Jane Austen is one of the most celebrated writers of all time but apart from a rough sketch by her sister Cassandra, we have very little idea what she looked like. Biographer Dr Paula Byrne thinks ...

The four-part drama, Miss Austen, centres on the life of the renowned author of Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen (played by Patsy Ferran), as seen through the eyes of her sister ...

English novelist Jane Austen (1775 - 1817). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images ... Some of her characters were named after real people. These included Mr Darcy of Pride and Prejudice, Wentworth ...

The four-part drama, Miss Austen, delves into the life of the ... of becoming a published author. This mirrors real events, as Jane was indeed briefly engaged to Harris Bigg-Wither, a neighbour ...

In a discussion hosted by 'New Yorker' writer Alexandra Schwartz at New York’s 92nd Street Y on March 27, authors Jennifer ...

‘Janeites’, devotees of everything related to Jane Austen and her works, dress in gowns and stockings, attend Regency balls and make pilgrimages to the places where Austen lived and worke ...