The first blog post I ever wrote about Jane Austen appeared here on February 4, 2013 , nearly thirteen years ago. Today’s post is my 1,354 th —and my last.   I’m not wrapping up the blog because Jane Austen no longer makes waves. On the contrary: This next year is already shaping up to deliver the usual onslaught of Austen-related news: * Three new Austen-themed adaptations will hit screens large and small: The BBC’s ten-part series The Other Bennet Sister , based on a Pride

It’s here at last: The final month of this Austen 250 year—which just happens to be the very month in which we will commemorate Jane Austen’s 250 th  birthday. As we march inexorably towards the great day of December 16, the pace of celebratory events is hardly slackening—quite the contrary, in fact.   Case in point: Over the next two weeks, at least eleven libraries (public, academic, or research-focused) in England and the US have Austen 250 events planned—tea parties, movi

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