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Twice Booker-winner Hilary Mantel was writing a 'mashup' of Jane Austen's novels before her sudden death

The news of twice Booker-winning author Hilary Mantel's sudden death due to stroke on September 22, 2022 shocked everyone. And now, in a recent memorial service held for the author at Southwark cathedral in England, her literary agent revealed that Mantel was writing a "mashup" about Jane Austen's classics when…

The Times of India · Apr 25, 2023

Sanditon Season 3 Ending Explained: What Happened And Why That Emotional Finale Moment Went The Way It Did

Here's what happened to Charlotte and Alexander in the Sanditon Season 3 ending and why it all went down that way!

Cinemablend · Apr 25, 2023

At long last, Sanditon gives "closure"

As for a fourth season, despite offering hypothetical storylines, Justin Young says, "It's never going to happen"

Salon · Apr 24, 2023

A tale of too many remakes: why we never need to see a Dickens novel on TV ever again

The BBC is about to screen yet another adaptation of Great Expectations – and enough is enough. It’s time they focused on new stories, rather than constantly making the same show

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2023

Katherine Rundell: ‘My party trick is knowing Jane Austen’s Emma off by heart’

The author on Vladimir Nabokov’s footnotes, James Baldwin’s essays and returning to Hilary Mantel’s A Place of Greater Safety

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2023

We used DNA from Beethoven's hair to shed light on his poor health – and stumbled upon a family secret

Many astonishingly creative people have lived lives cut tragically short by illness. Johannes Vermeer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jane Austen, Franz Schubert and Emily Brontë are some famous examples.

The Conversation · Mar 23, 2023

Rachel Parris: ‘Standup would have terrified me – the piano was a good comfort blanket’

The comic on hecklers, pre-show rituals, Jane Austen puns and her childhood heroes

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2023

Rare early letter from Jane Austen to her sister will go on public display

Author showcases her dry wit in little-seen 1798 letter detailing her hats, household chores and chicken dinners

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2023

William and Kate have 'terrible rows' and their marriage is 'not all sweetness' claims royal author

"It’s like a Jane Austen novel."

Marie Claire · Mar 17, 2023

Silicon Valley Bank: 19th-century financial crises show how today's regulators could help repair the economy

A bank failure wipes out the money available to its customers and freezes any capital that’s already in circulation. Depositors, borrowers and owners or shareholders all suffer as a result, as does wider economic activity and often the communities or business sectors that the banks serves.

The Conversation · Mar 15, 2023