Today we are witness to the spectacle of the young woman who happily limited her scope to 'three or four families in a country village' being marketed as a global brand. Show more

Jane Austen was an ambitious and spirited young woman who was part of a lively, bookish family and keenly attuned to the literary world of her time. Show more

Public interest in Austen flared up with her nephew's publication of the first biography in 1870, and gained a momentum that was now unstoppable. Show more

For the soldiers of the First World War, Jane came to represent an Englishness that was far removed from the terrible realities of life in the trenches. Show more

The last years of Jane Austen's life were a period of concentrated writing and business with publishers. Show more