Oh, wipe that starchy Masterpiece Theatre moue off your face. Pop Jane Austen is fun, especially when it’s almost completely made up. Without a doubt, Becoming Jane strips Austen of the wit and dainty ...

Maybe writing six novels that forever changed the scope of romantic literature was the easy part for Jane Austen. Apparently, the courting game, which was spoiled by materialistic parents, wishy-washy ...

The scintillating 1995 comedy “Clueless,” with Alicia Silverstone and Paul Rudd, is one of the brightest movies rooted in a work by Austen, based as it is on her novel “Emma.” There is even a 2007 ...