There are few writers who have as devoted a following as celebrated novelist Jane Austen. But is she really the “first” great English female author?

The new musical adaptation of the hit 1995 Paramount film, inspired by Jane Austen’s Emma, features a book by original screenplay writer Amy Heckerling, music by multi-platinum singer-songwriter KT ...

A rare-book dealer traces the books that Austen admired. Many were by women writers who were the literary stars of their day.

The first line, the first word, the first sentence, it dictates everything. It directs the flow of things. You can never rise ...

An American rare-book dealer, Rebecca Romney, has managed it, by searching where Austen’s secrets lie hidden in plain sight: ...

Works of imaginative literature are not manuals for life, though they might along the way gift us with some wisdom; they are ...

The Los Angeles Times today revealed the lineup for the 30th annual Festival of Books, taking place April 26-27 at the ...

The L.A. Times Festival of Books lineup is here. Celebrating its 30th anniversary, this year's festival will feature Chelsea ...

The Fault in Our Stars, The Hunger Games, and The Outsiders are some of the most influential teen storylines adapted from ...

Louise, who has a long-standing relationship with Austen and her admirers, will share her personal reflections.

This is the territory of great writers like Marcel Proust, Nikolai Gogol, Stendhal, Jane Austen and others. These are writers ...