A Hit New Show Is the Ideal Watch for Jane Austen Fans

In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, the middle sister, Mary Bennet—now the main character in the delightful, life-affirming ...

A herd of mystery-solving sheep, Sally Field befriending an octopus, and a Jane Austen spinoff top this week's must list

Ben Lerner's "Transcription" and "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" round out our picks for the weekend of May 8.

Ella Bruccoleri on Making an Austen Heroine Out of Mary Bennet in ‘The Other Bennet Sister’: “I Think It’s Quite an Affirming Watch”

The 'Call the Midwife' star opens up about the responsibility of being number one on the call sheet and why this BBC-BritBox series is more than just a romance: "I think it's a love story between Mary ...
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Jane Austen’s Writing Tools and Treasures Shed Light on Her Creative Life in a New Show

In Jane Austen’s 1814 coming-of-age novel Mansfield Park, Fanny Price, a young woman who learns to navigate high society when she moves into the estate of her aunt and uncle, receives an amber cross ...

‘The Other Bennet Sister’ Producer Jane Tranter on Mary’s ‘Emotional Resonance’ and Eyeing Austen’s Other Overlooked Characters for Screen

For a long time period dramas were in the doldrums. Now, between the success of “Wuthering Heights,” Netflix’s upcoming ...

In ‘The Other Bennet Sister,’ a neglected sister gets the spotlight

If you're the type of person who's watched every other Jane Austen adaptation out there, you'll probably have room in your ...

Oregon estate with an English rose garden straight out of a Jane Austen novel just sold for $1.6M

A three-acre Oak Grove estate southeast of Portland, with a brick tea house and a formal English-style rose garden evoking the setting of a Jane Austen novel, sold in 30 days. A section of River ...