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Read these snippets from letters Austen wrote to her family and friends about music: www.janeaustensummer.org/post/what-ja...

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December 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM

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Read about our Kickstarter campaign to add music to Jane Austen's Desk, our award-winning digital humanities platform: www.janeaustensummer.org/post/bring-j...

December 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM

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This #givingtuesday, we need your help. With NEH funding no longer available, we're launching a Kickstarter campaign to add a vital new dimension to the site: music.

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December 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM

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This #CyberMonday is a chance to preserve cultural heritage and enhance education. Your contribution helps bring the sounds of Jane Austen's world to life for Austen lovers everywhere: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jan...

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December 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM

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Music was key to Jane Austen’s creative process. Help us build interactive tools to make Austen's music come alive for all Janeites.

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November 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM

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Thank you for supporting our organization! Whether you've attended JASP, watched a Jane Austen & Co. event, made a donation, or read a blog post, your support is always appreciated.

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November 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM

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November 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM

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"She knew that when she played she was giving pleasure only to herself; but this was no new sensation: excepting one short period of her life, she had never, since the age of fourteen, never since the loss of her dear mother, known the happiness of being listened to..." -Persuasion, Chapter 6

November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM

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Check out Katy's blog post celebrating the 20th anniversary of Pride and Prejudice (2005): www.janeaustensummer.org/post/celebra...

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November 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM

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Happy 20th anniversary to Pride and Prejudice! Directed by Joe Wright in his directorial debut, Pride and Prejudice was widely released in the USA on this day in 2005.

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November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM

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Revisiting JASP 2018: 200 Years of 'Horror': Northanger Abbey and Frankenstein

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November 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM

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Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is now on Netflix. To celebrate, we’re revisiting content from our 2018 symposium “200 Years of ‘Horror’: Northanger Abbey and Frankenstein”.

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November 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM

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Learn more about Jane Austen, her works, and the world in which she inhabited by developing a personal curriculum: www.janeaustensummer.org/post/fall-cu...

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November 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM

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Catherine, for a few moments, was motionless with horror. It was done completely; not a remnant of light in the dark wick could give hope to the rekindling breath. Darkness impenetrable and immovable filled the room. -Northanger Abbey

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October 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM

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“Yes, pretty well; but they are all horrid, are you sure they are all horrid?” - Northanger Abbey, Chapter VI

Happy Halloween!

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October 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM

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Jane Austen's Desk provides users with a window into Austen's world and a space for scholars, fans, and general readers around the world to explore and learn.

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October 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM

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John Woodvine (21 July 1929- 6 October 2025) played Admiral Croft in the 1995 film adaptation of Persuasion.

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October 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM

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Happy birthday to Kate Winslet who played the romantic and passionate Marianne Dashwood in the 1995 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility!

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October 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM

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Margaret: Have you really been to the East Indies, Colonel?
Colonel Brandon: I have.
Margaret: What is it like?
Colonel Brandon: The air is full of spices.

Happy National Pumpkin Spice Day!

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October 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM

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Happy October! 🎃

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October 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM

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"...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." - Letter from Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra, 11 June 1799

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