Sanditon is the only novel by Jane Austen to feature a black character. But given the diversity of late Georgian society, wouldn't her contemporary readers have assumed people of color were there anyway?
One of the most intriguing aspects of Sanditon, the new Masterpiece drama adapted from the existing scraps of a would-be Jane Austen novel, is that we have no idea where it’s going. At all.
Austen only wrote 11 chapters of this story before she died
December 16, 1775 is the birthday of beloved author Jane Austen, whose books and life continue inspire passionate devotion worldwide. But what happens when Janeites gather and what do they talk about? Let's find out.
