Jane Austen is one of the most celebrated writers of all time but apart from a rough sketch by her sister Cassandra, we have very little idea what she looked like. Biographer Dr Paula Byrne thinks ...

English novelist Jane Austen (1775 - 1817). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images ... Some of her characters were named after real people. These included Mr Darcy of Pride and Prejudice, Wentworth ...

Let's be honest: Jane Austen is fun. It isn't just the fact that she's a top writer of the nineteenth century; if that were the case, we wouldn't have nine movies and a miniseries of "Crime and ...

Reading too much Austen may have us longing for outcomes the author was too wise to wish on her characters.

"We have all the hoo-ha about Jane Austen the author - and rightly so - but she's a real person and that made ... Prejudice while in Steventon. Getty Images The accuracy and level of likeness ...

‘Janeites’, devotees of everything related to Jane Austen and her works, dress in gowns and stockings, attend Regency balls and make pilgrimages to the places where Austen lived and worke ...

Explore how Jane Austen’s 1817 novel inspires business presentations by focusing on preparation and matching interests to ...

Paula Byrne is the author of “The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things” and “The Genius of Jane Austen.” Source photo: Focus Films, via Everett Collection.

The Duchess of Cornwall was shown artefacts including Jane Austen's writing table The Duchess of Cornwall has seen work carried out to restore the roof on the former home of Jane Austen.