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English novelist Jane Austen was born in 1775.

Austen is known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century: Sense and Sensibility (1811); Pride and Prejudice (1813); Mansfield Park (1814); Emma (1815); Northanger Abbey and Persuasion (published posthumously, 1818).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen

Books by Jane Austen at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68

Portrait of Jane Austen by Cassandra Austen, c. 1810. This portrait was created around 1810, is a small pencil and watercolor sketch widely regarded as the only confirmed image of Jane Austen made during her lifetime. Drawn by her sister Cassandra, the portrait captures Jane in a seated pose, turned slightly to her right, with her head resting on her hand. The sketch is rendered in pencil with light watercolor shading, giving it a delicate, unfinished quality. Jane is depicted with a thoughtful, somewhat pensive expression. Her face is minimally detailed, which has led to debates about its accuracy as a likeness. She is dressed in a simple Regency-era gown with puffed sleeves and a modest neckline, reflecting her modest and practical style.

in 1893.

Establishment, in Yorkshire (England), of the Brontë Society, possibly the oldest literary society of this nature, dedicated to establishing what will become the Brontë Parsonage Museum. The museum is in the former Brontë family home, the parsonage in Haworth, West Yorkshire, England, where the sisters spent most of their lives and wrote their famous novels.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bront%C3%AB_Parsonage_Museum

Emily Brontë's diary paper for June 26, 1837, showing herself and Anne working at the dining room table. Emily Brontë - https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/emily-brontes-diary-1837

in 1911.

The U.K. Copyright Act consolidates copyright law in the British Empire and confirms the six libraries to which a copy of every book published in the U.K. must be deposited by the publisher: the British Museum Library (London); the Bodleian Library (Oxford); the Advocates Library (Edinburgh); the National Library of Wales (Aberystwyth); Trinity College Dublin; and Cambridge University Library.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Act_1911

Cover page of the British Copyright Act 1911, also known as the Imperial Copyright Act of 1911. "Part I Imperial Copyright. Rights. 1.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, copyright shall subsist throughout the parts of His Majesty’s dominions to which this Act extends for the term hereinafter mentioned in every original literary dramatic music and artists work, if..."

The siege is over but the war goes on. Ken Lussey’s new novel ‘The Eye of Horus’ is an atmospheric World War Two thriller with settings that move from the Highlands of Scotland via Gibraltar to Malta.

This modern photograph shows part of Manoel Island in Malta’s Marsamxett Harbour. During the war it was used as a base by the Royal Navy's 10th Submarine Flotilla and the island is visited several times by the book’s central characters.

Find out more:
https://www.arachnid.scot/book-eoh/index.html

This modern image shows part of Manoel Island in Marsamxett Harbour, Malta. A light stone quayside reaches into the frame from the left, extending to the centre of the image. On the quayside are long three-storey stone buildings, fenced off and partly scaffolded. The blue water of the harbour is in the foreground and on the right and Valletta can be seen stretching across the centre of the frame in the distance. The sky is blue. The front cover of ‘The Eye of Horus’ is shown in the top right corner.

/12: Do some readers over-interpret your work?
Well, one eminent academic said in all seriousness that Three Kinds of North was an ‘illness narrative’ and I was gobsmacked. Apart from Delven’s Dawnsinger, who appears in one chapter, no one even gets a headache. That just seems like bashing a very square peg into a very round hole because that’s what you have waiting.
But if people see symbolism… I guess that’s OK but I DIDN’T INTEND IT

How many deaths to end a war? ‘Eyes Turned Skywards’ is a fast-paced thriller set mainly in northern Scotland during World War Two. It uses many real settings, transported eight decades back in time.

This modern image shows Dunrobin Castle railway station in Sutherland. It was built as a private station for Dunrobin Castle in 1902. It plays a background role as the story builds towards its climax.

Find out more on my website:
http://www.kenlussey.com/ets/index.html

Dunrobin Castle Station. The image shows a corner view of a black and white half-timbered chalet style building with a sheltered area to its front, or our left. There is a tarmac-covered area in front of it and a grassy area to its sides and behind, and leafless trees in the background. A sign in the bottom right of the frame says Dunrobin Castle in white on black. The front cover of ‘Eyes Turned Skywards’ is shown in the top right corner.

Join me in doing the in 2025 and fill 52 prompts with the books you read! I’ve discovered such great this way (and I like checking off boxes). It’s helped expand my horizons when it comes to !
My favorite 2025 prompts: “pun in the title” & “set in a country with an active volcano”, but there are other great ones.
Challenges like this have helped me get back into my reading habit. No need to read 52 books though! 😌
https://www.the52book.club/2025-reading-challenge/