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If zombies, time portals, aliens and sequels have recently overwhelmed your genteel sensibilities, here's a quick Austen fix to bring you back to our roots. Pride and Prejudice in one minute or less, by Jane Austen It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be want... Continue Reading →
Jane Austen's letters offer a rich repository of her life and Regency times. Austen at Large reporter Virginia Claire shares her thoughts on Jane Austen's reading of Pride and Prejudice to her neighbor Miss Benn.
An analysis and poll to vote for your favorite bachelor of the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen's most popular if not most adapted novel, and its famous hero Mr. Darcy has been interpreted in many different ways. There have been several excellent period adaptations of Pride and Prejudice which present Darcy's character differently, particularly Fay Weldon's 1980 and Andrew Davies 1995 versions. These two adaptations master... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Virginia Claire: As many people who read this blog each week may know, Elizabeth Bennet is my favorite heroine. She is witty, caring, intelligent, honest, and bold. All characteristics which though I myself may not possess, I respect them in characters, as well as in people. In Elizabeth Bennet I do... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
"Jane's got more adoring female fans than Brad Pitt, and my guess is they're more intelligent too!" Terrence Hill Given the choice of reading Pride and Prejudice or watching a football game, which do you think the average all American male would choose? If this is a no brainer, you have recognized the male/female divide... 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 →
"I sincerely hope your Christmas in Hertfordshire may abound in the gaieties which that season generally brings, and that your beaux will be so numerous as to prevent your feeling the loss of the three of whom we shall deprive you." Caroline Bingley, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 21 Cheers & many abounding gaieties of the season,... 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 →
