The director of "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life" was inspired by Austen's ability to be both entertaining and deep.

Some of “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” takes place at Shakespeare & Company, the longtime independent bookstore on Paris’ Left ...

Everyone has their own measure of what makes their best Jane Austen book, and Persuasion is ours. We call it her best novel, and our best buy. Once you’ve raced through Austen’s back ...

The Paris bookseller in “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” likes her men in the Darcy mold, and writer-director Laura Piani ...

Jane Austen's birth. The renowned English novelist, primarily known for six books, still has legions of fans around the world. A new movie celebrates her work: "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life." ...

A few years ago, rare-book dealer Rebecca Romney bought a gorgeous edition of the 18th-century novel “Evelina” by Frances Burney, a writer she had heard of but never read. Curious, she decided ...

We tend to think of Jane Austen as the first great female ... guest who wrote “Bookshelf,” is a fan of Austen. But her point in the book, subtitled “A Rare Book Collector’s Quest to ...

Someone needs firing'; 'They belong in hardcover, traditional book binding, and dust jacket. They deserve to be passed down in families and lent to friends. It’s Jane AUSTEN for heavens sake.

Fielding joined authors Kwan, Egan and Vivian Gornick at the 92nd Street Y’s Celebration of Jane Austen on March 27 Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes ...

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.

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 ...