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Jane Austen

1775 – 1817 · aged 41 · Novelist

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”

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Jane Austen published Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma and Mansfield Park anonymously in her lifetime and died at 41. Her six novels have never been out of print.

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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”

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Portrait of Jane Austen in watercolor and pencil
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Fran Lebowitz: Reflections on Austen
3 Sept 2026

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Jane Austen documentary
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Emma Thompson Asks Kelly Clarkson HILARIOUS Question About Jane Austen
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Tour Of The Jane Austen House With Lucy Worsley
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Sunil Mehta
6 Jul 2026

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Thank you, Jane. For the joy, the honesty, and for showing up when it mattered.

Freja Larsen5 Aug 2026

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Rolf Frank
11 Jun 2026

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I never met Jane, but I feel like I grew up with them. Thank you for being part of my life.

Kirsty Hart15 Jun 2026

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This made me cry. Thank you.

Caitlin Perkins26 Jun 2026

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I feel exactly the same way.

Michelle Ng
16 May 2026

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My dad introduced me to Jane's work when I was a kid. We talked about it for hours. Today I'm thinking of both of them.

Ella Whitaker5 Jun 2026

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Yes. This.

Roger Hale
13 May 2026

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Gratitude

The world is a little quieter today.

Priya Naidu27 May 2026

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Sending love from the States.

Molly Coleman16 Jul 2026

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I feel exactly the same way.

Karen Hale
20 Apr 2026

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Not many people can say they made millions of strangers feel less alone. Jane could.

Antwan Booker
29 Oct 2025

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Read a chapter aloud to my daughter tonight. She loved it. Jane lives on.

Silke Weber
22 Jul 2025

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To the family: you shared Jane with all of us for so long. Thank you. We're holding you in our thoughts.

Ryan Mendoza
25 May 2025

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I met Jane once, very briefly, and they were kind to a nervous stranger. That's what I'll remember.

Brandon Myers9 Jun 2025

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This made me cry. Thank you.

Ursula Keller8 Aug 2025

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Couldn't agree more.

Kirsty Hart
25 May 2025

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A life fully lived. Thank you, Jane.

Karen Hale
21 May 2025

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Jane Austen will be remembered long after the rest of us are forgotten. That's what greatness looks like.

Isha Naidu12 Oct 2025

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Simran Sen17 Apr 2026

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207 people are remembering Jane here. Every candle here is someone saying they were glad Jane lived. No account needed; it takes a moment and it stays here.

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Christopher Dunn🇺🇸30 Aug 2026
Daniela Rossi🇺🇸27 Aug 2026
Lighting this with love.
Denise Duncan🇺🇸21 Aug 2026
Thinking of the family today.
Erin Nichols🇺🇸21 Aug 2026
With love from England.
Tammy Jordan🇺🇸20 Aug 2026
With love from Canada.
Araceli Santiago🇺🇸11 Aug 2026
Rest now.
Ezra Marcus🇺🇸7 Aug 2026
Lighting this with love.
Ochieng Ochieng🇺🇸28 Jul 2026
Diane Cox🇺🇸20 Jul 2026
Rest easy.
Kayla Sutton🇬🇧11 Jul 2026
Your work lives on.
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Timeline

  1. 16 December 1775
    Born in Steventon, Hampshire, England
  2. 18 July 1817
    Died in Winchester, Hampshire, England
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