Meet the woman who lives like Jane Austen – from dressing in Regency-style costume to writing novels. Jessica Bull has been in love with the writer ever since the first episode of Pride and ...

Her essay was just one of many that would bring into question and then rewrite the received biography. And with this rewriting came the desire to know exactly why Jane Austen had remained single. The ...

The medical landscape in the early 19th century was – unsurprisingly – vastly different to today. During the lifetime of Jane Austen, who died in 1817 at the age of 41, diseases were rife and often ...

Jane Austen (Patsy Ferran) is dead. Decades later, her spinster sister Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) discovers that Jane’s letters – in all their acerbic, revelatory glory – are about to fall ...

Potentially incriminating letters… and in the meantime, Jane’s sister-in-law Mary (Jessica Hynes) is sniffing around with dreams of writing an incriminating biography of the author.

Towards the end of her life, in an act of near incomprehensible sabotage, the elder Austen sister burnt swathes of correspondence written by Jane, who had died almost 30 years earlier in 1817.

Acclaimed author Jane Austen will be turning 250 this year with plenty of celebrations taking place across Britain to mark the life and works of the Pride and Prejudice writer. Along with the ...

Celebrations are set to take place across Britain this year to mark the 250th birthday of acclaimed author Jane Austen, known for her works such as Pride and Prejudice. The BBC will also be airing ...

"It feels more like a coolly researched biography than one written by a passionate fan." What's more, Will Hermes tries to repackage the "violently aggressive, drug-huffing", gender-bending ...

Asher, too, still lived at home with his parents and his sister, the model Jane Asher ... Stephen Davis’s biography of the Rolling Stones: Conversation died when Marianne walked into the ...

Austen is one of the greatest writers in the English language – but relatively little is known about her. And that's in part because of an act that infuriates many to this day, which is the ...