In life, I am a devoted student of two things: Jane Austen and beauty culture. Recently, the two collided rather spectacularly with the explosion of “Jane Austen bangs” circulating on TikTok. It ...
A peerless chronicler of class and romance, the “Pride and Prejudice” author was never prolific. But her work remains remarkably relevant, more than two centuries after her death. Credit...Portrait by ...
This year we celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, relishing as ever her witty way with the pen — and her novels are wonderful pairings for the Jubilee Year of Hope. The above watercolor of Jane ...
Although Jane Austen passed away in 1817, her work still captures audiences to this day. The English author is renowned for her witty commentary that examines the English social hierarchy and the ...
While some might be bothered by a biography that regularly, and proudly, takes liberties with facts and chronology, such ...
In September, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Jane Austen’s classic, about the tortured romance of two people frazzled by miscommunications and assumptions. By MJ Franklin MJ Franklin ...
We tend to think of Jane Austen as the first great female novelist, whose originality paved the way for creative descendants to dazzle critics and readers. “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf” contends that ...
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 ...