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Thanks Megan. It is so beautiful here. The shop I work existed as some kind of shop when Jane visited here in 1804/5 so who knows she may have shopped in it?
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David wrote: "Hi all, I am David..and.....live.....in Lyme Regis and you all know the3 connection to Jane!!"Jealous, indeed!
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It is so cool that you live in Lyme. And we're glad you are here in this group with us!
Hi Everyone!! My name is Alexandra (Alex) and I am 32 and I live in Oklahoma with my husband, doggie Bella and at the moment my mother in law lives with us (long story and not goin there lol)I just came across this group and HAD to join!!! I am a slightly newer Jane Austen fan, I first read Emma last year I believe it was and did like it quite a bit but then tried Pride and Prejudice and I am HOOKED I fell so in love with that book it's not even funny, Darcy is my all time favorite male character EVER. Looking forward to meeting many more Austen fans!! I was reading Lady Susan and other Works by Ms Austen but got a lil sidetracked and am hoping to get back to it soon!
Hi Alex! Welcome to the group! I live in Texas so we are sort of near. Very happy to hear you like Austen's work and joined this group. I hope you enjoy the group - lots of discussion goes on!
Thank you so much Megan!! It seems to be a very fun group!!! How cool, what part of Texas are you in?? We live about half an hour north of Oklahoma City
Howdy y'all! I am happy to be joining this group and look forward to the interesting discussions I know will come. (I looked over the threads there now and some are quite intriguing). My hubby and I are both lovers of the classics, though my tastes are quite different than his. I have always loved Louisa May Alcott and Jane Austen, while he prefers William Shakespeare's works. We homeschool our 6 kids (who range in age from 14 down to 2), and we have lived all over the world due to living the military life for 15 years. We have now settled where I grew up and are trying to get established here. I am very glad to be joining you guys!
Alex - The Woodlands - just north of Houston.
Hi Sarah! Welcome to the group. I understand the military life as husband and I did that for years (6 addresses in the first 10 months we were married). Happy to have you here!
Megan wrote: "Alex - The Woodlands - just north of Houston."awesome!!
Thank you Soph! By the way, I don't know if Sophia is your name or not but that is my all time favorite girl name ever!
I wish it was Sophia - it's just Sophie, but Sophia is the Greek so it is sort of my name as well! ;)
In many cases Sophie is short for Sophia, so you can definitely lay claim to the name. It's a lovely name either way. I'm thinking of Heyer's The Grand Sophy, of course. I think that this Sophy gets called Sophia occasionally in the novel.
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Glad to have two more big Austen fans with us!
Thank you Rachel! I am very happy to be here!
Soph wrote: "I wish it was Sophia - it's just Sophie, but Sophia is the Greek so it is sort of my name as well! ;)"Sophie is just as beautiful!! I feel the same way with mine at times!! I love the form Alexandria a bit better than Alexandra, I just think it looks so much prettier!! lol
Alexandra wrote: "Soph wrote: "I wish it was Sophia - it's just Sophie, but Sophia is the Greek so it is sort of my name as well! ;)"Sophie is just as beautiful!! I feel the same way with mine at times!! I love th..."
I love names that are beautiful when hand written, and both yours are. Soph, yours is just plain stylish! And Alexandra, I'm partial to yours because I have a gorgeous granddaughter whose name is Alyssandra!
Hi! My name is Ana, I'm 14 and I live in Venezuela. My love for Jane Austen was passed to me by my mother, who is completely in love with her novels. We love reading all her novels and watching the movie adaptations as well (specially 2005 Pride & Prejudice, my love for that one is huge). I currently own all of her books, Pride & Prejudice and Persuasion in one book, Emma alone and I own a compilation of all her books. I have great expectations of this group and I hope we can all have passionate and accurate discussions about her work! Thanks for creating this group!
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I love that you are such a big fan of Austen at such a young age--you have the rest of your life to enjoy her novels! We hope you find a lot to enjoy in this group!
Thank you Rachel! You're actually the first person that has pointed out the fact that I have the rest if my life to enjoy her books! Never actually though about it!
Karlyne wrote: "Alexandra wrote: "Soph wrote: "I wish it was Sophia - it's just Sophie, but Sophia is the Greek so it is sort of my name as well! ;)"Sophie is just as beautiful!! I feel the same way with mine at..."
Oh wow what a pretty way of spelling it!!! love that!
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Sounds like a great, Austen-loving home you grew up in! Were you perhaps named for the Austen heroine? I love Persuasion too and I'm glad you like Fanny Price--I always felt like she got the short end of the stick as far as Austen's heroines go.
Glad you are here with us!
Welcome Emma! Mansfield Park has recently surpassed P&P and Persuasion as my favorite novel of all time... Such an incredible story!! Although i still find Anne Elliot to be my favorite heroine, I think fanny is a wonderfully written character and I really enjoyed getting to know her.
Welcome to the new members! And thank you all about the lovely comments about my name! It's nice to see it so liked as I have always thought it a very common name - as in lots of people I know are called Sophie!
Soph wrote: "Welcome to the new members! And thank you all about the lovely comments about my name! It's nice to see it so liked as I have always thought it a very common name - as in lots of people I know ar..."
You're the only Sophie I know, Soph! It must be a regional thing!
Hello everyone! My name is Sarah and I am a HUGE Austen fan. Love all the books and films but my absolute fav movie is Pride and Prejudice starring Keira Knightley.
Hello to all! I'm a longtime Austen fan and enjoy reading -- besides her books, of course! -- books about Austen as well as fiction inspired by her works. Glad to find this community here on Goodreads. :)
Hi all! I love Austen, I'm glad there are other people I can share my addiction with :)
Hello Carmen! Welcome to the group - we're all here because of our Austen addiction!
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Glad to have even more Austen fans with us!
Hi, I’m Ben. I love mysteries, sci-fi, thriller, contemporary fiction, classics, adventure, historical and great love stories - but read just about everything. Persuasion was one of my favourites!Glad to connect with everyone. Feel free to add me!
Hello Ben! Happy to have you in the group!
Olá pessoal! I'm Dâmaris, from BRAZIL. Recently I figured I haven't read enough classics. Then I activated this one-year-old account to help me keep track of my reads. I'm proud to have read all six complete novels by Austen, though. If I had to pick a favorite I'd say Sense and Sensibility but whichever one I reread becomes my favorite at that moment ^^' Feel free to befriend me.
Hi Damaris - wonderful you have read Austen's novels! Welcome!
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Glad to have two new and diverse Austen fans here with us! Hope you like it here!
Hello, all!I'm Amy, just turned 30, making the quote from Persuasion "it sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before," no longer applicable to me. Alas!
I'm a regional coordinator for the Jane Austen Society of North America, Southeastern Virginia region. I've considered myself a Janeite since I was about 12, though it took me a number of years to make my way through the novels. My favorite has always been Northanger Abbey.
Very pleased to be here and to have yet another venue for discussing Austen with like-minded folks!
Hi Amy! Welcome! I'm the co-coordinator for the JASNA Greater Houston Region. I hope you'll find some good discussion here!
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We're so glad you found our group. We hope you like it here!
Well hello everyone! My name is Jennifer, and I am so excited to have found this group! I have spent the last few days exploring all the discussions and decided it is about time to introduce myself.
As I'm sure most of you are, I am a complete Austen fanatic! I enjoy her writing very much and adore the movie and mini-series adaptions of her works. I am currently discovering the lesser known adaptions and spinoffs. It's such fun!
I can't wait to join in the discussions!
Hello Jennifer! I am so glad you found the group and have been exploring the discussions! Jump in and let us know what you think about any of the topics!
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We're excited you found the group and glad to have you with us!
Hey Everybody! Big Jane Austen fan. Started with some of the Masterpiece adaptations and am slowly working my way through her books. So far I Persuasion is my favorite.
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The Lord of the Rings (other topics)Emma (other topics)
Georgette Heyer's Regency World (other topics)
Pride and Prejudice (other topics)
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Angela Thirkell (other topics)D.E. Stevenson (other topics)
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