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Jane Austen breaks her silence in celebrity interview!
A thread in celebration of #JaneAusten250

Questions posed by The Age: answers from Jane Austen (as told to Claire Harman), illustration by Chris Riddell, from cover of the audiobook, Jane's Fame.

27 October 2025 - To celebrate Jane Austen's 250th anniversary, Jane's Fame, the landmark study of Austen's authorship and reputation history, is now available as an audiobook, read by the author. Available on Spotify, Apple Books, BookBeat, Kobo, Everand & more.

'Thought followed thought - star followed star
Through boundless regions on,
While one sweet influence, near and far,
Thrilled through and proved us one'

Happy Birthday, Emily Brontë, genius poet, born 30 July 1818

'We think she's a moralist, but surely she's far too worldly for that. The degree to which she might be misunderstood is already calculated by the author, and allowed for.' The Real Jane Austen, from 2011:
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/notting-hill...

'I, so wary of traps,
So skilful to outwit
Springes and pitfalls set
Am caught now, perhaps'
Sylvia Townsend Warner asleep with Thomas the cat, caught by her lover Valentine Ackland. From 'The True Voice of the Heart', now online at
journals.uclpress.co.uk/stw/article/...