Most of Jane Austen’s correspondence was burned after her death. This PBS Masterpiece series speculates as to why.

To destroy someone’s letters, back in pre-email days, was a mild act of rebellion; to destroy Jane Austen’s letters was to ...

This semester, I took Jane Austen. When I saw that this class was being offered this spring, I knew I had to be in it.

The Folio Society will publish a limited edition collection of Jane Austen’s complete novels to mark the anniversary of the ...

Yet for Janine Barchas, internationally admired Jane Austen scholar and UT English professor, such a task was irresistible.

When Jane Austen died on July 18, 1817, her older sister, Cassandra, was overcome with grief. “She was the sun of my life, ...

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice reminds us that some of the most romantic moments are neither a kiss nor a spoken word, but ...

Set in 1830, Miss Austen season 1 investigates why Jane Austen's sister Cassandra destroyed the majority of her personal correspondence following her death. It premiered on February 2, 2025, on BBC ...

Cassandra Austen, sister to the beloved novelist Jane, was a talented amateur artist. She is finally getting her moment in ...

Pride & Prejudice director Joe Wright reflects on the 20 years since his iconic Jane Austen adaptation and shares how he ...

There may be events across the English countryside, but consider her Hampshire home and museum ground zero for hero worship ...

Derbyshire is set to welcome a host of Jane Austen-themed events this summer. They are to help celebrate the novelist’s 250th ...