Mansfield Park” continues to complicate the writer’s legacy 250 years after her birth. Lauren Groff explains how the novel’s ...

Sure, you’re familiar with Cassandra Austen, but what about Mary, Isabella, or Eliza? Here’s how everyone’s connected in the Masterpiece show.

Jane Austen did in fact die young, in 1817, at the tender age of 41. We know that Austen began declining in 1816, but there is some debate as to the ultimate cause of her death.

The modest lodging room where one of the world’s greatest novelists, Jane Austen, breathed her final breath has been opened to the public for the first time in Winchester, Hampshire. Normally ...

As travellers flock to the English countryside to celebrate the renowned novelist, we asked experts to weigh in on the best Austen-themed festivals, reenactments and balls of the year.

From Hampshire to Dorset, Jane Austen saw the length and breadth of old England during her lifetime. A journey through the ...

The museum upends various misconceptions about the novelist’s life by celebrating the anniversary of her birth through a ...

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 ...

It does not do Jane Austen or Andrew Davies justice to pin all the credit of Pride and Prejudice's success to that Colin Firth scene. People tend to have a narrow minded view when it comes to Jane ...

Patsy Ferran, Synnøve Karlsen, and more discuss the enduring bond between sisters Jane and Cassy. "It's a love story between two sisters." Miss Austen stars Patsy Ferran, Synnøve Karlsen, and ...

Follow in the footsteps of Jane Austen – and stay in her former home. ... The writer’s own tomb lies in the Gothic nave of Winchester Cathedral, a 25-minute drive from Chawton.