Happy Jane Austen’s Birthday to you!
Happy Jane Austen’s Birthday to you!
Happy Jane Austen’s Birthday to you- ooooh!
Happy Jane Austen’s Birthday to you!
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Jane Austen, Watercolour and pencil portrait by her sister Cassandra, 1810 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Jane was born in Steve, England in 1775.
Despite what my nephew, Will, claims, she was an awesome writer. And although she died a really, really long time ago and only published 6 novels (well, 4, Persuasion and Northanger Abbey come out AFTER her death) she more than deserves an international fan club.
I’m lucky enough to be part of the Maryland chapter of the Jane Austen Society of North America and we had our Winter event and Birthday Party yesterday. It was held at The College of Notre Dame’s Doyle Room and attended by about 50 of our members. We had a wonderful lunch and birthday cake to celebrate the day. We also had a guest speaker, the witty and very entertaining writer Tracy Kiely.
English: Engraving of Steventon rectory, home of the Austen family during much of Jane Austen’s lifetime (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I wrote about Jane last year on her birthday, so you should go HERE to read more about her.
You can learn about the Austen collection at Goucher Library in my March 2103 article in Mason-Dixon Arrive Magazine HERE. Or click HERE to read my blog post on Jane Austen and Knitting.
There are lots of other Jane related blog post here. (Imagine THAT!) Just type in Jane Austen in the search field to the right and they’ll pop up.
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