Jane Austen had little to say in “Pride and Prejudice” about the middle Bennet daughter, Mary, and most of it was dismissive. She is “the only plain one in the family,” who “had neither genius nor ...

The BBC has announced a new Pride and Prejudice TV spin-off, The Other Bennet Sister. The 10-episode limited series will follow Mary Bennet, the overlooked middle sister in Jane Austen’s Pride and ...

Jane Austen fans rejoice: the BBC is returning to the “Pride and Prejudice” universe with a new spinoff drama about Lizzy Bennet’s sister. Titled “The Other Bennet Sister” and based on Janice Hadlow’s ...

BritBox and the BBC have released the first look at The Other Bennet Sister, a new 2026 series that finally brings Mary Bennet out of the margins of Pride and Prejudice. Timed to Jane Austen’s 250th ...

Ms. Byrne is the author of “The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things” and “The Genius of Jane Austen.” If “Pride and Prejudice” is the most joyful and life-affirming of Jane Austen’s novels, then ...

Since its release more than 200 years ago, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice has been adapted nearly 20 times, and that's not counting the looser, more modernized riffs on the story. The latest, and ...