The classic Regency novel is currently being turned into a six-part series for Netflix with a star-studded cast. Here's ...

Jane Austen’s Regency-era novels may seem worlds apart from present-day Bangladesh, but her insights into class, gender, and the marriage market remain startlingly relevant in a Bangladeshi society ...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a novel written by Jane Austen must be in want of an adaptation. Or several. Two hundred and fifty years after Austen was born, and with Ang Lee’s Sense and ...

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Summer reading is in full swing with MPL's education and outreach services program, so many of the books checked out in July ...