The Jane Austen Centre has about 60, 000 visitors per year, and an estimated 80% of them are women.

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"It's a worldwide industry, " says Jane Austen Centre spokesman David Lassman.

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David Lassman, of the Jane Austen Centre in Bath, agrees.

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The book's bicentenary is being marked throughout the year with a series of events, starting with an international "Pride and Prejudice Readathon" at the Jane Austen Centre in Bath on Monday, and including exhibitions and an outdoor theater production in London.

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