Jane Austen’s Enduring Hope

This week marks the 210th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Although she never achieved massive celebrity in her own life, the book’s 1813 publication marked a period of literary success for Austen. The notoriety she gained bloomed over the subsequent two centuries into extraordinary devotion from readers across six continents. Her works have been remade countless times for film and television, and she remains perhaps the most revered female British writer in history.