This year we celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, relishing as ever her witty way with the pen — and her novels are ...

The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan is one of the most viscerally challenging novels ever written about war ...

We’ve had Jane Austen biopics, biographies, screen adaptations galore. Now, her life story is told graphically, with both ...

Author Brandon Taylor argues that Jane Austen's novel 'Persuasion' illustrates how funny—and sad—adulthood can be.

People this famous would never let you anywhere near their houses when they were alive, but now you can walk right inside!

A peerless chronicler of class and romance, the “Pride and Prejudice” author was never prolific. But her work remains ...

Fevers, fatigue, and a changing complexion? Why modern doctors are still trying to make sense of the symptoms the celebrated ...

Jane Austen's works are hugely celebrated throughout the globe and show no signs of slowing down. The last of her books, ...

The latest Jane Austen adaptation, Sense and Sensibility, would do well if it took the time to honor one key element of the ...

Razor-sharp satires of social and gendered inequalities, Austen’s novels are full of witty observations and universally ...

The storming of the Bastille prison on July 14, 1789, is seen as a defining event in the French Revolution. But how does the ...