The surviving letters do more than illuminate Jane Austen’s daily life; they help scholars explore how her personal ...

Decades after Jane Austen’s death ... PBS Masterpiece series “Miss Austen” offers a theory: Much later in life, Cassie decided they were just too private. Too revealing.

WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for Miss Austen. Writer Gill Hornby has been a fan of Jane Austen’s work since she first read Mansfield Park as a teenager. But it wasn’t until Gill ...

It is probably fair to say that among the first things you might think of in relation to Jane Austen would be a glamorous event, usually involving dancing, at a well-appointed English country house.

Miss Austen’s rising star Synnøve Karlsen opens up about her role as Jane Austen’s younger sister and what she learned on set ...

As the story goes, and as the new PBS “Masterpiece” series “Miss Austen” explores, Jane wrote thousands of letters to friends ... in on her sister’s most private thoughts and feelings.

Lawyers love Jane Austen, disproportionately—often rabidly—so. A leading London jurist once memorably quipped of his devotion: “I read all six of Austen’s books every year, because if I didn’t, I ...

Masterpiece's new historical drama Miss Austen is an uneven exploration of the life of the less famous sister of Jane Austen. Read our review.