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Happy Birthday Jane Austen: French fans share 'Pride and Prejudice' fantasy for 250th anniversary

Fans of English novelist Jane Austen are celebrating her birth 250 years ago, on 16 December 1775. Nowadays, she's a pop culture phenomenon and, with 'Austenmania' spreading, French "Janeites" have been gathering for a Regency-themed ball to re-enact dancing scenes from her beloved books.

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00:00Like a lot of fans, I had seen the film Orgueil et Préjugé of 2005 and also Becoming Jane.
00:28I started to read the works of Jane Austen and I also liked the period of the Régence in Angleterre.
00:36The historical side and literary side interested me.
00:58The fact of being a costume, we still have the impression of being at this time,
01:04in the time of the weekend, in the afternoon.
01:08I was based on an image of the time, an image of the time.
01:12After I found the fabric and created a historical patron.
01:18It is a passage that is obligated when we are part of the good society.
01:38We must know how to dance, but it is also a social event, a social ritual.
01:46It is a church.
01:58And it is a church.
02:00It is a church.
02:02You
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