Jane Austen never gets old in Nova Scotia
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Jane Austen never gets old in Nova Scotia

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 10, 202626 min
  • Arts & culture

Or anywhere else, really. Austen fans spent 2025 celebrating her 250 birthday, and Halifax was no exception, with empire waists and cutting wit galore. Why does Austen hold so much sway, centuries later? Christina Harnett takes us deep into the fandom, in this documentary that first aired in December 2025, Austen's big birthday month.

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This is a CBC Podcast. She's timeless. It's like Shakespeare when you study Shakespeare because she deals with themes of human life. And she's wonderful. It's hard to believe that somebody over 200 years ago could write

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that. Just let me be part of your world. Jane Austen truly is timeless, as these mega fans can tell you, and 2025 marked a special year in the Austen universe.

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The Austenverse? December 16th was Jane Austen's 250th birthday, and the parties for that went on all year long. And the fandom hasn't slowed down in 2026.

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