Trying to find comfort on Austen’s work, encouraged Jessica to start writing fiction again after a hiatus of 10 years. And in 2024 she finally published her debut novel – a Austen-inspired ...

As the world celebrates Austen's 250th birthday, scholars share what makes the patron saint of marriage plots more popular ...

Set more than a decade after Jane’s untimely death, this bit of historical fiction follows her beloved older (and only) sister, Cassandra, sensitively portrayed by executive producer Keeley ...

In Pride and Prejudice (1813), when heroine Elizabeth Bennet arrives at Netherfield Park with “her petticoat six inches deep ...

The Heritage Village Museum Center is hosting a Jane Austen festival to commemorate 250 years since the British novelist was ...

Jane Austen, Louisa May Alcott, and Charlotte Bronte are synonymous with historical fiction romance. However, Black women writers have made a mark in literary history within this genre as well.

Both the show, and the book it was based upon, Gill Hornby's 2020 novel, Miss Austen, lightly suggest a motive for Cassandra’s actions. Still, the historical mystery remains pressing for ...

Jane Austen did in fact die young, in 1817, at the tender age of 41. We know that Austen began declining in 1816, ... However, one part of Miss Austen is total fiction.

Author Gill Hornby discusses writing her novel, Miss Austen, redeeming Cassandra Austen’s legacy, and why she thinks Cassandra burned Jane's letters. #PBSMissAusten ...

Part marriage plot, part novel about novels, “Northanger Abbey” is Austen’s strangest—and perhaps most underappreciated—work.

Keeley Hawes shines as Cassandra Austen in 'Miss Austen,' a PBS Masterpiece limited series adaptation of Gill Hornby's novel centered on the mystery of Jane Austen's lost letters.

Trying to find comfort on Austen’s work, encouraged Jessica to start writing fiction again after a hiatus of 10 years. And in ...