At the start of what would turn out to be one of Renée Zellweger’s best movies, we’re introduced to Bridget Jones as she’s ...

In a discussion hosted by 'New Yorker' writer Alexandra Schwartz at New York’s 92nd Street Y on March 27, authors Jennifer Egan, Kevin Kwan, Helen Fielding, and Vivian Gornick spoke about Austen’s ...

But the casting of Dolly Alderton’s upcoming Pride And Prejudice series which sees Olivia Colman play Mrs Bennet ( fans see this as “perfect”) and Emma Corrin as Elizabeth Bennet, has irked some ...

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It looks like the literary sensation might be returning to our screens in the near future, based on what writer Helen Fielding is cooking up. There’s likely not a single one of us that has gone ...

Helen Fielding, Jennifer Egan, Kevin Kwan and Vivian Gornick spoke in conversation with New Yorker writer Alexandra Schwartz at the Celebration of Jane Austen at the 92nd Street Y on March 27 The ...

From left:Alexandra Schwartz, Jennifer Egan, Kevin Kwan, Helen Fielding, and Vivian Gornick at 'A Celebration of Jane Austen' ...

Perhaps most directly influenced by the novelist was Fielding, whose novel Bridget Jones’s Diary is a retelling of Austen’s seminal 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice. Related: On the 200th ...