When the remains of that long-necked lizard, the Brontosaurus, were initially discovered in 1879, it was believed to be of…
Notre Dame Professor of Literature Margaret Doody explores the importance of names and locations in some of Jane Austen's major…
Everything you ever wanted to know about Jane Austen and probably didn't even know enough to ask. An extensive, perhaps…
1. Although Jane Austen (1775-1817) never married, she did become engaged once, for only one night. She accepted a proposal…
The word “classic” refers to a work of established value, something that is impervious to the passage of time. This…
In Jane Austen’s 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice, the dashing hero, Fitzwilliam Darcy, lives comfortably in Pemberley, “a large, handsome,…
Jane Austen is a novelist to whom readers frequently turn when the going gets tough. Recently, Rachel Cohen’s Austen Years:…
Over 200 years since her death, British novelist Jane Austen (1775-1817) has never lost her mass appeal. Her standing as…
Jane Austen is the most moral of writers, but what is her morality? What values does she espouse and promote?…
In her last completed novel, Persuasion, British author Jane Austen (1775–1817) wrote: “We none of us expect to be in…