Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cast of Emma at Rose Theatre (Marc Brenner) Austen purists beware: Ava Pickett’s modern-day take on Emma may well give you ...

Are you team Emma or team Elizabeth? Pro-Darcy or more enamoured of Captain Wentworth? There’s no escaping Jane Austen and the indelible mark her characters have left as the anniversary of her birth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jane Austen (Getty Images) A rare first edition of Jane Austen’s Emma has become the most expensive novel by the author ever sold.

Jane Austen’s work is often thought of as light. Some consider Austen’s language, characters, and concerns too silly or sentimental or precious. In reality, the tentpole of British literature is witty ...

After a decade of dormancy, Jane Austen has once again marched back into popular culture. This year opened with a one-two punch of the author’s works, starting with an eight-episode adaptation of her ...

Go ahead. Judge the hell out of her. That’s the point. Photo: Courtesy of Focus Features Which makes Emma a strange Austen product and Emma., the latest film adaptation from photographer and director ...

Jane Austen’s witty novels of everyday life for the privileged in 18th century England have captivated readers for over two centuries. More books have been written about Austen than the six novels she ...

Jane Austen’s most famous novel adapted into a screwball stage comedy? It’s a screwy idea and certainly not likely to please former English profs turned critics. Adapter Kate Hamill knew as much and ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link In recent years, many conversations among critics about traditional period films have revolved around finding reasons to justify their continued ...

Can you believe it’s been 25 years since a young Gwyneth Paltrow stole our hearts as Emma Woodhouse, flirting with Mr. Knightley and trading banter with a bow and arrow in hand? Men of sense may not ...