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In an early scene in Kate Evans’ Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen, she depicts 3-month-old, bundled-up baby Jane being smuggled out through the back door of her family’s large home. The ...

Jane Austen (16 December 1775 — 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the ...

A reader at the Jane Austen Centre in Bath, England. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of "Pride and Prejudice," book experts, writers and fans read the entire novel in a 12-hour livestream. All of ...

Anne Hathaway plays English writer Jane Austen in the movie ’Becoming Jane.’ “Will all your stories have happy endings?” a suitor inquires of young writer-to-be Jane Austen in “Becoming Jane.” Of ...

Jane Austen, one of the most celebrated English novelists, had a family that championed her passions and supported her work. Courtesy of The Morgan Library & Museum When I first read Northanger Abbey, ...