A new take on Jane Austen is in theaters this month, contending with both the author and her work. The French rom-com “Jane ...

She’s just this perfect heroine. Well, to be honest, all the Austen heroes are quite deficient in various ways. The one I most admire, I suppose, is Knightley, but there’s a slight creepy ...

When Mr Knightley proposes to Emma, in the book of that title, Jane Austen reports back: “What did she say? Just what she ought, of course. A lady always does.” That’s all nice and fine ...

One of the highlights of my year so far was talking to the brilliant Jane Austen biographer Paula Byrne at the Althorp ...

The England native starred as Elizabeth Bennet, the family's second daughter. Before becoming one of Austen's leading ladies on the big screen, Knightley rose to fame with roles in Bend It Like ...

Rise of a Genius' might not be wholly revelatory, but it’s a necessary addition to Austen’s 250th anniversary celebrations ...

“She would write in the day and then read aloud in the family ... with Keira Knightley and Matthew MacFadyen. (Netflix recently greenlighted a limited series too.) “Miss Austen” also ...

Karlsen described Cassie as “the sort of backbone of the Austen family. She’s the oldest sister and there were only two sisters, they had lots of brothers, so they were very, very close.” ...

Miss Austen details how Cassy Austen might have had a second chance of romance with the (fictional) Henry Hobday, but ...

Austen’s writing makes Elizabeth a living, recognisable figure. It does the same for her family, her friend Charlotte ... and Prejudice), 2005 (with Keira Knightley and Rosamund Pike) and ...

Mr Knightley’s rebukes to Emma throughout ... Yet success is fleeting. Family misfortunes plunge Austen back into financial instability. Channelling these struggles, Austen writes Persuasion ...