In BBC drama Miss Austen, Jane's sister Cassandra is on a mission to destroy a cache of letters following the 41-year-old ...

How might it change our image of the author? And what might the portrait reveal about Jane Austen and her world? Martha Kearney seeks answers as she follows Dr Byrne on her quest.

The author is best remembered for her bold, witty heroines like Lizzie Bennet, a rarity at the time, but one of Austen’s best ...

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

In “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf,” rare-book dealer Rebecca Romney discovers overlooked women authors who inspired the famous ...

Miss Austen is based on the hit 2020 novel by Gill Hornby and tells the story of the family through Jane’s sister Cassandra, ...

What does it do for us? As Claire Harman says in her book, Jane’s Fame, Austen has “conquered the world”. Perhaps because her portraits of the lives of women are so well-observed they always ...

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

Miss Austen, which takes the timeslot of recent Sunday night period drama hits SAS Rogue Heroes and Wolf Hall, is an ...

This year marks the 250th birth anniversary of Jane Austen, one of the greatest English novelists of the late 18th and early ...