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Jane Austen Yearly Challenge
Start Date:
Duration: 1 Year
Level: (view spoiler)
Current Total = X Points, X/6 Categories + bonuses X/3
I. Original: 2 points per book
II. Sequels & Re-tellings: 1 point per book
III. Setting: 1 point per book 1900+, 2 points per book pre-1900, 1 point per movie, 2 points per TV series
IV. Plain Facts: 3 points per book, 1 point per documentary
V. Spell-it-out: 1 point per book
VI. Adaptations: 1 point per movie or radio play, 2 points per TV series
BONUS Category:
VII. Jane Austen's Library: 2 point per book, +1 bonus point if author or book mentioned by JA
VIII. Jane Austen's Pianoforte: 1 point per CD/album, 2 points per concert, 3 points per opera
IX. Jane Austen's Literary Successors: 2 points per book
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Jane Austen Yearly Challenge
A challenge built around Jane Austen's works and times.
Duration: One year from your start date.
Rules:
‣ Choose your level, choose your books/movies/TV shows and get to reading/watching them!
‣ For every book and movie/TV series you obtain certain amount of points
‣ You can use the same category several times (Elizabeth Bennet level requires completing all categories at least once).
‣ When you've finished a book or a movie rate and date it
‣ Re-reading books or rewatching movies/TV series is allowed
‣ You can change your level at any time
‣ You may count any books over 50 pages.
Levels:
Mrs Bennet: 5-14 points
Charlotte Lucas: 15-24 points
Jane Bennet: 25-34 points
Emma Woodhouse - 35+ books, you haven't managed to use all of the categories
Elizabeth Bennet: 35+ points, you have to use each of the categories at least once
2024 UPDATE:
Jane Austen: 35+ points, you have to use each of the main categories at least once, including bonuses.
Categories:
I. Original: Read or re-read a Jane Austen (JA) novel, novella or collection of short stories.
2 points per book.
II. Sequels & Re-tellings: Read a sequel to a JA novel or a story of JA characters with a twist (alternate reality, paranormal elements, nowadays setting or just a secondary character's perspective). 2022 UPDATE: Including works where Jane Austen and/or members of her family are MCs)
1 point per book.
III. Setting: Read a book/watch a movie or a TV series set in the Regency era (late 18th and early 19th century: 1780s through 1830s) in which the hero/heroine is English.
2 points per book written before 1900, 1 point per book written in 1900 or after, 1 point per movie, 2 points per TV series
IV. Plain Facts: Read a non-fiction book/ watch a documentary (or a lecture)/ listen to a podcast related to JA, her books, adaptations of her works or to the time period of JA novels.
3 points per book, 1 point per documentary
V. Spell-it-out: Spell out one of the JA book titles, one of the JA main characters, or any other name or word that makes you think of JA or Regency era, e.g. Pride and Prejudice, Mr Darcy, Elizabeth, Sense and Sensibility, Regency, Chawton, Cassandra Austen, Admiral Nelson. Be creative!
1 point per book.
Spell-It-Out Rules:
(view spoiler)[For the spell-it-out category you can use:
- the first letter in the book's title
- the first letter in the series
- the first letter in the author's first or last name
If the first letter of a title starts with an indefinite or definite article ('A', 'An', 'The', etc.), you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word. (hide spoiler)]
VI. Adaptations: Watch a movie, TV show or a theatrical adaptation or listen to a radio dramatization based on a JA book or her life.
1 point per movie/theatrical adaptation, 1 point per radio dramatization , 2 points per TV show/web series.
2022 & 2024 UPDATES:
BONUS Categories - OPTIONAL:
VII. Jane Austen's Library: Read a book that was written before Jane Austen's death (1817) or by one of her contemporaries after her death but before Queen Victoria ascended the throne, e.g. Ivanhoe published in 1819, written by Walter Scott (1771 - 1832)
2 points per book, 1 extra point if the book or author is mentioned or quoted in a JA novel or in her letters
VIII. Jane Austen's Pianoforte: Listen to the album/CD or attend/watch a concert of classical music or watch an opera that was composed before the end of the Regency period. OST of Jane Austen adaptations are allowed.
1 point per album/CD, 2 points per concert, 3 points per opera
IX. Jane Austen's Literary Successors: Read a book written by a female author published in the Victorian era.
2 points per book