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Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Celebrating Beethoven and Jane Austen

They were both born on Dec. 16. Beethoven in 1770 and Jane Austen in 1775. Here are links to related posts.

On his 250th birth anniversary, remembering Beethoven the astute businessman: The musical genius also had a flair for commerce, it turns out. 

Pride and Profit: The Intersection of Jane Austen and Adam Smith. 

A ChatGPT story: What if Jane Austen and Adam Smith met to discuss his book The Theory of Moral Sentiments? 

Adam Smith's influence on three Jane Austen Novels.
 
Jane Austen was wrong: women don’t marry up for money and status: A new study debunks the myth of the gold-digging wife, finding that women are no more likely to marry above their social class than men.  
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