There’s a reason Jane Austen is one of English literature’s most beloved writers—or as she would have referred to herself, an authoress. Her heroines are witty, vivacious and whip smart. They’re ...
Love, for Jane Austen, had more to do with understanding than fantasy. She rarely gave her characters perfect endings without some mess first. That’s part of what makes her writing feel grounded. On ...
In 1811, Thomas Egerton, who primarily printed military texts, published a novel about two sisters and their widowed mother, “Sense and Sensibility.” It was written anonymously, “by a lady.” More than ...
Do you know that it on this day in history that Jane Austen, Award-winning English novelist and one of the most widely read writers in English literature was born? Fondly describes as the queen of ...
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.
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