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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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  • Souvik Ghoshal Dec 2, 2025, 7:22 PM (41 hours 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 (45 hours 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 (47 hours 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 (4 days ago)

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

  • Dawn Treude Nov 30, 2025, 11:45 AM (4 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!

  • Diane Neubauer Nov 28, 2025, 1:48 PM (6 days ago)

    Jane Austen has a deep insight into people, their foibles, their beauties, and their ills. Throughout, she maintains a kindly, tongue-in-cheek delight in observing it all and expresses these deep insights in some of the most beautifully worded English in print.

  • Laurie V. Rigler Nov 26, 2025, 8:01 AM (8 days ago)

    I will never forget the time I was on a plane that was descending in preparation for landing, and a calm voice from the cockpit announced there were issues with the landing gear—it wasn't fully deploying—and things might get a bit bumpy. I could feel the tension among the other passengers and, not being the bravest of fliers, I was frightened. Determining not to panic, I said a prayer and then dove back into the copy of Emma in my hands, the one I'd been re-reading for the umpteenth time. And I let Austen's words, her humor, her compassion, her wisdom, soothe me.
    The landing gear did, thankfully, deploy fully, and we made smooth contact with the tarmac. It was only when I was deplaning that one of the passengers, who was an airline employee, told me just how serious a situation this could have been if the landing gear hadn't deployed. As in fire-trucks-standing-by-on-the-tarmac serious. I was grateful I didn't know that when we were still in the air, and even more grateful that I had Jane Austen with me to keep me calm. Austen's six novels have always elevated, comforted, reassured, and inspired me. They have always given me permission to let go of my fears; to restore my faith in love, in humanity, and in my capacity to be a better person. She reminds me to reflect. To contemplate. To laugh. Often at myself. Most of all, Austen is an essential dose of "All will be well." Because all will be well, even if sometimes it doesn't look that way right now.

  • Cinta García Nov 25, 2025, 2:59 AM (9 days ago)

    I love Jane Austen because she is everything nice and comforting that welcomes you when you need a hug in literary form. Her irony, her humor, the way she constructed those characters... I mean, what's not to love about Jane Austen? I just find her books uplifting and highly entertaining. Every single book is able to provoke a certain emotion in me and for that I cannot thank Jane Austen enough.

  • Laylah Bingham Nov 24, 2025, 12:05 PM (10 days ago)

    I love Jane Austen because of how she really understood people and different situations through each of her books. In each of her books it shows you real emotions and mistakes we have all made but she captures it all in a humorous, creative and honest way which is something I love. I love how she creates this lesson that women don't have to follow all of the social norms, I feel like its inspiring to all women and teaches them to be there true authentic self.

  • Ella Michelle Hensley Nov 24, 2025, 11:07 AM (10 days ago)

    Jane Austen’s work continues to illuminate the complexities of human relationships with wit, grace, and emotional truth, and I have always especially admired the evolving movements between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy — a magnetic pull between their souls that was truly profound to read. Her writing reminds us that literature can be both sharply observant and deeply compassionate, offering emotional resonance that lasts long after the final page.

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