Want to eat English author Jane Austen’s favorite almond cake on what would have been her 236th birthday while discussing her most popular novel, “Pride and Prejudice?”

You can do just that as part of “A Year With Jane Austen,” a series of Regency Teas kicking off Friday at the Victorian Rose Garden Bed and Breakfast in Algonquin. Austen was born Dec. 16, 1775, and published all her books in the Regency period from 1811 to 1820.

Austen may have lived two centuries ago, but her novels are just as relevant today, if not more, said Linda Levengood, of Crystal Lake, a Jane Austen enthusiast who will be leading the series.

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