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To make a forced and artificial division, we might say that there exist Jane Austen novels of youth and folly: Emma and ...
A peerless chronicler of class and romance, the “Pride and Prejudice” author was never prolific. But her work remains ...
The Alicia Silverstone comedy, which just turned 30, tops our list of adaptations based on the works of the English writer — ...
During the Austen adaptation frenzy, Hollywood's Sense and Sensibility emerged alongside other notable works such as the ...
The latest Jane Austen adaptation, Sense and Sensibility, would do well if it took the time to honor one key element of the ...
This year we celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, relishing as ever her witty way with the pen — and her novels are ...
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 ...
Jane Austen’s ‘Persuasion’ is having a moment. It’s about time. July 14, 2022. 7 min. Dakota Johnson as Anne Elliot in Netflix's “Persuasion.” (Nick Wall/Netflix) By Martine Powers.