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JASP is a four-day symposium exploring Jane Austen through lectures, workshops, small-group discussions and other activities, including a Regency ball.

Email: info@janeaustensummer.org

Website: janeaustensummer.org
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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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Follow Jane Austen's Desk on Instagram: @janeaustensdesk

Learn more about the Kickstarter campaign here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jan...

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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

Blog post: www.janeaustensummer.org/post/making-...

More info: www.janeaustensummer.org/jasp-2018

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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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Follow Jane Austen's Desk on Instagram!

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.

Instagram handle: @janeaustensdesk

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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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September 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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#Onthisday in 1995 Sony Pictures Classics released BBC Screen Two's adaptation of Persuasion in American theaters.

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September 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Happy 30th anniversary to the 1995 BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice!

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September 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Happy Autumn!

Our Austen 250 Reader series continues with Austen's autumnal novel Persuasion: tinyurl.com/bdhess84

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September 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Read our interview with Dr Helen Eastman, Creation Theatre's CEO and Artistic Director: tinyurl.com/ysep9efb

🎫 Tickets & Info: creationtheatre.co.uk/show/lady-su...

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September 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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#OTD in 1709 Samuel Johnson was born. Henry Austen and James Edward Austen-Leigh asserted that Johnson was Austen’s “favourite author in prose”. In her letters she referred to him as ‘my dear Mr Johnson’.

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September 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Congratulations to the two winners of our Lady Susan competition, Lori Mulligan Davis and Matthew Chilvers!
September 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Our Austen 250 Reader series continues with Persuasion! Read Delicia's introductory post here: www.janeaustensummer.org/post/austen-...

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September 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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September 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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September 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM