This was given by The Jane Austen Society. The polished Roman stone tablet, designed by the Abbey's Surveyor S.E. Dykes Bower, is on the wall adjacent to Shakespeare's memorial and the inscription ...

chairman of the northern branch of the Jane Austen society. "She's writing about people and their problems, their dysfunctional families, why, and even if, women should marry. Those issues were ...

There are devotees who have practically memorized Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice ... translation is now available in an ...

Loosely based on Jane Austen’s most explicitly political and critically controversial novel, “Mansfield Park,” Nikki May’s “This Motherless Land” explores clashes of custom and class ...

It wasn’t until 16 years later, when her novels were all republished, that her tales of romance, society and hard economic truths began to attract a wide audience and critical acclaim. Austen ...

Jane Austen's works of literature are timeless tales which have stood the test of time. Today, her work is still widely read and loved by many and it's no surprise that so many directors have ...

Jane Austen is one of the world’s best-loved novelists. This year is the 200th anniversary of her death and to mark the occasion events are being held across the county of Hampshire in southern ...

Thanks to her sharp wit and strong female characters, Jane Austen’s literature is still utterly relevant. Author Claire Harman asks – is she the most influential woman of the past 200 years?

Plans for a life-sized sculpture of novelist Jane Austen outside Winchester Cathedral have been approved. Commemorating the 250th anniversary of her birth, the statue will feature the literary ...

But it is all within a very specific class, a very specific slice of society. All of the people in Jane Austen’s books and “Bridgeton” are upper middle class to rich. I too love to get kind ...