There are few writers who have as devoted a following as celebrated novelist Jane Austen. But is she really the “first” great English female author?

In “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf,” however ... In the 1880s, the poet Christina Rossetti had wanted to write a biography of the ...

James Edward Austen-Leigh did publish the first full biography of his aunt with the ... from fact in its depiction of an incident in Jane’s life in the early 1800s. She may have met a young ...

James Edward Austen-Leigh did publish the first full biography of his aunt with the help of his sisters, although not until 1869. However, the series also deviates from fact in its depiction of an ...

the publisher asks. November is about Austen, the person. “Since National Author’s Day is November 1st, let’s take a dive into a biography about Jane, or even her own letters.” In ...

In “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf,” however ... In the 1880s, the poet Christina Rossetti had wanted to write a biography of the ...

Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) sets out to protect her sister’s (and her own) past, lest her private correspondence and intimate history become part of the official Jane Austen biography. But ...

Lucy Worsley, who is the author of Jane Austen At Home: A Biography, will join you on the four-day break. Austen lived in ...

The former Vanity Fair editor reflects on an era’s power moves and expense-account adventures in a new memoir.