The likeness of Jane Bennet was so great that Austen wrote a letter home about the Pride and Prejudice lookalike.

All the faces are turned towards the young boy. He is being passed to one ofthe two fashionably dressed women with powdered hair who are sitting at the table playing chess. The surrounding drapery ...

While her inclusion of Miss Lambe, a Black character, is great, we should be wary of seeing it as representative of Austen having ‘radical politics’ ...

Rose Leslie holds a shawl over her purple dress in 'Miss Austen' Credit: Image via Masterpiece on PBS Masterpiece on PBS is inviting fans of the legendary author, Jane Austen, to open up the book and ...

Writing great sister acts (think the Bennett siblings of Pride and Prejudice, the Dashwoods of Sense and Sensibility) came naturally to Jane Austen. Or so we gather from Miss Austen, a poignant ...

Beating Netflix’s (entirely unnecessary) remake of “Pride and Prejudice,” the BBC’s spinoff “The Other Bennet Sister” and French rom-com “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” to the proverbial punch, the 250 ...

“Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.” Who is that talking? “Real Housewife of New Jersey” Teresa Giudice? Or Mrs. Bennet, from “Pride and ...

Mark the beloved author's 250th birthday by diving into one of her books — or the many TV, film and literary spin-offs she’s ...

Masterpiece on PBS‘s latest foray in the romantic world of the Regency era brings us Jane Austen with a twist: Miss Austen delves into the mysteries surrounding the real life author herself. Miss ...