By Heloise Wood | 2nd February 2021 | The BBC

What Jane Austen can teach us about resilience

Sales figures would suggest I’m far from the only one relying on her humor and heart to get me through these strange days. In the UK, as Kiera O’Brien, charts and data editor of the Bookseller, notes, Austen experienced a sales rise of 20% in the UK between 15 June and 7 November last year, compared to the same period in 2019. Last December saw the 245th anniversary of her birth and her popularity only seems to be getting stronger.ADVERTISE

Her novels may be mischaracterized as romantic escapism, but at their core, they have a lot to say about perseverance – and it makes them perfect reading, for now, writes Heloise Wood.

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