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The all-star Austentatious cast improvise a hilarious new Jane Austen novel every night! Inspired entirely by a title from the audience and performed in period costume with live musical accompaniment ...

But it’s looking even more Instagrammable this May thanks to a special makeover marking Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, created for the 11th edition of sketch in Bloom. Sketch in Bloom Returns With A ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

On the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen ... of rumoured letters to Austen’s friends and family once in existence, only 160 weren’t destroyed by the late author’s sister, Cassandra Austen.

The royal that Jane Austen is most often connected with is the Prince Regent, or the future King George IV, as he requested a copy of her novel for his library. However, there is a different royal ...

Through her feverish delirium, Cassandra guards Jane’s letters from Mary Austen. As she drifts in and out of consciousness, she relives the dramatic events of her youth. Once better, Cassandra ...

its justices were reading—and raving about—Jane Austen. We know this for two reasons. The first is an 1826 letter from Chief Justice John Marshall himself, rebuking Associate Justice Joseph ...

That wild beast is unleashed in a new novel by Jill Pitkeathley, Cassandra and Jane, which presents a speculative account of the Austen sisters ... acquaintances in letters to Cassandra: Miss ...

It comes down to her eye for people, says K Narayanan. Early on in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (1813) is a one-sentence description of Mrs Bennet, the protagonist’s mother ...