The Latest Breaking News from Jane Austen

Acclaimed Scots adaptation of Pride and Prejudice to make welcome return

IN the summer of 2018 at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow, the young, Scottish actor and playwright Isobel McArthur and her ensemble took to the stage…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 13, 2022

Review: ‘Rosaline’ is ‘Romeo and Juliet’ from another teenager’s point of view — the jilted cousin

There’s a subgenre of teen rom-coms that modernize everything from William Shakespeare to Jane Austen. On Hulu, the movie “Rosaline” flips that idea back around, giving modern rom-com tropes and dialogue to the original 16th-century setting of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” I mean, why not?

Chicago Tribune · Oct 12, 2022

Rare first edition ‘Emma’ becomes most expensive Jane Austen novel ever sold

Copy of novel sold for £375,000

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022

Review: 'The Book Haters' Book Club,' by Gretchen Anthony

FICTION: A beloved bookstore in Minneapolis' Lyn-Lake neighborhood is threatened for redevelopment. Chaos, hijinks and resistance ensue.

Tribune News Service · Sep 14, 2022

Marsha Hunt, 1940s star and Hollywood blacklist victim, dies at 104

A Chicago native, she arrived in Hollywood in 1935 and over the next 15 years appeared in dozens of films, from the Preston Sturges comedy “Easy Living” to the adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” that starred Olivier and Greer Garson.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 10, 2022

Jane Austen letter about her own ‘Mr Darcy’ on show at author’s home

Message to sister, in which Pride and Prejudice’s author says she is to ‘flirt her last’ with Tom Lefroy, unveiled

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2022

‘We’ve become addicted to ‘stable ambiguity’’ — how dating apps rewired our brains forever

What happens if you turn the process of finding a life partner into a highly addictive video game? Nothing good, says Hattie Crisell

Evening Standard · Sep 7, 2022

Our pick of some of the best book to film and TV adaptations, from Pachinko to Dune

There have been hundreds of wonderful screen adaptations. These are some of our favourites

Evening Standard · Sep 6, 2022

Mr Malcolm’s List review – costumes steal the show in Regency romp

A jilted beauty plots her revenge in this perky but predictable period drama

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2022

Balls, gowns, marriage pressures. Jane Austen was basically Pakistani

In this excerpt from her upcoming book Desi Girl, Sarah Malik examines her obsession with western 18th-century literature

The Guardian - AU · Aug 26, 2022