She elevated the trivial to an art. She would never attempt to guess ... cheerfully divides all literature into two groups: Jane Austen books and non-Jane Austen books. Austen is still relevant ...

Austenites, assemble! Three counties in southwest England are hosting can’t-miss celebrations for Jane Austen’s 250th birthday.

Janice Hadlow, whose book The Other Bennet Sister explores the transformation of priggish Mary into an intellectually curious woman, agrees that Austen’s work is a wealth of modern feminist ...

Can reading Jane Austen give us unrealistic ... Abbey” (published 1817), Austen’s first completed novel, a frisky satire on the pitfalls of letting books be your guide to life.

Some 80 miles away in Bath, the Jane Austen Centre was presented with a £5 note featuring a tiny 5mm portrait of the author. Micro-artist Graham ... understand [her] books better than we do ...

Jane Austen is one of the most celebrated ... Can the picture stand up to forensic analysis and scrutiny by art historians and world leading Austen experts? How might it change our image of ...

"She was a great fan of Jane Austen but these were the only rare books she ever bought and they would be brought out every now and then, treated carefully by the family, and then put back in the ...