The author deemed Blake's portrait of Georgina Quentin the spitting image of Jane Bennet. William Blake, Portrait of Mrs. Q [Harriet Quentin] (1820). Image Courtesy of The Morgan Library & Museum.

There’s a reason Jane Austen is one of English literature’s most beloved writers—or as she would have referred to herself, an authoress. Her heroines are witty, vivacious and whip smart. They’re ...

On a special episode (first released on March 13, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: There are few writers who have as devoted a following as celebrated English novelist Jane Austen, author of classics ...

Love, for Jane Austen, had more to do with understanding than fantasy. She rarely gave her characters perfect endings without some mess first. That’s part of what makes her writing feel grounded. On ...

The world of book lovers is celebrating the 250 th birth anniversary of Jane Austen, one of the most influential writers of all time—she was born on December 16, 1775, in Steventon, Hampshire, the ...

In 1811, Thomas Egerton, who primarily printed military texts, published a novel about two sisters and their widowed mother, “Sense and Sensibility.” It was written anonymously, “by a lady.” More than ...

There are seven days in a week. While each one of them arguably has its own set of virtues (except for Monday, which has no redemption whatsoever), everyone can agree that Friday is the best of the ...

The cast and creators discuss the new BBC drama, coming to the U.S. on PBS in May, that looks at why Cassandra Austen burned her famous author sister Jane’s letters. By Georg Szalai Global Business ...

Quote of the day by Jane Austen endures because it captures a universal truth about human connection. In her view, ...

Jane Austen’s Paper Trail is a podcast from The Conversation celebrating 250 years since Jane Austen’s birth. In each episode, we’ll be investigating a different aspect of Austen’s personality by ...

With "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life," writer-director Laura Piani delivers a rom-com tailor-made for Austen devotees that centers on a modern-day echo of "Persuasion"’s Anne Elliot, a woman named Agathe ...

A reader at the Jane Austen Centre in Bath, England. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of "Pride and Prejudice," book experts, writers and fans read the entire novel in a 12-hour livestream. All of ...