Jane Austen Special Report

Jane Austen at 250, Plus Why the Classics Matter

The Register is marking Jane Austen’s 250th birthday as the centerpiece of a special literary issue. Readers will find features on why great books nourish the soul, why real men read poetry and Austen, a dystopian novel cited by three popes, portraits of hopeful literary heroes, film adaptations from Austen to Tolkien, and how Diary of a Country Priest drew on St. Thérèse.

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Jane Austen Special Report

Celebrating Jane Austen and Remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald

Jane Austen is one of history’s most beloved and enduring writers. This December, we will celebrate the 250th anniversary of her birth. We welcome Register senior editor Amy Smith and Register contributor Joseph Pearce to Register Radio this week to tell us more about her legacy and the power of great literature. And then, we hear about the 50th anniversary of the famous wreck of the Edmund Fitgerald when we talk with EWTN News reporter Mark Irons and Debbie Gomez-Felder, daughter of one of the sailors on-board the doomed vessel.