Happy Birthday, Jane Austen

It's Jane Austen's birthday today! I am so thankful for this talented woman, one of my very favorite authors. She was born 240 years ago, in 1775.

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She wrote six of my favorite books:

1. Sense and Sensibility, 1811
2. Pride and Prejudice, 1813
3. Mansfield Park, 1814
4. Emma, 1816
5. Northanger Abbey, 1817
6. Persuasion, 1817

If you're interested in more of my thoughts about this world-renowned English author, here are three posts: one, two, and three.