Three people talking at a party Caption: "Lately, I've been reading Jane Austen - just to clear my palate."

Lee Lorenz
New Yorker
March 11, 1991

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Caricature of Jane

"It’s not only scientists who stand on the shoulders of giants. Novelists have been the lucky beneficiaries of the sustained development since Jane Austen & Gustave Flaubert of free indirect style."
- Ian McEwan

✏️ Jane Austen by David Levine

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Thompson smiles, holding her Oscar

My favourite Academy Awards line of all comes from Emma Thompson, when she won for her Sense & Sensibility screenplay.

"Before I came I went to visit Jane Austen's grave in Winchester Cathedral to pay my respects, you know, & to tell her about the grosses."

📷 Ron Galella, 1993

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Cartoon of a woman reading a book, surrounded by shelves & stacks of books

"Queneau rather than Breton, & the American objectivists rather than the Beat Generation, but also Jane Austen rather than Balzac, Gertrude Stein rather than Joyce...."
- Jacques Roubaud

🖼️ Tom Gauld, New Yorker cover, October 20, 2014

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Harriet Smith & Emma Woodhouse have a cup of coffee in a scene from the 2020 film of Emma

Coffee break! ☕️

"It is rather impertinent to suggest any household care to a housekeeper, but I just venture to say that the coffee-mill will be wanted every day while Edward is at Steventon, as he always drinks coffee for breakfast."
- Jane Austen to Cassandra, June 11, 1799

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Possibly Jane Austen
by Unknown artist
hollow-cut silhouette, circa 1810-1815
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"Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. The pen has been in their hands.”
- Anne Elliott, in my favourite Austen novel, Persuasion

Cartoon of Jane Austen writing with a feather quill. In a thought bubble, Darcy says, "Talk about how big my muscles are."

Remembering Jane Austen on her birthday 🎂
A wonderful portrait of "Poor Jane Austen" by Kate Beaton

"Which of all my important nothings shall I tell you first?"
- JA

Today is the 250th anniversary of her birth #Jane250

The library's series around Jane Austen will continue through December.

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#OrlandoShine #OrlandoSkye #Books #Jane250

From pulpits to protest, the surprising history of the phrase ‘pride and prejudice’ The phrase appeared on thousands of pages unrelated to Jane Austen before and during her life – and was a favorite phrase of the abolitionists.

Intrigued? Read more about Margie Burns's research here in her piece at @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/...

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2 books are positioned on a wooden bench outside of SUB Göttingen, with the dusky sky and an illuminated building in the background. The books are: Margie Burns, "Jane Austen, Abolitionist" & Gabrielle D V White "Jane Austen in the Context of Abolition"

As 2025 is also the big #JaneAustenYear, here are 2 books on #JaneAusten & #Abolition of #Slavery
Margie Burns on "Jane Austen, Abolitionist" & the Abolitionist meaning of the phrase #Pride&Prejudice
& Gabrielle D V White "Jane Austen in the Context of Abolition"

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#NewEngland based Austen fans! Join me tomorrow (January 25th) to kickoff #Jane250 with a performance of my one-woman #play #JaneAusten - Who Dares to be an Authoress at #NorfolkPublicLibrary in Norfolk, MA. Travel back with me to 1815.
Register here:
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How splendid to be able to spend a quiet morning at #JaneAustensHouse today before all of the big events for the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth kick-in later this year.
It was an exquisite clear and frosty winter day.

#janeausten #jane250 #chawtoncottage #austen250

Hello, Hampshire!
Spending the last few days of our trip in #JaneAustenCountry — After all, it is the first month of #Jane250 (the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth).

#janeausten #janeite #hampshire #englishcountryside #roomwithaview #womenwriters #englishcountrystyle #literarytravel