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250 Years of Jane Austen
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Costumed attendees taking photos with a large flower arrangement during the Grand Regency Costumed Promenade at the annual Jane Austen Festival in Bath, England.
PHOTO: PETER FLUDE/NYTIMES
Jennifer Harlan and Sadie Stein
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On Dec 16, 1775, a girl was born in Steventon, England – the seventh of eight children – to a clergy member and his wife.
She was an avid reader, never married and died in 1817, at the age of 41. But in just those few decades, author Jane Austen changed the world.
