Jane Austen’s enduring popularity necessarily brings with it endless re-imaginings and reinterpretations of her life and work: some loving, some serious, some mocking....

In an unusual celebration of the bicentenary of Pride and Prejudice, on 26 January 2013 The Guardian released a series of new readings...

In Pride and Prejudice, Mr Bingley famously sings the praises of young ladies and their accomplishments. And while he certainly means to be...

The Jane Austen Detectives’ key aim is to find new and original ways of engaging with our literary heritage; this is one reason...

Jane Austen’s letters and novels, with their perfect awareness of household economics and the importance of money, are often cited even by historians...

Recently, following the recognition of Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar for their work in tracing a subversive tradition of female voices in the...

Among the caricatures in Jane Austen’s novels, the hypochondriac, in various guises, makes regular appearances. They are often fairly prominent characters, such as...

Gabrielle Moss recently tackled the notion that ‘women aren’t funny’: in a list dating from 1695 right up to 2012, she quotes one...

Many readers and critics have pointed to the conspicuous absence in Jane Austen’s novels of children. This is particularly evident if Jane Austen’s...