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Oct 7, 2015

The modern ‘Mansfield Park’

You can add “Mansfield Park” to the list of Jane Austen’s novels adapted into web series alongside “Lizzie Bennet Diaries” and“Emma...

Sep 23, 2015

‘Mansfield Park,’ in the cloud

By Jennifer Abella Word clouds are a great way to visualize the frequency of key words in text. We copied “Mansfield Park” into a world...

Jun 10, 2015

Radio Jane: Tunes to listen to as you pack for the program

It’s almost time, ladies and gentlemen! Soon you’ll be hopping in the car/plane/train/bus (… or donkey if you’re Mrs. Elton) and heading...

May 28, 2015

The real deal(er): Meet our ‘Gaming Club’ leader

A new event at this year’s Jane Austen Summer Program is a Regency gaming night. If you don’t know whist from Speculation, you won’t be...

Apr 1, 2015

Yes, there’s an ‘Emma’ for that

By Jennifer Abella Jane Austen might have written a heroine that readers may not much like, but Emma has been brought to life on screens...

Feb 25, 2015

The crafty Janeite: A roundup of DIY projects

The Jane Austen Summer Program will be here before you know it (I know — we’re excited too!), so if you’re at all crafty — or just want...

Feb 4, 2015

Procrastinate with Jane

Things you may have missed on the Internet lately…. The Jane Games — Picture this: Jane Austen’s heroines living under one roof … in a...

Jan 28, 2015

Austen and the 'in' crowd: Author Jen Chaney on the lasting impact of 'Clueless'

The ’90s brought us several films updating classic stories: The 1999 comedy “10 Things I Hate About You” transported “The Taming of the...