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Podcast: British History: Royals, Rebels, and Romantics
Episode: Jane Austen: What's Love Got to Do with It? (episode 42)
Description: More than 200 years after her death, which was marked by an explosion of celebrations and books and merchandise and movies and television specials in 2017, Jane Austen continues to be one of the most popular authors and most widely-read authors in the world. So what is it about Jane Austen? Why does she remain so popular?Jane Austen novels are all about families. There are some brothers and many sisters. There are parents. There are children. Families fall apart. Families come together. New families are created. There are fathers (like Mr. Dashwood) who die, causing a c...