Jane Austen: The Witty Regency Romance Writer the World Can’t Get Enough Of

History Tea Time

Lindsay Holiday

History

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🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Jane Austen was born in the 16th of December, 1775, which means this month marks her 250th birthday. Jane lived a quiet, mostly happy life in the English countryside, surrounded by the balls, romantic intrigues and family dramas that fill her novels. Her writing was always her true passion. She glimpsed success, with 4 books becoming wildly popular in her lifetime. But she died tragically young, depriving the world of her talent. Her stories have been adapted and re imagined countless times. And in this, Jane’s 250th year, she continues to be a mainstay in pop culture. But let’s look past the endearing characters and timeless stories, and met the woman holding the quill. Let’s get to know Jane Austen... Sense and Sensibility (1811) Pride and Prejudice (1813) Mansfield Park (1814) Emma (1816) Northanger Abbey (1818, posthumous) Persuasion (1818, posthumous) Lady Susan (1871, posthumous) Join me every Tuesday when I'm Spilling the Tea on History! Check out my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/lindsayholiday Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091781568503 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyteatimelindsayholiday/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@historyteatime Please consider supporting me at https://www.patreon.com/LindsayHoliday and help me make more fascinating episodes! Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell Music: Butterflies in love by Sir Cubworth #HistoryTeaTime #LindsayHoliday Please contact ⁠⁠advertising@airwavemedia.com⁠⁠ if you would like to advertise on this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:58.8	Hello and welcome to history tea time.
1:03.5	I'm Lindsay Holiday and I'm spilling the tea on history.
1:07.5	Jane Austen The witty Regency romance writer the world can't get enough of.
1:16.5	Jane Austen was born on the 16th of December 1775, which means this month marks her 250th
1:24.6	birthday.
1:27.0	Jane lived a quiet, mostly happy life in the English countryside,
1:32.0	surrounded by the balls, romantic intrigues, and family dramas that fill her novels. But her writing
1:39.1	was always her true passion. She glimpsed success, with four books becoming wildly popular in her lifetime,
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