Jane Austen loved music."She played the piano and sang throughout her life," says Gillian Dooley, pianist, academic and ...

At 250, Jane Austen still sees through pride, insecurity and desire with rare clarity, revealing why her novels feel truer to ...

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

“Conscience,” he warned, “is no longer recognized as an independent arbiter of actions.” Austen’s worldly clergymen Mr.

Only this wasn’t a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s best-known work, it was a rerelease of the beloved 2005 film starring ...

Propelled in part by numerous ‘Masterpiece’ dramas based on her novels, Austen's popularity shows no signs of abating.

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 ...

The novels’ gentlemen are exemplars for modern men, according to Joseph Wurtz, dean of students at Benedictine College. He ...

This opening line from Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" wasn't just a sly dig at the marriage market of early 19th- ...

If you are reading these words today, I can almost guarantee that you know the name “Jane Austen”. You don’t have to be an ...

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