Jane Austen

Coronavirus outbreak: A guide to films, shows, podcasts to indulge in during this period of self-quarantine

In times of social distancing and isolation during the coronavirus outbreak, the best one could do to entertain oneself through various shows, films, and podcasts.

From You’ve Got Mail to Jab We Met, why rom-coms are the ultimate comfort-watch during coronavirus lockdown

At a time like the coronavirus outbreak, one feels like going back to the old and the familiar, rom-coms like Bridget Jones' Diary and Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na.

Revisiting Jane Austen at time of Brexit: The English author explored friendship, love and more, but left out many key societal elements of the era

Imagine a Jane Austen novel with a Polish protagonist. Imagine an Austen novel where British women welcome an immigrant into their lives. Imagine an Austen novel where a character goes looking for work.

Man Booker Prize nominated writer Lucy Ellmann: 'I don't consider originality such an outlandish aim for a novelist'

In an interview with Firstpost, Man Booker-nominated writer Lucy Ellmann talks about her latest book, Ducks, Newburyport, her need for a "second loo", and why she prefers Anne Elliot's story over Elizabeth Bennet's.

Jane Austen's unfinished novel Sanditon to be adapted into eight-part TV series by PBS, ITV

Sandition, written months before Jane Austen's death, talks about Charlotte Heywood and her spiky relationship with the humorous, charming Sidney Parker.

Austenistan: Pakistan's love for Jane Austen could rival the Darcy-Elizabeth romance

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the world loves Jane Austen. But there's a special romance reserved for her in Pakistan | #FWeekend

'A politics without dreams is arid and barren': Ben Okri at the Kolkata Literary Festival

Reading, to Ben Okri, leads to imagination and thought, most importantly clarity of thought, bringing about a gradual understanding of the many-fingered problems that plague us.

Jane Austen meets horror in the trailer for 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'

Lionsgate has released an international trailer for its upcoming drama thriller Pride and Prejudice and Zombies described as an expanded version of Jane Austen's classic tale, probably because it includes zombies in a Victorian-era love story.

Kickstarter campaign aims to recreate Regency-era England as an MMORPG

Here, Jane is one of the weirdest games we've ever seen on Kickstarter...

Twitter UK plans to add Report Abuse button after abuse complaints

As weeks of struggle between feminists and trolls played out on Twitter over Jane Austen gracing a bank note in England, Twitter UK has assured that it