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As with the graphic novel, Barchas’ earlier Austen projects might be labeled non-academic pursuits. These include The Lost Books of Jane Austen (Johns Hopkins, 2019), a richly illustrated ...
The curators take T&C behind the new “A Lively Mind” exhibit at the Morgan Library & Museum—and why the public remains so fascinated by Jane Austen 250 years after her birth.
Sure, you’re familiar with Cassandra Austen, but what about Mary, Isabella, or Eliza? Here’s how everyone’s connected in the Masterpiece show.
Austen's Hollywood breakthrough came in 1940 with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s film of Pride and Prejudice, starring Laurence Olivier as Mr Darcy and Greer Garson as Elizabeth Bennet. There were no ...
After reading its notes and appendices, after a single glance at its illustrations, one will never relapse again into the primal stupor. But Jane Austen is so different. One’s favorite author!
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 ...