The former Vanity Fair editor reflects on an era’s power moves and expense-account adventures in a new memoir.

There are few writers who have as devoted a following as celebrated novelist Jane Austen. But is she really the “first” great English female author?

A rare-book dealer traces the books that Austen admired. Many were by women writers who were the literary stars of their day.

An American rare-book dealer, Rebecca Romney, has managed it, by searching where Austen’s secrets lie hidden in plain sight: ...

Jane Austen’s Bookshelf’ presents women whose writing Austen admired — and how modern author Rebecca Romney found them.

Celebrate the brilliant mind behind your favourite classics with Jane Austen’s 250th birthday. Born on December 16, 1775, ...

Jane Austen’s birth, which makes it all the more appropriate to visit these historic houses and filming locations this year.

Netflix has long been a sanctuary for period drama lovers, curating a rich collection of historical romances, many inspired by the works of Jane Austen. From Sense and Sensibility to Emma, Austen’s ...

Balls and parades to fete Jane Austen's 250th birthday Ballgowns are being stitched, bonnets brushed and tea rooms prepped as the United Kingdom prepares to celebrate the 250th birthday of beloved ...

Austen lived for several years in the southwestern city, where she set her novels "Persuasion" and "Northanger Abbey ... with a new series -- "Miss Austen" -- devoted to the life of Jane's sister ...

W hen the writer Joan Didion died in December 2021, she left behind a literary legacy of five novels and 13 pieces of ...

Rise Of a Genius is the story of how a self-taught young woman from a small Hampshire village became one of the greatest novelists who ever lived ...