Though Jane Austen fans could spend forever debating their favorite novel (mine is the classic Pride and Prejudice, though Persuasion gives it a run for its money), you don’t often hear Janeites pick ...

The meek heroine of Jane Austen’s third novel reveals little of herself. It was in those absences that Jonathan Dove found inspiration for his chamber opera When I first read Mansfield Park, I heard ...

LONDON -- The first in ITV's high-profile new season of Jane Austen adaptations, "Mansfield Park," is a disappointingly muted affair in which the 18th century tale of poor Fanny Price and her life ...

Let's start off this review by stating for the record that I'm not a Jane Austen purist. I thoroughly enjoy creative film interpretations (Clueless, Metropolitan, Bridget Jones' Diary, Jane Austen ...

A majestic landscape portrait of the lush English countryside complimented by a burning romance and an inheritance plight, British costume dramas are perhaps one of the most textbook genres. Patricia ...