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A tale of too many remakes: why we never need to see a Dickens novel on TV ever again

The BBC is about to screen yet another adaptation of Great Expectations – and enough is enough. It’s time they focused on new stories, rather than constantly making the same show

The Guardian - UK

Katherine Rundell: ‘My party trick is knowing Jane Austen’s Emma off by heart’

The author on Vladimir Nabokov’s footnotes, James Baldwin’s essays and returning to Hilary Mantel’s A Place of Greater Safety

The Guardian - UK

We used DNA from Beethoven's hair to shed light on his poor health – and stumbled upon a family secret

Many astonishingly creative people have lived lives cut tragically short by illness. Johannes Vermeer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jane Austen, Franz Schubert and Emily Brontë are some famous examples.

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Rachel Parris: ‘Standup would have terrified me – the piano was a good comfort blanket’

The comic on hecklers, pre-show rituals, Jane Austen puns and her childhood heroes

The Guardian - UK

Rare early letter from Jane Austen to her sister will go on public display

Author showcases her dry wit in little-seen 1798 letter detailing her hats, household chores and chicken dinners

The Guardian - UK

William and Kate have 'terrible rows' and their marriage is 'not all sweetness' claims royal author

"It’s like a Jane Austen novel."

Marie Claire

Silicon Valley Bank: 19th-century financial crises show how today's regulators could help repair the economy

A bank failure wipes out the money available to its customers and freezes any capital that’s already in circulation. Depositors, borrowers and owners or shareholders all suffer as a result, as does wider economic activity and often the communities or business sectors that the banks serves.

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James Cosmo on Braveheart and breaking bread with Brendan Gleeson

RIGHTLY or wrongly, ask anyone around the world to name a film set in Scotland and the chances are they’ll say Braveheart.

The National (Scotland)

Women's Day Quotes: 35+ powerful quotes by famous authors to celebrate International Women's Day

Every year, March 8th is celebrated as International Women's Day. But do you know why we have a special day dedicated to honour and celebrating women? It was in the early 20th century when women in many countries started protests and marches in order to demand equality in pay and…

The Times of India

Coquette aesthetic is having a moment

Some girls are made of fairytales, shabby chic in poetic outfits, gorgeous Marie Antoinette home decor, pink tea parties and silk ribbons twisted over laces. Listening to Lana-Del-Rey music and reading Jane Austen over the weekend. Every pink princess cherishes this aesthetic in an unapologetically flirty, feminine and fun way.…

The Times of India

The 6 most glaring edits to Roald Dahl’s books by publisher Puffin

Author’s children’s stories have been rewritten to remove language deemed problematic

The Independent UK

The 6 most glaring edits to Roald Dahl’s books by publisher Puffin

Author’s children’s stories have been rewritten to remove language deemed problematic

The Independent UK

Northanger Abbey has attracted a trigger warning for 'toxic relationships' but I love its gentle romance. Bookworm Mr Tilney is my favourite Austen hero

In our Guide to the Classics series, experts explain key works of literature.

The Conversation

Who’s going to be triggered by Northanger Abbey? It’s hardly Game of Thrones

Greenwich University is warning students to prepare themselves for the ‘toxic friendships’ Jane Austen satirises in her novel

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The Independent UK

University ridiculed after telling students Jane Austen is offensive

Students have been alerted to certain themes in ‘Northanger Abbey’

The Guardian - UK

OMG! It’s Jane Austen... the TikTok generation embraces new heroine

Two hundred years on, Austen’s take on the pressures of friendship and love is winning over young readers

The Guardian - AU

Hubris & Humiliation review – this queer take on Jane Austen is startlingly good

Lewis Treston’s witty and polished play blends Regency language and Australian slang to deliver a dizzying amount of jokes and sizzling romantic tension

Wales Online

Jane Austen memes have ‘become a cult of their own’ – study

Pride and Prejudice author composed books that effectively contained memes centuries before the concept existed

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Daily Record

Jane Austen inspired £1.75 million Georgian mansion with tennis court, gym and bar on the market in Ayrshire

The estate also boasts a three-bed cottage and one-bed studio flat.

Evening Standard

Best young adult novels to read for fantasy and mystery-loving romantics

From slow burners to murder mysteries, we’ve got you covered

The New Daily

Housing made rich Australians richer, leaving renters and the young behind – here’s how to fix it

Rising housing costs have dramatically widened the gap between rich and poor. If we want to address inequality, we will have to fix housing.

The Conversation

How housing made rich Australians 50% richer, leaving renters and the young behind – and how to fix it

Compared to the rest of the world, income inequality is not particularly high in Australia, nor is it getting much worse – until you include housing.

The Conversation

Guide to the classics: Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South – class warfare, 'shoppy people' and radical love

The industrial revolution was one of the biggest cataclysms in European history. Between 1790 and 1850, the countryside rapidly depopulated. Huge masses of people flooded into cities for factory work, living cheek-by-jowl in unhygienic slums.

The Guardian - UK

Fay Weldon obituary

Novelist and screenwriter whose tales of women taking control of their own destinies included The Life and Loves of a She-Devil

The Times of India

Jane Austen's first-edition books auctioned for £181,000

Five rare first-edition novels by Jane Austen were recently auctioned for over £181,000 (INR 1.82 Crores) in Gloucestershire, reported the BBC.

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