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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Happy Birthday to Charity Wakefield who portrayed Marianne Dashwood in 2008's Sense and Sensibility! #janeausten #janeaustensummerprogram #senseandsensibility #senseandsensibility2008

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"She played a great deal better than either of the Miss Musgroves; but having no voice, no knowledge of the harp, and no fond parents to sit by and fancy themselves delighted, her performance was little thought of..."- from Jane Austen's Persuasion #janeausten #nationalpianomonth

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Happy Birthday to Colin Firth who portrayed Mr. Darcy in 1995's Pride and Prejudice! #janeausten #prideandprejudice #prideandprejudice1995

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Celebrate Classical Music Month and National Piano Month by exploring Jane Austen's Desk music feature! Music was central to Jane Austen's creative life and daily routine. Her novels also feature accomplished musicians such as Jane Fairfax and Marianne Dashwood. #janeausten #music

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Happy Birthday to Julia Sawalha who portrayed Lydia Bennet in the 1995 BBC television miniseries adaptation of Pride and Prejudice! #janeausten #prideandprejudice1995

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Happy Birthday to Hugh Grant who portrayed Edward Ferrars in the 1995 film adaptation of Sense and Sensibility! Grant also portrayed Daniel Cleaver in Bridget Jones's Diary, a loose adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. #janeausten #senseandsensibility1995

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

"Pugs in Art" was first presented JASP 2016, "Mansfield Park and Its Afterlives." Rae Yan explores the symbolic meanings and historical popularity of the pug, the constant companion of Lady Maria Bertram throughout Mansfield Park: www.austenforteachers.org/post/pugs-in... #janeausten

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Pugs in Art

Rae Yan explores the symbolic meanings and historical popularity of the pug, the constant companion of Lady Maria Bertram.

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Happy 80th Birthday to Alison Steadman who portrayed Mrs. Bennet in the 1995 BBC television adaptation of Pride and Prejudice! #janeausten #janeaustensummerprogram #prideandprejudice #prideandprejudice1995 #mrsbennet #janeaustenfans

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Happy Birthday to Joe Wright who directed the 2005 film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice! #janeausten #janeaustensummerprogram #prideandprejudice #prideandprejudice2005

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Happy 60th Birthday to Julia Davis who portrayed Elizabeth Elliot in the 2007 ITV television adaptation of Persuasion! #janeausten #janeaustensummerprogram #Persuasion2007

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Jane Austen & Co. @janeaustenandco.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who attended our talk 'Jane Austen's Vulnerable Young Men' with Celia Easton. If you missed it, you can watch the event on our website or YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pfl... #janeausten #publichumanities

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Jane Austen’s Vulnerable Young Men - Celia Easton

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Happy Birthday to Tom Hollander who portrayed Mr. Collins in the 2005 film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice! #janeausten #prideandprejudice #prideandprejudice2005

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Jane Austen & Co. @janeaustenandco.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Today is the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. Our Race and the Regency series explores slavery and abolition. Watch here: www.janeaustenandco.org/race-and-the... #slavery #abolition #long18thc

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Race and the Regency | Jane Austen & Co

Watch free lectures with historical and literary scholars and authors. Talks include "The Black Woman in Nineteenth Century Studies," "Lord Mansfield and the Slave Ship Zong," and "Abolition, Wedgwood...

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Happy Birthday to Lucy Briers who portrayed Mary Bennet in the 1995 BBC television adaptation of Pride and Prejudice! Lucy also portrayed the Longbourn housekeeper Mrs. Hill in the 2026 television adaptation of Janice Hadlow's The Other Bennet Sister. #janeausten #prideandprejudice1995

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Phyllida Law (b. 1932- August 18, 2026) portrayed Mrs. Bates in the 1996 film adaptation of Emma, performing alongside her real-life daughter Sophie Thompson (Miss Bates). She also portrayed Mrs. Austen in the 2007 biographical drama Miss Austen Regrets. #janeausten #janeaustensummerprogram

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Happy Birthday to Embeth Davidtz who portrayed Mary Crawford in the 1999 film adaptation of Mansfield Park! #janeausten #janeaustensummerprogram #mansfieldpark #janeaustenfans

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

"Do Not Imagine that I Often Read Novels': Or, Dangerous Fiction and the Regency Reader" was first presented at JASP 2018. Rachael Isom introduces popular understandings and criticisms of the novel in Austen's time. Watch here: www.austenforteachers.org/post/do-not-... #janeausten

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"Do Not Imagine that I Often Read Novels": Or, Dangerous Fiction and the Regency Reader

Rachael Isom introduces popular understandings and criticisms of the novel in Austen's time.

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Jane Austen & Co. @janeaustenandco.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Happy National Book Lovers Day! To celebrate, watch Susan Allen Ford's talk 'Reading With Jane Austen'. Susan discusses the books that Jane Austen read and loved, as well as reading practices in the Regency period. #janeausten #nationalbookloversday #regencyera Watch here: tinyurl.com/3en96s86

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Jane Austen & Co.: "Reading With Jane Austen," featuring Susan Allen Ford

Susan Allen Ford (Delta State University) discusses the books that Jane Austen read and loved, as well as reading practices in the Regency period.

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Jane Austen & Co. @janeaustenandco.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Join us online next week Thursday, August 13 at 7pm ET for the next talk in our 'Unsung Characters' series. Celia Easton will give her talk "Jane Austen's Vulnerable Young Men" in which she takes a look at Austen’s creation of “vulnerable” male characters.

Jane Austen & Co. Presents a Free, Virtual Discussion with Audience Q&A. Jane Austen's Vulnerable Young Men with Celia Easton. Thursday, August 13 at 7:00PM ET. Learn more and register at www.janeaustenandco.org

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Happy Birthday to Romola Garai who portrayed Emma Woodhouse in the 2009 BBC adaptation of Emma! #janeausten #janeaustensummerprogram #janeaustenfans #emmawoodhouse #janeites #emma2009

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Happy Birthday to Mark Strong who portrayed Mr. Knightley in the 1996 TV film adaptation of Emma! #janeausten #janeaustensummerprogram #janeaustenfans #MrKnightley

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

"'Sisters, Sisters': Historical Context for Sororal Relationships in Pride and Prejudice" explores a multitude of sisterly relationships in Austen's life to shed light upon Austen's depiction of the Bennet sisters: www.austenforteachers.org/post/sisters... #janeausten #prideandprejudice

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Sisters, Sisters": Historical Context for Sororal Relationships in "Pride and Prejudice"

Emily Sferra explores sisterly relationships in Austen's life to shed light upon Austen's depiction of the Bennet sisters.

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

"...Jane was too young to make her going to school at all necessary, but it was her own doing; she would go with Cassandra; 'if Cassandra's head had been going to be cut off Jane would have her's cut off too'."- from Recollections Of Aunt Jane (1864) by Anna Lefroy #janeausten #nationalsistersday

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Happy Birthday to Emilia Fox who portrayed Georgiana Darcy in 1995's Pride and Prejudice! #janeausten #prideandprejudice #prideandprejudice1995

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Jane Austen & Co. @janeaustenandco.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Our 'Unsung Characters' series continues this fall! We all know the major players in Austen’s six published novels, but Austen’s secondary characters are also richly portrayed throughout her published and unpublished works. For more info visit: www.janeaustenandco.org/unsung-chara... #janeausten

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Happy Birthday to Olivia Williams who portrayed Jane Fairfax in the 1996 TV film adaptation of Emma and Jane Austen in the 2007 biographical drama Miss Austen Regrets! #janeausten #janeaustensummerprogram #janeities #janeaustenfans

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Happy Birthday to Kate Beckinsale who portrayed Emma Woodhouse in the 1996 TV film adaptation of Emma and Lady Susan in the 2016 film Love & Friendship! #janeausten #janeaustensummerprogram #janeites #janeaustenfans

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#OnThisDay in 1817 Jane Austen was buried in the north aisle of the nave inside Winchester Cathedral. #janeausten #janeaustensummerprogram #winchestercathedral #janeites

Jane Austen's grave in the north aisle of the nave inside Winchester Cathedral.

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

"She then proceeded to a Pastry-cooks where she devoured six ices, refused to pay for them, knocked down the Pastry Cook and walked away."- from Jane Austen's juvenilia work, The Beautifull [sic] Cassandra Happy National Ice Cream Day! #janeausten #nationalicecreamday

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

On this day in 1817 Jane Austen died at the age of 41. She spent her final weeks at No. 8 College Street in Winchester, Hampshire and was buried in Winchester Cathedral. #janeausten #janeaustensummerprogram

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

"Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience- or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope." - from Sense and Sensibility (Volume I, Chapter 19) Happy International Day of Hope! #janeausten #janeaustensummerprogram #janeaustenfans #senseandsensibility #internationaldayofhope

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Happy 60th Birthday to Tamsin Greig who portrayed Miss Bates in the 2009 BBC adaptation of Emma! #janeausten #janeaustensummerprogram #janeaustenfans

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

‘What dreadful Hot weather we have!- It keeps one in a continual state of Inelegance.’- Letter from Jane Austen to Cassandra, 18 September 1796 #janeausten #janeaustensummerprogram #janeaustenfans #heatwave

A man in a wet, white shirt stands in a green field, looking towards the horizon.

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Jane Austen Summer Program @janeaustensummer.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

"We none of us expect to be in smooth water all our days."- Persuasion, Chapter 8 Happy Birthday to Fiona Shaw who portrayed Mrs. Croft in 1995's Persuasion! #janeausten #janeaustensummerprogram #janeaustenfans

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