Whether it's the March sisters from Little Women or Anne from Persuasion, Jane Austen's female characters walk in pursuit of ...

Keeley Hawes, who stars as Cassandra Austen in the BBC drama, and director Aisling Walsh chime in on the debate along with writer Andrea Gibb who calls the show “a feminist piece.” ...

This year might mark Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, but historian Lucy Worsley thinks women’s rights have not improved as drastically from the Regency period as people think.

On a special episode (first released on March 13, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: There are few writers who have as devoted a following as celebrated English novelist Jane Austen, author of classics ...

Sense and Sensibility is a 1995 British period film starring Emma Thompson as Elinor, the oldest Dashwood sister, who finds true love despite having the odds stacked against her in the late 18th ...

Austen was typically about 100 years ahead of her time in terms of feminism, which might explain why she has been such a ...

From a 21st-century vantage point, it’s all too easy to pigeonhole the novels of Jane Austen as the ultimate in prim and ...

Austen was typically about 100 years ahead of her time in terms of feminism, which might explain why she has been such a favored voice for women and remains so to this day.

Ms. Byrne is the author of “The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things” and “The Genius of Jane Austen.” If “Pride and Prejudice” is the most joyful and life-affirming of Jane Austen ...

Based on Jane Austen’s classic novel, playwright Kate Hamill offers a fast-paced and lively version of this story of self-discovery. The production runs Nov. 14-Dec. 15 at the Multicultural Arts ...

Austen’s novels could be considered feminist for her time, but she never let social messages interfere with a good story. Like Austen herself, Dacha’s production of “Emma” places value on ...