When it comes to Jane Austen-inspired books and movies, Helen Fielding’s book-turned-movie “Bridget Jones’s Diary” is one of the most recognizable. Not only did the novel help shape the mo ...

Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) sets out to protect her sister’s (and her own) past, lest her private correspondence and intimate history become part of the official Jane Austen biography. But ...

In her biography of Jane Austen, Claire Tomalin notes a mention in one of Jane's letters of ‘talking with my fingers’, which suggests she learnt deaf and dumb sign language, presumably to communicate ...