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

Most of us are familiar with the works of Regency author Jane Austen, whether we have read one of her six classic novels or ...

The beloved author of “Pride and Prejudice” was born on Dec. 16, 1775. Here are some ways to join in the festivities.

Her books like Pride and Prejudice and Emma were written hundreds of years ago, but have themes that still resonate in ...

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

Harvard professor Deidre Shauna Lynch told GBH's Under the Radar that Austen's lasting legacy is partly because her books ...

In honor of her 250th birthday, find out more about why, and about the author's life and work, in a talk by Megan Holt at 7 p ...

Jane Austen is widely regarded as the writer whose works defined “novels of manners” due to her treatment of ordinary people in their day-to-day lives. This year marks the 250th anniversary of her bir ...

All the details you need to know about the romance author's love life.

A university exhibition showing Jane Austen's time living in Oxford has opened. The Austens at Oxford, which is on display at ...

In an early scene in Kate Evans’ Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen, she depicts 3-month-old, bundled-up baby Jane being smuggled out through the back door of her family’s large home. The ...

If you find the simmering passions and unspoken yearning of Jane Austen’s novels more alluring than a modern dating landscape ...