To make a forced and artificial division, we might say that there exist Jane Austen novels of youth and folly: Emma and Northanger Abbey. The novels of coming-of-age and responsibility: Sense and ...

If the popularity of an author were to be based on how frequently their work has been adapted, Jane Austen would certainly be among the most prominent. New adaptations often prompt me to return to the ...

Anne Elliot, the heroine of Jane Austen’s book Persuasion, is a woman of strong feelings. The persistent, if muted, sadness Anne suffers at the start of the novel is certainly all-encompassing, as is ...

If I had based my feelings about Netflix's Persuasion purely on Twitter discourse and reviews, I'd think it was going to be way, way more glib and way... worse. The new adaptation of Jane Austen's ...