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10 Jane Austen quotes that sparkle with wit and wisdom

October 11, 2025 11:31 am

Ten timeless Jane Austen quotes that prove wit and wisdom never go out of style.

From Delhi to Dorset: Reading Jane Austen across continents

September 01, 2025 3:08 pm

250 years of Jane Austen: Chaotic households, prescriptive gender roles, women striving to exercise moral agency, and even courtship rituals staged through song, dance, and spectacle make the author an enduring presence in the Indian subcontinent.

Austen’s Jane is the friend you need

August 03, 2025 6:57 am

Elizabeth is the favourite of her dad, the intelligent, witty parent, while throughout the book, Jane is taking care of their mother, the petulant, embarrassing parent. While Elizabeth goes vacationing with her aunt and uncle, it is Jane who is best suited to “play with, teach, and love” their four small children.

Pride and Prejudice back in cinemas: Lizzy is delightful, but Jane Bennet is the friend you need. Here's why

September 11, 2025 1:58 pm

Pride and Prejudice: Movie adaptations have often flattened Jane Bennet. But the strong, kind girl, who refused to perform and was forever willing to pass the mic, is the heroine we need today.

Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet were the original situationship — that’s why we are still obsessed with ‘Pride and Prejudice’

September 02, 2025 1:28 am

As Netflix starts production on its new adaptation, the Jane Austen classic remains in rotation because it adapts. Its characters grow, its structure flexes, its emotions stay grounded. It is not a fairytale; it is a mirror

Austen but not Austen: 8 brilliant retellings of Pride and Prejudice for modern Janeites

October 21, 2025 7:19 am

This year marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth. If you have already devoured her complete works and then some, and still find yourself yearning for more, here are seven modern novels inspired by her work to add to your reading list.

'It is a truth universally acknowledged....' Jane Austen wrote the most perfect opening line - and we've been spoofing it ever since!

August 29, 2025 3:35 pm

Drawing a line: It has been repurposed for everything from zombie parodies to Bridget Jones’s self-deprecating diary

One of the earliest in existence, Jane Austen's letter to her sister to go on public display

March 19, 2023 12:40 pm

The letter, dated 1798, is one of the 160 that have survived, and have come to Cheffins Auctioneers through a Cambridge resident's estate who acquired it in 2000.

Persuasion movie review: Dakota Johnson is delightful as usual in Netflix's sassy Jane Austen adaptation

July 16, 2022 8:42 am

Persuasion movie review: Dakota Johnson is having a most memorable hot-streak, even though Netflix's Jane Austen adaptation is the weakest of her recent films.

Mr Darcy's white shirt from lake scene in Pride and Prejudice goes on display at Jane Austen's House

March 30, 2022 5:29 pm

Recently, the second season of Netflix show Bridgerton paid a tribute to this iconic scene by reincarnating it in the series.

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Enjoyed Persuasion? Here are 8 adaptations of Jane Austen novels you cannot miss

July 30, 2022 1:25 pm

With the recent success of Netflix's Persuasion, here is a look at 8 adaptations of Jane Austen novels that you absolutely should not miss.

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