In celebration of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday this year, the West Newton Cinema hosted “Behind the Screen: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” a film screening followed by a panel discussion, on Oct. 5.

Vogue: Where does your fascination with Jane Austen come from? Espido Freire: Jane Austen is one of my favorite writers. She ...

Jane Austen wrote just six novels in her short life. Yet, 250 years after her birth, her work continues to impact literature and pop culture around the world. Each of her novels — “Sense and ...

Julia Margaret Cameron, "The Mountain Nymph Sweet Liberty" (1866), albumen print (© The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery ...

The latest: It’s the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen! We’re celebrating by adding more great adaptations to our list, including Emma., Fire Island, Jane Austen Wrecked My Life and more! Check out the ...

Why do the works of Jane Austen still hold so much appeal 250 years after her birth? We ask members of the Jane Austen Society of North America as well as writers Sandra Cisneros and Brandon Taylor.

In an early scene in Kate Evans’ Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen, she depicts 3-month-old, bundled-up baby Jane being smuggled out through the back door of her family’s large home. The ...

In her short life Jane Austen wrote six novels. These well loved English classics may have once been regarded as the province of the literature student, but due to recent film and television ...

Jane Austen is one of our best-loved novelists, and yet we know surprisingly little about her life. We don't even really know what she looked like. Why not test your own Jane Austen knowledge by ...