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Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice appears on best-loved literature lists across the globe, is a fixture in high school classrooms, and has spawned a rabid fan base and countless film and television ...

Since her death in 1817, Austen's novels have rarely been out of print, and numerous biographies have been published that enlighten people as to the more private aspects of her life. There are still ...

An exhibit at the Morgan Library celebrates "a lively mind," including with items like a letter she wrote with every word spelled backward.

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To celebrate the author's 250th birthday, a new exhibition spotlights her complicated relationship with the English city ...

Sure, you’re familiar with Cassandra Austen, but what about Mary, Isabella, or Eliza? Here’s how everyone’s connected in the Masterpiece show.

It’s the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, a celebration currently lighting up the city. Bath is easily accessible ...

Decades after Jane Austen’s death in 1817, her older sister Cassandra burned nearly all of the author’s correspondence, much to the consternation of future fans and historians.

Ms. Byrne is the author of “The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things” and “The Genius of Jane Austen.” If “Pride and Prejudice” is the most joyful and life-affirming of Jane Austen ...