A Jane Austen Siting ~ Pride & Prejudice in 16 words or less…

Scrolling through the “guide” on my television the other day, in dire need of pure entertainment, I came upon the 2005 Pride and Prejudice, though barely recognizable by its description – it read: A convoluted courtship begins between a young woman and the handsome friend of a wealthy bachelor. And thus a major classic of [...]

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Mr. Collins ~ Alive and Well! ~ in Charleston, South Carolina!

Update! – two items of interest regarding Mr. Collins: Here is the picture of Vince Lannie and his wife Joanne at his talk [my camera is  finally speaking to my computer!] [Vince and Joanne Lannie - notice Vince's shirt - a great find at the Fort Worth AGM! - and this might be the only [...]

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The Great Pride & Prejudice Trivia Quiz Throwdown

Enquiring readers: Today I welcome our own JASNA-Vermont member Michelle Singer with her guest post on our very interesting adventure in the world of Pride and Prejudice trivia…! Pride & Prejudice Trivia Quiz Throwdown Guest blog by Michelle A.L. Singer November 3, 2011 Somewhere in Vermont, we knew, a men’s Jane Austen book group was meeting. You [...]

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Winston Churchill on Jane Austen

My husband has been reading Winston Churchill’s The Second World War series, currently on the 5th book Closing the Ring.  He was quite excited to find this paragraph in the middle of Churchill’s writings of December 1943 when he was ill with pneumonia while in Tunis with General Eisnhower.   I have heard this quote before, and [...]

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An ‘Enhanced’ Pride & Prejudice ebook

OOPS! – I got this news as a ‘google alert’, and now thanks to Raquel see that it came out in 2008!  I had checked the Penguin site and saw nothing of this “news” and now see that it did indeed come out in May 2008! – Sorry for the error – in a rush – [...]

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On the Block! ~ Sarah Burney’s Copy of ‘Pride & Prejudice’

Heritage Auction Galleries: 2011 April New York Signature Rare Books Auction #6053 ; Lot # 36518 Novelist Sarah Burney’s Copy of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice [Jane Austen]. Pride and Prejudice: A Novel. In Three Volumes. By the Author of “Sense and Sensibility.” London: Printed for T. Egerton, 1813. First edition. Three twelvemo volumes (7 3/8 [...]

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Jane Austen and Cricket??

Well, we are all quite aware that Jane Austen invented Baseball, but it is nice to know that she can also be of service in one’s understanding of the various international combatants in a World Cup game of Cricket.  [Image: Sparosport.com] I append here the whole text of this post by Ben Roberts on the World Cricket [...]

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Matches & Matrimony: A Pride & Prejudice Tale ~ A Game to Download!

Have you ever wanted to manipulate some of Jane Austen’s endings?  [if not, would we have any sequels, or choose to read them?!] – Do you think Elizabeth should have married Mr. Collins, leaving Mr. Darcy to the likes of Miss Bingley? – or should Elinor have married Colonel Brandon, leaving Marianne to pine her [...]

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Our Austen Weekend Begins…

It is well past midnight and I should be asleep, for breakfast comes bright and early at 8 am. But – with WiFi in the room I occupy – I just had to log on and chat about this — my third — Jane Austen Weekend at Hyde Park. There are several posts about these [...]

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“Pride & Prejudice” Cover Art

Check out this post at Belle of the Books ~ she has pulled together a variety of Pride & Prejudice covers that have been published through the years…. vote on your favorite!

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