Caroline Austen, her niece, wrote in her memoir: “Aunt Jane began her day with music – for which I conclude she had a natural ...

This year marks the English novelist's 250th birthday. Her hundreds of surviving letters—both real and fictional—offer ...

Happy birthday, Jane Austen! The beloved novelist, famous for writing Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield ...

Jane Austen was born 250 years ago, and today, her relative is keeping her legacy alive through philanthropy. Caroline Jane ...

Enduring romances such as "Pride and Prejudice," "Sense and Sensibility," and "Emma" made the British writer one of the ...

On the novelist's 250th birthday, a UVA English professor explains why Austen's vivid characters and universal themes ...

Harings says Lizzie is her favorite Austen character. "She has such sharp, sarcastic wit and she's so self-confident, despite ...

From the daily newsletter: a reflection on the timelessness of the novelist on her two-hundred-and-fiftieth birthday today.

“Directed by Ang Lee and with a wonderful cast, especially the exceptional Alan Rickman as Colonel Brandon. A good adaptation ...

“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ...

As the world is celebrating Jane Austen's 250th birthday this year, Oklahoma Shakespeare is staging its interactive "Jane ...

Partygoers ditched pop music and booze for a string quartet and tea cakes at a dance in Glen Ellyn, kicking off a week of ...