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Pride and Prejudice infographic by http://coursehero.com

Pride and Prejudice infographic by http://coursehero.com

uispeccoll:
“ Happy 200th Birthday to Jane Austen’s Emma! Emma was published in three volumes on December 25, 1815, but as you can see the title page is dated 1816.
Emma: a novel. In three volumes. By the author of “Pride and prejudice,” &c. &c. …...

uispeccoll:

Happy 200th Birthday to Jane Austen’s Emma!
Emma was published in three volumes on December 25, 1815, but as you can see the title page is dated 1816.
Emma: a novel. In three volumes. By the author of “Pride and prejudice,” &c. &c. … London, Printed for J. Murray, 1816. By Jane Austen. PR4034 .E5
May your stories live on to enchant readers for another 200 years.

theguardian.com New Jane Austen waxwork uses forensic science to model 'the real Jane'

Forensic artist Melissa Dring has taken three years to construct the figure, making use of contemporary eye-witness accounts

You have five hundred a year. From who? Five hundred what? No one knows. No one cares. You have it. It’s yours. Every year. All five hundred of it.

How To Tell If You Are In A Jane Austen Novel | Mallory Ortberg (via miss-zarves)

Also: “A woman who hates you is playing the pianoforte.”

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amandaonwriting:
“ A Jane Austen Christmas Tree
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I wonder what Jane got for Christmas (who else thinks it was books?)

amandaonwriting:

A Jane Austen Christmas Tree

I wonder what Jane got for Christmas (who else thinks it was books?)

nomoreliteraryheroes.tumblr.com No More Literary Heroes: Alice Munro wins the Nobel Prize for Literature: Famous Dead Authors React

nomoreliteraryheroes:

Unlike the Nobel Peace prize which seems to be awarded exclusively to Kraken-sized bureacracies and world dictators, the Nobel Prize for Literature does occasionally find its way to someone who can write. This year the winner is Alice Munro, who deserves the prize because she writes books which…

the-toast.net The Quotable Jane Austen for Evil People: Sense and Sensibility

Nicole Cliffe presents some lesser-known Jane Austen quotations from “Sense and Sensibility” for an evil audience.