But yesterday, after a fortnight of too much drinking and not enough thinking, I plonked myself in a bath, read a few ...

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As well as a sharp eye and an even sharper wit, Jane Austen was also, at times, in possession of a sharp tongue. The burning ...

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More than 200 years after her death, Jane Austen's views on slavery remain unclear. Jim Dyson/Getty Images More than two centuries after Jane Austen died in 1817, many of the English novelist’s fans ...

In Persuasion, Louisa Musgrove’s serious injury opens the way for another suitor. Jane Bennet catches a cold after riding in ...

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In Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen’s first novel, the three Dashwood sisters — Elinor, Marianne and Margaret — are forced ...

Driving through the countryside, aspiring author Agathe (Camille Rutherford) and grumpy literature professor Oliver (Charlie Anson) argue about Jane Austen. He might be driving Agathe to a Jane Austen ...

EmmaOxford PlayhouseTuesday, October 21IN an 1814 letter to her niece, Jane Austen famously said about her novel Emma: “I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like.”Unusually ...

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REGENCY revels and a county-wide vote will celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday in Warwickshire. Warwickshire Libraries is ...