Jane Austen: The Life of a Literary Titan

There’s something about Jane… Jane Austen lived only just into her forties, never married, never had children, lived all her life in the south of England and rarely strayed far from the genteel and orthodox social circle into which she was born.

She completed only six novels, and achieved little fame in her lifetime. Yet over 200 years after her death, she remains one of our most revered writers, and one of the most regularly adapted for television and film. Her novels are beloved by reader...