A portrait of the only Jane Austen character "explicitly of African descent" has been revealed, to mark 250 years since the ...

Watching over 60 hours of Jane Austen adaptations was a daunting challenge but a worthwhile one. It was fascinating to discover how the succeeding generations of BBC directors had a particular ...

This year is the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth. As well as Miss Austen, the BBC has commissioned The Other Bennet Sister, a Pride and Prejudice spin-off drama about Mary Bennet based on ...

Audio, 28 minutesGreat Lives Caroline Criado-Perez on Jane Austen The feminist campaigner and writer Caroline Criado-Perez champions the life of Jane Austen BBC Radio 4 Available for over a year ...

Austen's own life was a lesson in forbearance. She published her six celebrated novels in the space of seven years and died at the age of only 41. "On paper it looks like she has a secure life but ...

Eileen adapted 'The Mysterious Death of Jane Austen' for BBC Radio 4. She blogs about working with advice from fellow Austen-adaptor Andrew Davies and some surprising resources for writing ...

Almost 200 years after Jane Austen's death, the English writer is still adored around the world. BBC News spoke to some of the fans for whom a love of Austen's work has evolved into a way of life.

Speaking to the BBC, Byrne said: "When Jane Austen was writing, she wrote her novels anonymously. People didn't really know who she was at all and even after her death, when her name appears in ...

Jane Austen books sell for £181,000 at auction The most popular of the five first-edition novels was Pride and Prejudice, which sold for £92,000.

Austen's own life was a lesson in forbearance. She published her six celebrated novels in the space of seven years and died at the age of only 41. "On paper it looks like she has a secure life but ...

Jane Austen garden features flowers from her books The garden, which has been created in Alton, includes flowers mentioned in the author's books.