What did Jane Austen read, in between writing "Pride and Prejudice" and "Emma"? In "Jane Austen's Bookshelf," "Pawn Stars" ...

Despite her skills at writing about love and romance enduring for centuries, Jane remained unmarried until her untimely day ...

INTERVIEW: A new BBC drama explores one of the most vexing acts of sabotage in literary history: the decision by Jane ...

Austen is one of the greatest writers in the English language – but relatively little is known about her. And that's in part ...

Cassandra burning her sister, Jane Austen's letters, has been avidly discussed among historians and is now dramatised in BBC ...

Retrace the novelist's childhood haunts, visit the grand country piles that inspired her six novels or recreate the best ...

Towards the end of her life, in an act of near incomprehensible sabotage, the elder Austen sister burnt swathes of correspondence written by Jane, who had died almost 30 years earlier in 1817.

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The BBC's drama series Miss Austen is based on Gill Hornby's 2020 novel of the same name. The novel's official blurb reads as ...

A smart period drama starring Keeley Hawes, Miss Austen is the perfect antidote to the Sunday scaries. Read more on ...

Kevin McNally plays Mr Austen in the series, and you'll most likely recognise Kevin from his role as Gibbs in the Pirates of ...