Val McDermid's reworking of Jane Austen's youthful gothic parody inspires in Robert McCrum a weary "so what?"
Can Jane Austen work in the age of the mobile phone? And must Holly Golightly always look like Audrey Hepburn? William Boyd, Val McDermid and other modernisers explain how to update a classic
To mark a new edition of Pride and Prejudice from the Folio Society, two authors who have adapted Jane Austen's novels discuss her relevance today
Philippa Perry: Can you be too … : Jane Austen understood that the search for meaning in one's life may be more satisfying than the pursuit of happiness
I'm only a tenth of the way through my Guardian/Observer list, and as I revisit old favourites from week to week I find my contemporary verdict refracted through past readings
Literature may only be words, words, words, but readers flock to houses where writers such as Jane Austen and Charles Dickens once lived. Why are we so keen to examine the objects our favourite authors leave behind?