have been married since 2004 Hawes posted a sweet tribute to her husband on Instagram to celebrate their 21st wedding anniversary The couple share two children ...

CHAWTON, England — By the time she died at just 41, Jane Austen had penned six books that would revolutionize the English novel and created a cultural phenomenon that lasts to this day. Her most ...

When Jane Austen, a figure revered across the globe for her portraits of human nature, began her writing career, it was completely anonymous. Her first novels were simply marked as “the author,” ...