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Jane Austen

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MISS AUSTEN!

December 16th is Jane Austen Day. Celebrate by reading one of her novels, her letters, or watching an adaptation of her works on DVD.

Original Works

Critical Works

Fun With Jane--Modern Retellings, Continuations and Mashups

DVDs

Period Playlist

Web Resources

Jane Austen:Online Resources--a list from Harvard University

Jane Austen Centre in Bath, England

JASNA: Jane Austen Society of North America

Jane Austen's House

YouTube Videos

Tedx talk by Dr. Jo Anne Podis on Jane Austen, posted to You Tube on Nov 18, 2018.

Isuelt Gillespie Ted-Ed short on Jane Austen, posted to YouTube on March 21, 2019.

Absolute History documentary "Jane Austen: The True Story or the Georgian Era's Greatest Novelist," posted to YouTube on January 27, 2023.

Official trailer for Emma (2020) Universal pictures UK, posted to YouTube on Dec 16, 2019.

Absolute History's Time Crashers series, episode "A Day in the Life of a Georgian Servant," posted on YouTube April 27,2021.

Podcasts

Bonnets At Dawn
"Austen vs. Brontë is a literary thunderdome! Listen each week as Lauren and Hannah compare and contrast the lives, work, and fandoms of the Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters."
Manners & Madness: A Jane Austen & David Lynch Podcast
"Two friends, one who loves both Jane Austen and David Lynch, one who is only passingly familiar with both, explore their bodies of work and the adaptations of that work."
Pod and Prejudice
"Molly has never read a Jane Austen novel. Becca grew up loving them. Join us as we take the plunge into the Austen canon, starting with Pride and Prejudice. Listen and read along as Molly experiences these books for the first time and learns why the classics are the classics. Whether you're a die hard Austen fan, or a virgin to Jane (see what we did there?) we've got the podcast for you."
Reclaiming Jane
"If you’ve ever felt like you’re not “allowed” to like Jane Austen – whether because her work is too white, too academic, or too straight – we’ve been there. And this podcast is for you. Each episode, we use a different theme to guide our reading, letting us focus on representations of sexuality, race, and everything in between. We’re going through the Austen canon book by book to give you the historical context of each work, draw connections to pop culture, and discover new ways of interpreting old texts."
The Thing About Austen
"The Thing About Austen is a podcast about Jane Austen's world — the people, objects, and culture that shape Austen's fiction. Come for the historical context and stay for the literary shenanigans. Think of us as your somewhat cheeky tour guides to the life and times of Jane Austen."