Kevin McNally plays Mr Austen in the series, and you'll most likely recognise Kevin from his role as Gibbs in the Pirates of ...

Among Austen’s close contemporaries, Walter Scott – now little read or adapted – was seen as inestimably more worthy, not ...

The character Henry Hobday was invented by author Hornby, who lives in the real village of Kintbury where the Fowles’ also resided. Hornby discovered the name of Henry Hobday on Kintbury’s war ...

The BBC series features a mix of real and fictional characters, leading many viewers to question whether the romantic interest, Mr Henry Hobday (Max Irons), was a historical figure. Unfortunately for ...

In BBC drama Miss Austen, Jane's sister Cassandra is on a mission to destroy a cache of letters following the 41-year-old ...

The author is best remembered for her bold, witty heroines like Lizzie Bennet, a rarity at the time, but one of Austen’s best ...

The BBC's drama series Miss Austen is based on Gill Hornby's 2020 novel of the same name. The novel's official blurb reads as ...

What drove Jane Austen's sister to become one of literature's most notorious vandals - THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: A new BBC ...

In celebration of her 250th birthday, here’s a list of some of the best film adaptations of novels by Jane Austen.

I like Katniss’ character, but [she’s] hard to relate to. I'm never going to fight the president of a dystopia, whereas with ...

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This year marks the 250th birth anniversary of Jane Austen, one of the greatest English novelists of the late 18th and early ...