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This week, as I began to reread Pride and Prejudice with my Jane Austen class, I have discovered some prejudices that I have. In reading a book that I know and love so well, I have almost found it hard to understand some people's opinions of it. I will say that most girls in my... Continue Reading →
Many associate Jane Austen with romance. I also appreciate her slightly stinging reproves of the process. So in celebration of Valentine's Day, here are few lines from Pride and Prejudice to make you swoon and or rankle your romantic ire. "I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!"Â Â "I have... Continue Reading →
Was fictional hero Fitzwilliam Darcy in Pride and Prejudice based on a real person who author Jane Austen met and fell in love with in 1810? In this reissue of her 2006 novel, author Sally Smith O'Rourke cleverly re-engages our fascination with Austen's ultimate romantic hero Mr. Darcy and presents readers with a contemporary heroine... Continue Reading →
When coffee was over Colonel Fitzwilliam reminded Elizabeth of having promised to play to him; and she sat down directly to the instrument. He drew a chair near her. Lady Catherine listened to half a song, and then talked, as before, to her other nephew; till the latter walked away from her, and moving with... Continue Reading →
The portrait of actor Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy in the 1995 miniseries of Pride and Prejudice is on the block on January 21st through Bonhams Auction House in London and available to the highest bidder. This may very well be the ultimate Darcy fan collectible. Not only is it a portrait of Colin Firth... Continue Reading →
When I read the advance publicity on Pemberley Remembered, author Mary Lydon Simonsen's debut novel about love, war and Pride and Prejudice, I was intrigued by the concept of three different romantic storylines interconnected through one hundred and fifty years of English history. Add to that a mystery involving the inspiration of Austen's famous characters... Continue Reading →
GIFT NUMBER 10 Â Art Prints inspired by Darcy & Elizabeth, by Elloh at Esty Want to ogle over portraits of Mr. Darcy and Miss Elizabeth Bennet in your own family gallery? These two realistic and clever likenesses of the hero and heroine from the 1995 miniseries of Pride and Prejudice are incredibly like actors... Continue Reading →
GIFT NUMBER 7 Â Be swept away in romance with the Pride & Prejudice 2005 (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) Â Even though director Joe Wright's romanticized adaptation of Jane Austen's classic love story raised more than a few eyebrows when it was released in 2005, it is an interesting and engaging romp through Jane Austen's most... Continue Reading →
Cassy felt tears sting her eyes; she had always felt responsible for her young brother, especially because he had been born when everyone was still grieving for their beloved William. They had all treasured Julian, yet he did not appear to have grown into the role he was expected to play. There was a great... Continue Reading →
Mr. Darcy soon drew the attention of the room by his fine, tall person, handsome features, noble mien, and the report, which was in general circulation within five minutes after his entrance, of his having ten thousand a year. The gentlemen pronounced him to be a fine figure of a man, the ladies declared he... Continue Reading →
"All that she wants is gossip, and she only likes me now because I supply it." Marianne Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility, Chapter 31 Austen around the blogosphere for the week of September 21st 'Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey' begins on October 1st here at Austenprose, so start reading Northanger Abbey and gearing up for another... Continue Reading →
Now they had come to it, the moment he dreaded. "We are to marry in nearly two days -" "It has not escaped my notice, I assure you." "- and I find myself in need of some . . . advice." Mr. Bingley & Mr. Darcy, The Darcys & the Bingleys And so gentle readers,... Continue Reading →
