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Jane Austen, forever. Plus: trans inclusion in sports

Life and Art from FT Weekend

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Jane Austen - A Feminist Icon

Jane Austen is sometimes known as Lady Shakespeare. She wrote six novels, all of which are based around strong women characters. The three best-known ones are Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility. Her adaptations have been a genre of their own: bollywood takes like Bride andprejudice; zombie take called Pride and prejudice and Zombies.

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