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 ...
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 ...
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 ...