How Jane Austen’s landscapes mapped women’s lives

Bath’s crowded rooms and choreographed promenades stand in stark contrast to the restorative rural landscapes Anne loves.

Introducing Jane Austen’s Paper Trail – a new podcast from The Conversation

Jane Austen’s Paper Trail is hosted by Anna Walker with reporting from Jane Wright and Naomi Joseph. Senior producer and ...
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Jane Austen fans mark 250 years since the writer's birth with a wave of parties

In her lifetime, Jane Austen was relatively unknown. The title page of Sense and Sensibility, her first published novel, said simply it was "By a Lady", and her other books also kept her name a secret ...
The Harvard Crimson

‘Behind the Screen: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’: Celebrating Austen’s 250th Birthday through Another Lens

In celebration of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday this year, the West Newton Cinema hosted “Behind the Screen: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life." ...
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A Beginner's Guide to Jane Austen

I read several Jane Austen novels in college and got interested in reading her catalog in my free time. So I wanted to share some of what I've learned about Jane Austen's works. Pride and Prejudice ...
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Rare book dealer Rebecca Romney dedicates a book to the women Jane Austen read

A chance encounter with Frances Burney's 1778 novel, Evelina, sent rare book dealer Rebecca Romney on a yearslong quest to find the women writers who influenced Jane Austen's work. One of Romney's ...

Pride but no prejudice: U.K. celebrates Jane Austen's 250th anniversary

"People today can read these novels and say, ‘This woman is speaking to me,'" Lizzie Dunford, the director of Jane Austen’s ...