Challenge: Adventures in Austen

In honor of Jane Austen's birthday (Dec 16th), we're celebrating one of the most famous female authors of classic literature.

When you complete 2 tasks, you will earn 20 points and a badge.

A gathering of men and women dressed in regency ball attire sit around a table and converse while others socialize and dance in the background of a large ballroom.  Text: Adventures in Austen.
Task

Read or listen to one of Jane Austen's most famous original works: Pride and Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Persuasion, or Emma.

Read or listen to one of Jane Austen's lesser known original works: Lady Susan, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, or Sandition.

Watch or stream a movie adaptation of one of Jane Austen's original works.

Want to learn more about Jane Austen? Take a Virtual Tour of her home, with letters, garden tours, information about what the holidays might have looked like, and more!

Explore one of these stories that reimagine one of Jane's originals:

  • Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal
  • Pride by Ibi Zoboi
  • Eligible by Curtis Settenfeld
  • Longbourn by Jo Baker
  • Death Comes to Pemberly by PD James
  • Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. Winters
  • Emma by Alexander McCall Smith
  • Northanger Abbey by Val McDermid

Explore one of these stories that reimagines or is inspired by Jane Austen's life and work:

  • The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn
  • The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James
  • Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Pattill
  • Just Jane by Nancy Moser
  • Austenland by Shannon Hale
  • The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
  • The Jane Austen Mysteries by Stephanie Barron
  • Jane Austen Made Me Do It by Margaret Sullivan et al.

Watch or Stream a spin-off inspired by Jane's life or works, such as:

  • Lost in Austen
  • Austenland
  • The Jane Austen Book Club
  • Becoming Jane
  • Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
  • Clueless
  • Bridget Jones Diary
  • From Prada to Nada
  • Bride and Prejudice