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All the faces are turned towards the young boy. He is being passed to one ofthe two fashionably dressed women with powdered hair who are sitting at the table playing chess. The surrounding drapery ...

KEELEY HAWES TO LEAD IN ADAPTATION OF GILL HORNBY’S INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING NOVEL MISS AUSTEN on MASTERPIECE Sunday, ...

Don your gowns, bonnets, and breeches. They’re going all out for the "Pride and Prejudice" author’s big day in December.

Jane Austen penned the last sentences of her unfinished manuscript for the novel we know as Sanditon in March 1817 before she died that July. Like me, many Austen fans often stumble upon this work ...

Writing great sister acts (think the Bennett siblings of Pride and Prejudice, the Dashwoods of Sense and Sensibility) came naturally to Jane Austen. Or so we gather from Miss Austen, a poignant ...

Written and directed by Laura Piani, Jane Austen Wrecked My Life stars Camille Rutherford as Agathe Robinson, a French bookseller who tries her hand at writing a romance novel, and finds herself at ...

The relief in the classroom is palpable; the energy of class discussion spikes. It's certainly not that my students mistake Austen's world for our own. After all, her novels revolve around the make-or ...

Jane Austen's novels, celebrated for their wit, romance, and keen social observations, have left an indelible mark on ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The latest episode of Masterpiece’s Miss Austen introduces viewers to Henry Hobday. Portrayed by Max ...