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After exploring hundreds of villages across Kent, our roving reporter set out to answer a tricky question — which one is the ...
Laura Piani's amiable new romance is weighed down by all its allusions and borrowings — and ultimately fails to deliver on ...
Besides Shakespeare, no author may haunt the screen more than Jane Austen. Her novels, full of heroines who find love and ...
The perils of romance, embarrassing families, self-knowledge and love – all wrapped up in a good dose of social satire – are ...
Jane Austen's birth. The renowned English novelist, primarily known for six books, still has legions of fans around the world. A new movie celebrates her work: "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life." ...
Filmmakers have been mining writer Jane Austen’s novels for screenplay material for decades. You can go all the way back to ...
From bonnets to ballgowns to Beverly Hills, Jane Austen's formidable heroines remain as sharp, stubborn, and unforgettable as ever — especially in film Jane Austen might have written her novels ...
NPR's Scott Simon talks to French writer-director Laura Piani about her new movie, a romantic comedy titled "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life." ...
Learn more. HARRISON — Harrison Village Library will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of English novelist Jane Austen with an afternoon of treats and games on Saturday, May 17 ...
In the state of New Hampshire this year, fans of Jane Austen are celebrating her 250th birthday in high style. Students in English professor Carolyn Dever’s first-year seminar put together an exhibit ...
The house where Jane Austen lived for the final weeks of her life has been opened to the public for the first time. The novelist lived in a home on College Street, Winchester, until her death on the ...
On the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, Janeites still lament the loss of her unpublished words. Of the thousands of rumoured letters to Austen’s friends and family once in existence ...