The famed English novelist is the Duchess's distant cousin, according to Ancestry.com
Remember when your high school summer reading list included "Atticus," "Fiesta," and "The Last Man in Europe?" You will once you see what these books were renamed before they hit bookshelves.
At a time when newspaper sports departments are disappearing as fast as Baltimore Oriole fans, I'm delighted to have The Wall Street Journal aboard as a new member of what has long been characterized as the toy department. Yes, America's sober-sided business gazette has started a ballyhooed section in the New York market that features local news, culture and . . . sports.
In the past year, Seth Grahame-Smith has gone from writing on nights and weekends, hoping his books break even, to becoming a best-selling author with two movies in the works.
Contrary to what your mama might have told you, "just be yourself" is not always the best advice. Almost all of us have something we're insecure about, and while years of pricey therapy might eventually banish self-doubt, I've found that the best way to get over it in the short-term is to refuse to acknowledge it exists in the first place.
When it comes to movies, it may be that sex doesn't sell.
If all of the film adaptations of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" have left your brain numb, this one may really kill you ... in a good way.
It is a truth universally acknowledged -- or nearly so -- that Jane Austen, the author of "Pride and Prejudice," died of a rare illness called Addison's disease, which robs the body of the ability to make critical hormones.
A new movie explores one of the greatest mysteries in all of literary biography: why the world's greatest chronicler of romance never married. Could she have known a happiness she never wrote about?
What do a chocolate Labrador, a hotel slipper and extreme sleep deprivation have in common?
Time.com: An Unbecoming Janeupdated: Fri Aug 03 2007 12:00:00
The new Jane Austen movie should have focused more on the author's writing and less on her flirting
It's easy to forget that with Britney, Lindsay and Paris, there are young, wholesome actresses in showbiz
As a teenager growing up in India, director Mira Nair spent her days and nights voraciously reading her favorite novel, "Vanity Fair."
IN PRAISE OF COMMERCIAL CULTURE By Tyler Cowen Harvard, 278 pages
Forgot to plan ahead for Valentine's Day? Well, don't worry--the Internet may just bail you out yet. But remember, Feb. 14 falls on a Sunday this year, making last-minute deliveries trickier.
IF YOU CAN understand this article, odds are you read at the level of a college freshman or better. In the U.S., which has produced more high school dropouts than college grads, that aptitude pushe...
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