2025 The Year of Austen

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Jane Austen was born on 16 Dec 1775. 2025 marks the 250th anniversary of her birth. Join me in celebrating by reading and watching media connected to her.

Follow this schedule:

  • Jane Austen: Behind Closed Doors
  • Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley
  • Becoming Jane (2007)
  • Sense and Sensibility
  • Sense and Sensibility (1995)
  • Sense and Sensibility (2008)
  • Pride and Prejudice
  • Pride and Prejudice (1940)
  • Pride and Prejudice (1995)
  • Mansfield Park
  • Mansfield Park (1999)
  • Mansfield Park (2007)
  • Emma
  • Emma (1996)
  • Emma (2009)
  • Emma (2020)
  • Northanger Abbey
  • Northanger Abbey (2007)
  • Persuasion
  • Persuasion (1995)
  • Persuasion (2007)
  • Modern Persuasion (2020)
  • Persuasion (2022)
  • Miss Austen Regrets (2007)
  • Miss Austen by Gill Hornby
  • Miss Austen (2025-)

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