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 ...

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

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.

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.

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 ...