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Author Brandon Taylor argues that Jane Austen's novel 'Persuasion' illustrates how funny—and sad—adulthood can be.
During the Austen adaptation frenzy, Hollywood's Sense and Sensibility emerged alongside other notable works such as the ...
A peerless chronicler of class and romance, the “Pride and Prejudice” author was never prolific. But her work remains ...
This year we celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, relishing as ever her witty way with the pen — and her novels are ...
Released amid a flurry of Jane Austen adaptations, the Hollywood hit Sense and Sensibility shared its release year with the BBC's heralded Pride and Prejudice starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle, ...
The latest Jane Austen adaptation, Sense and Sensibility, would do well if it took the time to honor one key element of the ...
Fevers, fatigue, and a changing complexion? Why modern doctors are still trying to make sense of the symptoms the celebrated ...
The trailer for “Persuasion,” the debut feature from the British theater director Carrie Cracknell, landed in mid-June. Social media attacks, led by fans of the Jane Austen novel on which the ...
From the Colin Firth-starring “Pride and Prejudice” to “Clueless” to “Persuasion,” filmmakers find endless inspiration in the books of Jane Austen. CNN spoke to Austen scholars about ...
To celebrate the author's 250th birthday, a new exhibition spotlights her complicated relationship with the English city ...
Netflix's Persuasion has been criticized for modernizing a classic. So how does one adapt Jane Austen in 2022? CBC News spoke with writers and scholars — all superfans of the 19th-century ...