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Clueless review – Alicia Silverstone and Brittany Murphy are class acts in 90s Jane Austen parallel

Amy Heckerling’s high school romcoming-of-age classic, composed entirely of quotable funny lines, remains a sophisticated pleasure 30 years on

Thirty years ago, the world was swooning over Colin Firth…

32 days ago

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life review – witty, well-played French comedy in a Bridget Jones vein

Camille Rutherford is endearing as a writer who wins a place on a Jane Austen retreat, but will she discover love or something more realistic?

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen h…

44 days ago

As a Muslim girl in Bradford, I saw my story in Jane Austen’s novels. Now I’ve directed a TV series about her | Ali Naushahi

I soaked up her sharp insights into class, gender and power. Reading more about her life, the parallels between us became clear

I grew up as the daughter of an imam in a conservative British-Pakistani…

3 months ago

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Jane Austen’s Bookshelf by Rebecca Romney review – the women behind the woman

An erudite exploration of the female writers who influenced the celebrated 19th-century author brings to light neglected or forgotten but often captivating literature

It would be easy to mistake Rebec…

Jane’s world: fans and admirers pick their favourite Austen characters

Helen Fielding, David Baddiel, Nicola Sturgeon and other cultural figures celebrate the great writer’s 250th birthday

Some will mark the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth quietly, by reading th…

5 months ago

Meet-cute at Mansfield Park: can modern covers turn young readers on to Jane Austen?

New editions of her novels are aimed squarely at the BookTok demographic – but will this make these classics appeal to fans of “spicy” romance?

What will get young people reading classic literature? B…

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