Jane Austen

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Biography: Jane Austen was born on December 16th, 1775, to the local rector, Rev. George Austen (1731-1805), and Cassandra Leigh (1739-1827). She was the seventh of eight children. She had one older sister, Cassandra. In 1783 she went to Southampton to be taught by a relative, Mrs. Cawley, but was brought home due to a local outbreak of disease [...]

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October 25, 2010

Attack On Jane Austen's Genius Shows Neither Sense Nor Sensibility

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Or, if you believe the story that Jane Austen did not herself hone sentences like the one I have just ripped off from Pride and Prejudice, indeed 'tis most [...]

October 25, 2010

"The Walking Dead's" Gut

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has become a nearly inescapable fixture in pop culture, reaching its rotting hands to everyone from George Romero to Homer Simpson to Jane Austen. [...]

October 24, 2010

Pride, Prejudice And Poor Punctuation

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The truth universally acknowledged, that Jane Austen was one of the most pristine literary stylists of all time, has been exploded: her punctuation was [...]

October 25, 2010

Jane Austen's Editor

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She said Saturday that they contradicted the claim by Austen's brother Henry that “everything came finished from her pen.” “In reading the manuscripts, [...]

October 24, 2010

Scene & Heard: Aviva Family And Children's Services Fashion Show

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Patrons of the first "Winter Feast & Frolic" for Santa Monica's Broad Stage got a sneak peek at the upcoming Jane Austen-themed fundraiser Oct. 17 at Eva [...]

October 23, 2010

Jane Austen Would Have Flunked English?

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If you think the professor is just being catty, you can see for yourself on Monday, when more than 1000 manuscript pages are put online at the Jane Austen [...]

October 23, 2010

Academic: Jane Austen Had Helping Hand From Editor

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by AP She's renowned for her precise, exquisite prose, but new research shows Jane Austen was a poor speller and erratic grammarian who got a big helping [...]

October 24, 2010

Easy A Review

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most enjoyably perhaps the transposition of Jane Austen's Emma to Beverly Hills in Clueless and of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew to Padua, [...]

October 26, 2010

Jane Austen Fans Descend On Portland For Lectures And 'grande Promenade'

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View full sizeThe OregonianPauline Beard and Susan Schwartz, two organizers of the Jane Austen Society of North America's annual meeting, at the Multnomah [...]

October 23, 2010

How Jane Austen Failed At Spelling Using Regional Accent And Poor Punctuation

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But Jane Austen could not spell or correctly use punctuation, and wrote in a 'regional accent', according to a study of her handwritten work. [...]

October 24, 2010

Is Jane Austen Being Pushed Aside By Jodi Picoult? And Isn't It Time To ...

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Is it time to update school reading lists with modern fiction or should we stick with Jane Austen? I think we lose kids by foisting dusty tomes on them that [...]

October 23, 2010

Jane Austen Lecture

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and District Decorative and Fine Art Society's monthly lecture to speak on the perennially popular subject of Jane Austen, her life and writing. [...]

October 24, 2010

Jane Austen Could Not Spell

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Jane Austen apparently could not spell. The exquisite writer was not only a poor speller, but also a poor grammarian at times. Austen had a lot of help from [...]

October 23, 2010

Editor Help For Jane Austen Novels

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One of English Literature's greatest novelists, Jane Austen, had her work polished up by a male editor who took out her bad grammar and spelling, [...]

October 23, 2010

Jane Austen Quotes - The Quotations Page


Read the works of Jane Austen online at The Literature Page Jane Austen, Emma; Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in [...]

October 23, 2010

The Jane Austen Society Of North America


6 Oct 2010 Information on upcoming meetings, activities, and conferences, as well as biographical information and critical essays about Jane Austen. [...]

October 23, 2010

Jane Austen


Jane Austen was born in Steventon, Hampshire, where her father, Rev. George Austen, was a rector. She was the second daughter and seventh child in a family [...]

October 23, 2010

Jane Austen Centre|Festival|magazine|Tearoom|Bath UK England


Jane Austen information site, Bath, online Jane Austen magazine, Giftshop, walking tours, Group visits, Jane Austen Festival, Awards Regency Tea Rooms, [...]

October 24, 2010

Silk Road Seattle - HERAT


Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction set among the gentry have earned her a place as one of [...]

October 26, 2010

Academic: Jane Austen Had Helping Hand From Editor - Yahoo! News


23 Oct 2010 She's renowned for her precise, exquisite prose, but new research shows Jane Austen was a poor speller and erratic grammarian who got a big [...]

October 25, 2010

Mr. Darcy Takes The Plunge By J. Marie Croft


Publisher: Rhemalda Publishing ISBN: 098274370X Pages: 344 pgs Genre: Jane Austen Adaptation Challenges-Read’n’Review Challenge, 100+ Reading Challenge Rating: Summary from Publisher: A pun-filled tale featuring Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice characters with some added or addled, missing or missi [...]

October 23, 2010

ME & JANE AUSTEN - MY GUEST POST ON JASBRA

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I wrote about ME & JANE AUSTEN and Adriana posted my text with some pictures. I'm flattered and honoured. Many thanks, Adriana! It's such a pleasure to be part of this huge enthusiastic international community. [...]

October 25, 2010

Jane Austen Society Of North America-- Central New Jersey Chapter ...

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Previous meetings have included book discussions, movie viewings, guest speakers, concerts, and much, much, more. Our mission is to foster among the widest number of readers the study, appreciation, and understanding of Jane Austen's [...]

October 25, 2010

Jane Austen A Bad Speller


Well she did write the best book of all time in Pride and Prejudice, so we can't all be perfect, right? CBC News - Books - Austen was bad speller: U.K. scholar [...]

October 24, 2010

According To Jane Austen...: "It Sometimes Happens That A Woman Is ...

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According to Jane Austen An artist cannot do anything slovenly. Saturday, October 23, 2010 Which Austen Girl Are YOU? I am Elinor Dashwood! Take the Quiz here! "She could not only love the blooming sweetness . Lost in Jane Austen. [...]


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