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| Promotional picture for The Other Bennet Sister (2026) |
As the final pages of 2025 turn, it feels only fitting to look ahead. After a year filled with Jane Austen’s 250th birthday celebrations — from exhibitions and new scholarship to reprints and rereads — one might assume the Austen moment would gently fade. Happily, the opposite is true. The coming year promises not a quiet coda, but a full Regency encore.
2026 is shaping up to be an extraordinary year for Austen lovers, with a wave of ambitious screen adaptations that span faithful retellings, bold reimaginings, and thoughtful expansions of her world. Whether your heart belongs to Hertfordshire, Devonshire, or Bath, there is much to anticipate.
Here is your definitive guide to the Jane Austen–inspired adaptations we’ll be watching (and debating!) in 2026.
