Jane Austen

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Name: Jane Austen
First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports
University of St Andrews
University of St Andrews

Janeites unite at the Jane Austen Society

IN A windowless, strip-lit room hidden behind countless doors and up various corridors at Glasgow's stately Kelvingrove Museum, 30 women (and two men) are talking about Jane Austen.Or “Jane”, as she is fondly known to this bunch. On today’s agenda: a ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - 3 hours ago]
First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports
Christie's
Christie's

Pop Culture Advisory: Welcome to Sanditon

Pulp book cover via FlavorwireLast week’s interview with Jay Bushman of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and Welcome to Sanditon has left me looking for more Austen adaptations and other read- or watchalikes. Aside from the BBC’s 1995 Pride & Prejudice miniseries ... [Published Library Journal - 6 hours ago]
First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Literary Links

Jonathan Franzen and others on how important " likeability " is in fiction. I hate the concept of likeabilityit gave us two terms of George Bush, whom a plurality of voters wanted to have a beer with, and Facebook. Youd unfriend a lot of people if you ... [Published dotCommonweal - 7 hours ago]
First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 2 reports
English Heritage
English Heritage

View the shirt worn by Colin Firth as Mr Darcy

VISITORS to a county attraction can see a range of famous costumes up close – including one that caused quite a stir across the world.Starting this Saturday, several of Belsay Hall’s ground floor rooms will play host to a collection of garments, titled ... [Published Morpeth Herald - 13 hours ago]
First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

Exciting events planned for Jane Austen Regency Week 2013

CELEBRATE Jane Austen Regency Week 2013 – June 22-30 – with a visit to any of Hampshire’s prime sites associated with the famous author.This popular annual event marks the time that the author spent in Chawton and Alton. To add to the many activities ... [Published Basingstoke Gazette - 23 hours ago]
First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Jane Austen’s world

Oh, no, you cant go into the field, dear. Its private. And there may be cows, and the grounds very humpy. The nice lady in little Steventon Church outside tiny Steventon village smiles sweetly, even though Ive interrupted her Saturday cleaning duties ... [Published Washington Post - May 24 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Listen up, folks, this British snob has a confession to make. Americans speak better English than us... it's a no-brainer

By Tom Utley During my childhood in the Fifties and Sixties, I was brought up with an ingrained patriotic belief, widespread among my generation, that the British and all things British were superior to Americans and all things American in every conceivable ... [Published Mail Online UK - May 23 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Dramatic society presents tale of hilarity and heartache

Horsham Amateur Operatic Dramatic Society (HAODs) is presenting Jane Austen?s most celebrated novel, Pride and Prejudice.Commemorative of its 200th year, the nineteenth century classic will be performed from Wednesday, June 19, to Saturday, June 22, at ... [Published Crawley Observer - May 23 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Girl on the run

The great Russian writer Tolstoy kept being nagged by his publisher to reduce Anna Karenina in size. Irked, Tolstoy responded approximately as follows: "A St Petersburg aristocrat falls in love with a military officer. She leaves her husband and children ... [Published Financial Mail - May 23 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Holiday fever!

With a Bank Holiday approaching there is the perfect opportunity to enjoy a three-day weekend away with the family, spend some quality time with a new book or meet up with old friends to let your hair down. Whatever it is you decide to do with your ... [Published Bath Chronicle - May 23 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Success and failure for applications for new high schools in Norwich

For one set of prospective parents, delight. For another, disappointment.Education secretary Michael Gove passed judgment on proposals for two new free school high schools in Norwich on Tuesday.Plans for the Jane Austen College, a combined high school ... [Published EDP 24 - May 23 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Karen Joy Fowler

Discussing her book "The Jane Austen Book Club" & screening the movie adaptation, 6 pm, 5/23, Creekside Place, Evansville. 882-2260Call: 882-2260Web: www.als.lib.wi.us/EFPLMore Information:The Jane Austen Book ClubRead the book, see the movie, talk ... [Published Isthmus Daily Page - May 23 2013]

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Janeites unite at the Jane Austen Society [Published NewsRT.co.uk - 3 hours ago]
Pop Culture Advisory: Welcome to Sanditon [Published Library Journal - 6 hours ago]
Literary Links [Published dotCommonweal - 7 hours ago]
Lawmakers' kids find stardom outside politics [Published Gulf News - 8 hours ago]
Julianne Moore Is in Class in 'The English Teac... [Published Pop Matters - 10 hours ago]
BookExpo Preview 2013 [Published School Library Journal - 13 hours ago]
View the shirt worn by Colin Firth as Mr Darcy [Published Morpeth Herald - 13 hours ago]
View the shirt worn by Colin Firth as Mr Darcy [Published NewsRT.co.uk - 15 hours ago]
Exciting events planned for Jane Austen Regency... [Published Basingstoke Gazette - 23 hours ago]
Jane Austen’s world [Published Washington Post - May 24 2013]
Soft Launching Of Theatrical Drama At MSPSBS [Published BruDirect - May 24 2013]
Listen up, folks, this British snob has a confe... [Published Mail Online UK - May 23 2013]
Dramatic society presents tale of hilarity and ... [Published Crawley Observer - May 23 2013]
Girl on the run [Published Financial Mail - May 23 2013]
Sweet dreams: Cressida Bell's magical cake deco... [Published Telegraph - May 23 2013]
Holiday fever! [Published Bath Chronicle - May 23 2013]
Kindling by the pool – the changing face of hol... [Published The Coffee House | Politics and News Discussion ... - May 23 2013]
Success and failure for applications for new hi... [Published EDP 24 - May 23 2013]
Karen Joy Fowler [Published Isthmus Daily Page - May 23 2013]
Fiction for Men [Published LewRockwell.com - May 23 2013]
Great expectorations or phlegming disgrace… Why... [Published Metro.co.uk - May 23 2013]
West End news roundup: 23 May 2013 [Published So So Gay - May 23 2013]
Extra 102 free schools approved to open from 2014 [Published Construction Enquirer - May 22 2013]
Memorial Day Parades, Line Dancing Among Weeken... [Published Marple Newtown Patch - May 22 2013]
Descendant Helps Teens Discover Hidden Talents ... [Published SBWire - May 22 2013]
Empire, diplomacy and Jane Austen: cultural pre... [Published Total Politics - May 22 2013]
37 Ways Of Tackling Australian Educational Apar... [Published Counter Currents - May 22 2013]
Lena Dunham?s ?Girls? and Jane Austen: ne?er th... [Published LifeSite - May 22 2013]
Exclusive: Clement Attlee backs Michael Gove’s ... [Published The Coffee House | Politics and News Discussion ... - May 22 2013]
Gove approves new free schools [Published itv.com - May 22 2013]
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Literary Links [Published dotCommonweal - 7 hours ago]
Jonathan Franzen and others on how important " likeability " is in fiction. I hate the concept of likeabilityit gave us two terms of George Bush, whom a plurality of voters wanted to have a beer with, and Facebook. Youd unfriend a lot of people if you ...
Kindling by the pool – the changing face of hol... [Published The Coffee House | Politics and News Discussion ... - May 23 2013]
I’m writing this by the pool in Greece. It’s not a pool I own, you understand (though give it a couple of years and we might all be able to afford one). No, it’s the pool in the resort to which my partner and I have repaired for a week, safe in the knowledge ...
Exclusive: Clement Attlee backs Michael Gove’s ... [Published The Coffee House | Politics and News Discussion ... - May 22 2013]
Great news for all progressives: a private school has been effectively been nationalised. Queen Elizabeth Grammar in Blackburn, founded in 1509, is to enter the state sector as one of Michael Gove’s free schools. Education that had previously been affordable ...
Whose entire body of work is worth reading? [Published Marginal Revolution - May 15 2013]
Ryan T. asks : I’d be curious to see Tyler’s “completist” list. In other words, authors whose entire body of work merits reading. If this does get a response, I’m most interested in seeing the list begin with literature. I’ll repeat my earlier mention ...
Lizzie Bennet Diaries producers bring in fans a... [Published GigaOM - May 13 2013]
When the blockbuster web series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries partnered with DECA last fall, part of that deal was the promise of literary adaptations beyond Pride and Prejudice to satisfy its now-rabid fanbase. Thus, launching today is Welcome ...
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Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice celebrates 20... [Published Reuters Video: Business - Jan 28 2013]
AUDIO: Price and Prejudice is 'perfect' [Published BBC News Video - Entertainment and Arts - Jan 28 2013]
Austen Estate to Cash In on 'Pride & Prejudice' [Published WSJ.com Video - Digits - Jan 24 2013]
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