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250 (& More) Reasons We Love Jane Austen

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Born on December 16, 1775, Jane Austen turns 250 this year. Help us celebrate! 

Everyone has their own reason for adoring Jane Austen, and we would all love to hear yours. Whether it's as simple as "Mrs. Bennet's nerves," a favorite witty line, or a heartfelt toast, we're gathering a joyful collection of 250—and more!—reasons you, her readers and fans, appreciate her. Join us in celebrating the incomparable Jane!

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  • Stephanie Ortinez Dec 16, 2025, 11:12 AM (17 days ago)

    Jane Austen has got class and sass. Her wit, her stateliness, her drama and depth just suck me into her created worlds, and I will forever love her.

  • Sheila Gross Dec 16, 2025, 9:53 AM (17 days ago)

    I love Jane Austen because she continues to bring people together through reading and discussing her works. I love Jane Austen because I get to introduce her works and world to my students. I love Jane Austen because her novels were formative for my young feminist sensibilities. And I love Jane Austen because of the path she forged as a woman novelist!

  • Sharon Sheffield Dec 16, 2025, 8:00 AM (17 days ago)

    I love Jane Austen because every time I go back to one of her (sadly too few!) books, I find something new. And because all the people in her books are people. You may not like them, but you believe in them.

  • Rebecca Hastings Dec 16, 2025, 5:10 AM (17 days ago)

    I love Jane Austen because she was brilliant, talented, funny and snarky but never rubbed any of that in anyone’s face. She lived in her time but was not OF her time. She and her characters are timeless examples of how to live (and how not to behave, in many cases). And she’s created so many opportunities to have fun with fellow Janeites.

  • Nan Salomon Dec 8, 2025, 1:44 PM (25 days ago)

    I love Jane Austen because her writings have spawned a plethora of Fan Fiction that continuously entertains.

  • Souvik Ghoshal Dec 2, 2025, 7:22 PM (31 days ago)

    I like Jane Austen for her mastery of character creation; for the brilliant presence of wit, humour, and satire in her dialogues and descriptions; for her detailed and precise rendering of life’s small, everyday moments. Above all, I admire that unique way of seeing and showing life which turns the particular into the universal, the ordinary into the extraordinary, and the fleeting into the eternal.

  • Breanna Ashley Dec 2, 2025, 3:28 PM (31 days ago)

    I love Jane Austen for her contributions to women's rights through her portrayal of women's agency and the challenges and inequities they faced in her time.

  • Frankie Baer Dec 2, 2025, 1:54 PM (31 days ago)

    I love Jane Austen for her observations and for her wisdom—her deep and timeless understanding of the human condition. Austen’s innermost knowing never fails to stay close by as the years and seasons pass. She can, and she does, navigate us through even the roughest of waters each time we seek the beloved outcomes of her heroes and heroines, again and again.

  • Camille Ehrenberg Nov 30, 2025, 1:45 PM (33 days ago)

    I love Jane Austen’s celebration of intellect, decency, and kindness.

  • Dawn Treude Nov 30, 2025, 11:45 AM (33 days ago)

    The first time I visited the British Library gallery in 2015 I burst into tears when I saw Jane's writing desk. To be that close to her filled me with such joy, I had to release it. Her characters are dear friends that I return to again and again. She wrote of women who had flaws, fears and a ferocity that resonates more with each passing year. To be a fan of Jane Austen is to be in good company indeed!

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