Most readers know Jane Austen for her six completed novels, but her most dedicated fans (and there are many of them) are aware that her body of work extends beyond those titles. As a teenager, she ...

Jane Austen was born in the village of Steventon in Hampshire, on the south coast of England, on December 16, 1775. Alongside this longer fiction, meanwhile, Austen wrote several short stories and ...

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 ...

In a letter dated February 4, 1813, Jane Austen told her sister that she believed her new novel, Pride and Prejudice, was “too light and bright and sparkling.” She added, “It wants shade; it wants to ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Most readers know Jane Austen for her six completed novels, but her most dedicated fans (and there are ...