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Remembering Jane Austen, 200 Years Later

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Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, England. Local lore says that Jane Austen based Mr. Darcy’s home in Pride and Prejudice on Chatsworth, one of England’s most lavish stately homes. (Alina Hartounian/AP)
Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, England. Local lore says that Jane Austen based Mr. Darcy’s home in Pride and Prejudice on Chatsworth, one of England’s most lavish stately homes. (Alina Hartounian/AP)

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." 

That first line of Jane Austen's most iconic novel, "Pride and Prejudice," still resonates today — two centuries after she died. On the anniversary of her death, we remember Austen — and her works, from "Sense and Sensibility," to "Mansfield Park," "Persuasion," "Northanger Abbey," "Lady Susan" and "Sandition" -- and ask how they still resonate today.

Guests

Whit Stillman, director of "Love and Friendship," an adaptation of the Jane Austen novel "Lady Susan." Author of "Love & Friendship: In Which Jane Austen's Lady Susan Vernon Is Entirely Vindicated." He tweets @WhitStillman.

Susan Greenfield, professor of literature at Fordham University, where she focuses on the 18th-century novel and Jane Austen.

This article was originally published on July 18, 2017.

This segment aired on July 18, 2017.

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