JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY TO CELEBRATE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF PRIDE & PREJUDICE - MARCH 15

The Greater Louisville Region of the Jane Austen Society invites you to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's masterpiece, Pride & Prejudice, on March 15, 7-9 p.m. in the Visitors' Center of Locust Grove.

The evening will include a trivia contest with prizes, film clips of various versions of Pride & Prejudice and discussion of favorite scenes, tea and scones, and a chance to meet Mr. Darcy!

Anyone interested is welcome to attend and asked to RSVP  to Locust Grove at 502-897-9845.  Attendees are encouraged to wear Regency attire. Information will also be available about the 6th Annual Jane Austen Festival, July 20 & 21 to be held at Locust Grove.

Locust Grove is located at 561 Blankenbaker Lane (between Brownsboro Rd & River Rd), Louisville, Kentucky.   For more information about the Greater Louisville Region of the Jane Austen Society, call Bonny Wise, Regional Coordinator at 502-727-3917 or visit www.jasnalouisville.com

RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS GIVEAWAY HOP - LET'S CELEBRATE PRIDE & PREJUDICE

Published 200 years ago in 1813, Jane Austen's most popular novel, Pride and Prejudice, turns 200 years old today but has never been fresher and more loved. Pride and Prejudice is in many ways a record book. For instance, it  has never been out of print. It remains one of the best-read novels in the English language, with more than 20 million copies sold.

It's also the most filmed of the Austen novels, with 10 major films and TV miniseries, including the classic 1940 adaptation starring Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson with a script cowritten by no less a literary light than Aldous Huxley. Of course, for many of us Elizabeth has Jennifer Ehle's sweet smile and Mr Darcy Colin Firth dreamy stare.

So I've chosen a P&P - related gift to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Lizzy and Darcy and take part in the Random Acts of Kindness Giveaway Hop hosted at Read for the Future and I Am a Reader Not a Writer.

Take your chances in the rafflecopter form below and win the current issue (61 January/February) of 

Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

HAPPY 200TH ANNIVERSARY, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE!

Published 200 years ago in 1813, Jane Austen's most popular novel, Pride and Prejudice, turns 200 years old today but has never been fresher and more loved. Pride and Prejudice is in many ways a record book. For instance, it  has never been out of print. It remains one of the best-read novels in the English language, with more than 20 million copies sold.

It's also the most filmed of the Austen novels, with 10 major films and TV miniseries, including the classic 1940 adaptation starring Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson with a script cowritten by no less a literary light than Aldous Huxley. Of course, for many of us Elizabeth has Jennifer Ehle's sweet smile and Mr Darcy Colin Firth dreamy stare. 

These days 'Jane Austen' is a very big brand name, masses of money are made in her name. Would she be offended? I don't think so. She would have loved to earn money by her quill, that was what she aspired to as a woman and as a writer: financial independence, freedom. 

P&P ANNIVERSARY - CELEBRATING JANE AUSTEN’S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: 200 YEARS OF JANE AUSTEN’S MASTERPIECE BY SUSANNAH FULLERTON

The celebrative atmosphere all around the Net has made me look for the perfect read to join the festive mood in honour of the 200th anniversary of Pride and Prejudice. What about this just released book by Australian Austen scholar, Susannah Fullerton? 

The Book - Celebrating Pride and Prejudice

“Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure,” Elizabeth Bennet tells Fitzwilliam Darcy in one of countless exhilarating scenes in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. The remembrance of Austen’s brilliant work has given its readers pleasure for 200 years and is certain to do so for centuries to come. The book is incomparable for its wit, humor, and insights into how we think and act—and how our “first impressions” (the book’s initial title) can often be remarkably off-base. All of these facets are explored and commemorated in Celebrating Pride and Prejudice, written by preeminent Austen scholar Susannah Fullerton. Fullerton delves into what makes Pride and Prejudice such a groundbreaking masterpiece, including the story behind its creation (the first version may have been an epistolary novel written when Austen was only twenty), its reception upon publication, and its tremendous legacy, from the many films and miniseries inspired by the book (such as the 1995 BBC miniseries starring Colin Firth) to the even more numerous “sequels,” adaptations, mash-ups (zombies and vampires and the like), and pieces of merchandise, many of them very bizarre.