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hello Reid!!! another Jane fan!! yay!! IM re reading that at the moment too!!! can't wait to discuss Austen with you! :D :D :D
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Yep, re-reading Pride and Prejudice is always a good idea! :)
Happy to have you all here!
Hi, I'm Christine :) I have been an ardent lover of Austen since around seventh grade. Dear Jane has a special room in my heart, and I do not doubt that her books will keep me company until death do us part.
I've lived in China most of my life, but recently moved back to the US. I'm a high school student (no getting around it, unfortunately), a waitress, a literature nut, a pursuer of knowledge, an occasional writer/musician, and an incurable hopeless romantic.
Hello Christine! Thanks for introducing yourself and welcome to the group. Look around as we have lots of discussion topics going. Let us know what you think!
WELCOME Christine!! You sound soo similar to me!! Especially in the music, love of Jane Austen and I'm a hopeless romantic too!! Looking forward to getting to know you better :)
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You are clearly an ardent Jane fan, so you've come to the right group! Glad to have you here!
Hello, I’m Tony—probably the only guy here. I’m used to it. Glad to be among Janeites!I got hooked by Jane before I was a teen, by accident. I was, and still am, a movie buff (yes, even at that age). I was intrigued by the movie poster of Pride & Prejudice, the Greer Garson version, but by then it was not showing in theaters anymore and back then there was no DVD, nor even VCR, so I ended up reading the book. The rest is history.
The movie adaptations and fanfics do not interest me—just her work, and books about her, although, for some odd reason, Lost in Austen is a guilty pleasure of mine.
I’m the proud owner of The Cambridge Edition of all of Jane’s work.
Has anyone here read Deresiewicz’s A Jane Austen Education yet? A definite must-read for every true Janeite.
Although I read P&P first, it is not my favorite. It’s probably Emma, or Persuasion … or Mansfield Park … or The Watsons, or … depends on my mood, I guess.
Hi y'all. I'm Aerykah. I'm 21. My older sister "introduced me to Jane" at a young age (shortly after the P&P mini-series came out in... 1995?). I've read 4 of her novels - P&P, S&S, Emma, and Persuasion. Emma is prob. my favorite, but I'm more familiar with P&P.
I'm Leah I got into Jane Austen after a friend made me watch Pride and Prejudice 2005. It was a sleepover so we were too loud for me to understand what was happening. I started with P&P and read through the rest. I skipped Emma as I couldn't get into it the first time, but am currently reading it with Soph. I have seen almost every film version of the her books, I need to see the newest Emma and S&S done by BBC. I love history and have read up on the manners and times the books take place in. My favorite book and movie is Northanger Abbey. I want a Mr. Tilney!
Hello Tony, Aerykah and Leah! Welcome to the group!
Hello and welcome you three!!! Really enjoying it Leah!! And both those adaptations are great!!
And Tony - great to have a guy. I have yet to read that one but I want to!!
And Tony you mention the Cambridge editions. Are they nice? I would like to have a complete set, all matching and lovely ;) Anyone any other suggestions?
And I loves reading about the manners of then to Leah!
Soph wrote: "And Tony you mention the Cambridge editions. Are they nice? I would like to have a complete set, all matching and lovely ;) Anyone any other suggestions?
And I loves reading about the manners of..."
They are very nice, Soph. Top quality printing and materials. The notes and appendices are not all that extensive but still invaluable. You don’t want to open these up for everyday reading. It took me about three years to save up to purchase the nine volumes separately, amounting to well over a thousand dollars. Recently they started offering the full set for $990, if I remember right.
I have a great number of Jane Austen biographical work, but the one author I have the highest respect for is John Halperin. He is not very much liked in the Janeite community because he did not go out of his way to sugar-coat the subject matter. (Jane was not all that nice, you know. Kind, but also naughty.) It’s out of print, last I looked, but if you can find his The Life of Jane Austen, you will find it very enlightening. Get the paperback, if you have a choice. The hardcover was an earlier edition, not as complete.
Deirdre Le Faye had some good books, especially Jane Austen’s Letters, but not very objective. I would first recommend William Deresiewicz’s A Jane Austen Education—very scholarly and well written. Appropriate even for the budding Janeite.
Aerykah wrote: "Hi y'all. I'm Aerykah. I'm 21. My older sister "introduced me to Jane" at a young age (shortly after the P&P mini-series came out in... 1995?). I've read 4 of her novels - P&P, S&S, Emma, and ..."
*gasp* yur here!
Thanks a lot Tony!! I'll look into those!! I am indeed a budding Janeite though already feel like a proper Janeite - and I am only 16 ;)
Alice wrote: "*gasp* yur here!"Yes, I am! :)
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Tony, you aren't the only guy here but another one of you is always nice. :) Aerykah, keep reading Austen's others and you will love them. Leah, I adore Northanger Abbey too! Henry Tilney, especially as J.J. Feild plays him, is a fabulous leading man.
Glad to have you all here!
My name is Stephanie. I think my first exposure to Jane Austen was in a college English class. I have read Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, and Emma multiple times. I am just starting to read Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, and Mansfield Park.
Welcome Stephanie! Happy you have joined us. Let us know what you think as you read your way through the rest of the novels!
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You're in for a treat with the rest of the novels! Have fun!
Glad you're with us!
Hello!! Can't wait to hear your views!! You have some great books to come :D
Hi all. I'm Kate, and I've loved Jane since shortly after college, when I read P&P for the first time. I've since read all of her other novels multiple times and some of her short work, seen all the Austen movies/ mini-series I could get my hands on, and even recently wrote a variation on P&P: Gay Pride and Prejudice.Basically, I wanted a version of P&P, my favorite romance novel ever, that I could personally identify with a bit more. After waiting for years to see if someone else would write a gay/ lesbian version that stays as true to the original as possible, I gave up waiting and wrote my own variation. The reviews have been quite good so far; the book is here on Goodreads, as are the reviews, and on Amazon, in case you're curious to read more about it.
I've been lurking on this group for a couple of months enjoying the discussions, and finally decided to officially say hello. So, hello, fellow Janeites!
Hello!! welcome!! Glad your here and good on you for writing a book!! :) love P&P too!
Kate wrote: "Hi all. I'm Kate, and I've loved Jane since shortly after college, when I read P&P for the first time. I've since read all of her other novels multiple times and some of her short work, seen all th..."Wow! Kate Christie in the flesh. Welcome! Honestly I haven’t had a chance to read your book but my guess is you must have gotten a good amount of heat over it. You might be interested in this article,
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2241210/JA%2...
I was severely attacked in one of the JA forums when I posted the same. But that’s okay.
Hi I am new around here. I checked out all of the Jane Austen groups and I decided this one was the best for my project this summer which I have dubbed 'the summer of Jane'. I am planning on reading all of Jane Austen's books, watching several movie adaptions and reading several modernizations, etc. I just recently bought the barnes and noble classic leather bound edition of Jane Austen's novels including Lady Susan. Its beautiful. Anyway I'm 25, 26 in July (I plan to use my birthday as a way to get movies,lol, or modern version books maybe or both) I am bipolar and have a neck and back condition and therefore spend most of my time that isn't at doctor's appointments at home. I craft and read, and get on the internet (if anyone else knits or crochets did you know theres a magazine called Jane Austen Knits and a crochet book called Austentatious Crochet: 36 Contemporary Designs from the World of Jane Austen. The Jane Austen Knits magazine has been out for two years running and you can still get both issues. And you can get the crochet book on amazon.) -Pammie
Welcome!!! Sounds like you have a great summer planned!! :D
Welcome Pamela...I am kinda doing the samething. I am starting with Jane Austen and then moving onto the Bronte sisters. I did see the Jane Austen Knits magazine, but want to see where I can find it in a store to look at.
Thanks for joining us Pamela! I knit and have both editions of Jane Austen Knits - beautiful things!
Stephanie - I found the current Jane Austen Knits magazine the summer 2012 in Barnes and Noble, but you can find the one from last year only online, as far as I know.The one from 2011 has more variety and I enjoyed it more personally, there were less things that really stood out to me in 2012's but the things that did stand out stood out even more. If that makes any sense. Stephanie & Megan - I am just taking up crochet now for the first time but that book had to be one of the first I got, it has all sorts of things including a accessories, carriage blankets, children's clothes (almost all girls). Lots of lovely things in it.
Soph - Yes, I need to speed up a little more or it will be bleeding into August or more and be a late 'summer'.
-Pammie
And here I thought it was an original idea,lol.-Pammie
Haha well keep us informed of how it goes. This magazine sounds interesting....
Greetings and Salutations!My name is Edward H. Carpenterand I've long been a fan of Austen's books, of historical fact and fiction, and of writing.
It's all coming together now as I'm in work on a serialized novel entitled The Perfidious Mister Wickham, which takes a look at Pemberley, London, Meryton, Brighton, and other well-loved locales through the eyes of the eponymous scoundrel, before taking the rakish young officer (with Lydia in tow) north from Longbourn to Newcastle and into a whole new set of adventures.
Researching this book has been lots of fun - it's a great excuse to re-read all of Austen's novels, as well as historical sources and modern-day books on Regency culture, architecture, etc. But I've gotten some great observations, criticism, and interesting facts from other readers and writers, and hope to find more in this forum as well!
Looking forward to getting to know you all better as time goes on.
Best regards,
Edward
http://theperfidiousmisterwickham.blo...
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Glad to have you here!
Hello Edward!! Nice to meet you! Your book sounds intriguing!! :D nice to have some men into Austen :) look forward to hearing your views :)
Thanks Rachel :) Hi Edward :) Nice to Meet you!
-Pammie
Pamela, Megan, Rachel, Soph, thanks for the kind words! A special note for Megan and Rachel; have been perusing the sub-groups, and curious to know where you think my current project might be suitable for discussion... Any thoughts are most appreciated...
Happy reading!
E.
Tony wrote: "Wow! Kate Christie in the flesh. Welcome! Honestly I haven’t had a chance to read your book but my guess is you must have gotten a good amount of heat over it."Hi Tony! In the virtual flesh, anyway. :) Thanks for including that link. I read that article a while ago as well, and would like to say I am surprised by the uproar surrounding it, but of course am not.
You know, I thought my book might trigger some less-than-kind responses for daring to break up the Darcy-Lizzie duo (understandably--they are among the most popular couples in literary history), but in fact, there has been mostly silence from the Austen community. I've offered review copies to a handful of Austen bloggers, and only one even responded to my inquiry, with a "not my cup of tea" apology. (Any bloggers out there reading this who would be interested in a review copy, let me know!)
I suspected a queer classic might be a shockingly narrow niche, but I really wanted to read Gay P&P, so there you go! My next novel is contemporary again, so I suspect it will be more attractive to the GLBT fiction crowd than "period pieces," which tend not to do as well in the community.
I'm envious you own the Cambridge Edition. Maybe some day...
Kate wrote: "Tony wrote: "Wow! Kate Christie in the flesh. Welcome! Honestly I haven’t had a chance to read your book but my guess is you must have gotten a good amount of heat over it."Hi Tony! In the virtua..."
Kate, I must confess an aversion for fanfic but your approach gave me a reason to push aside my prejudice. Better than zombies, for sure! A lot of alleged Jane fans have put her on a pedestal implying that she was not capable of any “deviant” behavior. She was not superhuman, even though she was a super human. I even got flamed for proposing that she had a crush on Mr Haden … as if she was not capable of being a cougar, or of being jealous. The Haden incident, I think, showed best that she was, indeed, very human. So imagine how they would recoil at the possibility of her having been gay!
Anyway, as much as I despise fanfic, I’m guilty of trying to write a completion to The Watsons. I’m collaborating with a friend on this, and if any one heroine of JA is suited for a gay twist, Emma Watson would be it. She could chew up and spit out any one of those men, especially Lord Osborne, without even trying. This work probably could have become her next great novel had circumstances not turned out the way they did—the father in the story was close to dying just when Jane’s real father died. Prophetic? She must have believed that. It must have been a truly ironic blow, and she never got back to working on it. What a loss for humanity.
If you have not read it yet, give it a try. It’s a very short, easy read. I typeset it in PDF, which is available here …
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2241210/JA%2...
Hi, I am Connie, and I read my first Jane Austen book when I was in the seventh grade. I have since read all of her novels and reread most of them. I have seen several of the movie versions of her works as well. In my opinion, you just cannot beat a Jane Austen book for sheer pleasure.
Completely agree Connie!! Welcome!! Look forward to hearing your thoughts :)
Hello Connie! You have joined a group that agrees with you that dear Jane is one of the best! Please join in!
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We are all in agreement about Jane. :) Glad to have you with us!
Hi All, I am new to the group and to loving Austen! My name is Sarah and I am currently living in Denver, CO. I read both Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility in college and found them boring... I decided to give them a non school setting/essay writing/ must read in 3 day... try and see how it went... I started with Pride and Prejudice and fell in LOVE! I just watched the 1980 BBC version of it after watching the book,wow is Mrs. Bennet annoying(!), and ordered the 1995 and 2005(6?) versions from the library, I CAN'T WAIT!Right now I am trying to decide which book to read next..
Hi Sarah! Welcome to the group. Please look around - there is lots going on and we hope you'll join in.
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