Amazon has decided to eliminate not only all the businesses on the streets of our towns and cities, but also one of the quintessentially English traits: gardening, which is more than just a hobby; it's a way of life idealized by much of the islands' literature. Among others, and perhaps the most captivating, is that of Jane Austen. Examples abound throughout her work. The very essence of the garden. Austenian It would be the garden of her home in Chawton, a village in Hampshire, in southern England, about 95 km southwest of London. The writer lived there for seven years, and in the garden she cultivated flowers and vegetables.

These past few days, the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth has been celebrated worldwide, while her works—in book, film, or series format—continue to enjoy undeniable success. In our country, this celebration has been led, as one would expect, by the Club VictoriaThe Vienna Circle collection brings together some of the best classic English novels, including, of course, those of Jane Austen.

When Charles Darwin was to embark on the Beagle To travel around the world, one of her sisters told her to take a copy of PersuasionBut he hesitated because, he said, he knew the novel by heart. Darwin was passionate about Jane Austen's works and was fortunate enough to share that enthusiasm with Robert FitzRoy, the ship's captain. Perhaps that's why the naturalist wasn't so pleased to see the writer's image replace his own on the ten-pound note in 2017. In fact, it gave way to one of his favorite authors.

"In every generation there is a group of people who have the opportunity to retell this story and I feel very fortunate to be a part of it." With these words, writer Dolly Alderton announced that she was working on an adaptation ofPride and Prejudice for Netflix that will have Jack Lowden (from Slow horses) and Emma Corrin (from The Crown) as protagonists. As the author, winner of the National Book Award for Everything I know about love, almost every generation has their own version of the Jane Austen classic and their favorite Mr. Darcy. The platform's interest in bringing the novel to the screen in miniseries format is further proof that Jane Austen, whose 250th anniversary is celebrated this year, is more fashionable than ever. Fans of the English author even have their own nickname: some prefer to be called Janeitas and those who are inclined to austenites.

Throughout her life, the writer Jane Austen wrote many letters to friends and family. It is estimated that there were around 3,000. Years after her death, her sister Cassandra burned most of them. Only about 160 have survived. The loss of all this epistolary material has prevented a more in-depth study of the writer's personality and environment. But what has been perceived as a literary sacrilege has also served to inspire others to investigate the reasons behind the disappearance of her correspondence. Cassandra's family reputation would suffer if the letters were made public. This narrative void is what the series attempts to fill. Miss Austen (Movistar+), based on the novel by Gill Hornby and which explores the events that worried Jane's sister.

Jane Austen would have turned 250 this year, and she remains a fascinating writer whose works are regularly adapted. The latest television production linked to the novelist is a miniseries that doesn't adapt any of her books, but instead explores one of the great mysteries surrounding the author: why her sister Cassandra burned much of her correspondence. Miss Austen, which is based on a book of the same name by Gill Hornby and is a BBC production, premieres this Wednesday on Movistar+ and consists of four episodes.

The literary references that abound in thedebut The French filmmaker Laura Piani's works may be misleading, but one quickly senses an influence that goes beyond Jane Austen's novels: the romantic comedies of Nora Ephron. The opening scene, in which a romantic, literary-wounded bookseller played by Camille Rutherford performs a dance as clumsy as it is charming among the crowded shelves of the bookstore where she works, allows the protagonist to connect with the characteristic female archetype that, in Ephron's films, was embodied by Meg Ryan: young women who fit in with the times they live in.