What would my life have been like without Jane
Austen?
When I was asked this question by Maria Grazia, who’s from Italy, I instantly
thought that if I hadn’t met Austen, my world would probably be smaller. I
used to dislike romantic period novels, because I was full of prejudices,
even though my sister Almudena was totally in love with that Austen novel
she was reading, called Pride and Prejudice. But time went by, and we watched a
TV series with Colin Firth who I loved, and then, at school, I had to watch
that film by Emma Thompson too. And I was really got and then, fell in love
with the writer and her works.
My sister and I, along with other family members and friends, had fallen in
love with Mr Darcy, Elizabeth and even Mr Collins. But Internet was happening
around those years, and we started to meet “janeites” online through forums.
Almudena and I thought that we had to share in a more active way, and we even
designed a website, a bit rough in that moment. After this, we started to
receive emails and signings in our guestbook every now and then...and you know,
we were so happy, because we were making people happy.
Years have passed since the moment we opened our website, which has been
redesigned and rebuilt. We keep the main images drawn by my sister in the
beginning, because they are the main reference point of El Sitio de Jane. We
were encouraged to open a forum, and thank God we did it, because we have met
great people there that we can call now friends. No matter where they come from
(rest of Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay…), as well as the mails or
the tweets, they share the same happiness and love for Jane Austen. We even
have met some of them in “real life” and they are such a lovely “austenitas” and
human beings.
Our goal was to make people know about Austen so they could be happier, just
like us. We never knew we were going to receive so many good things like hope,
encouragement, points of view, love, happiness and more. So yes, our world has
become bigger and brighter thanks to Jane Austen.
Carmen
El Sitio de Jane: http://janeausten.zxq.net o http://www.janeausten.es.vg
200 Años de Orgullo y Prejuicio/200 years of Pride and Prejudice: http://prideandprejudice200years.blogspot.com
El Salón de Té: http://janeausten.mforos.com
Twitter: @SalonJaneAusten
4 comments:
You fell in love with Mr. Collins? Please, explain ;-)
Austenitas, I love that!
Monica
Love the pretty dress!!
Hi to all!
It's a honor to be here today with my sister. Monica, I fell in love with him...as a character...so stupid, so pompous, so silly, so goofy...a lovely character you love to laugh at and hate!
Jo, yes, it's a lovely dress and she was really beautiful! :) you should check this video of the meeting!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvmaFkVngmg&feature=youtu.be
Hi Carmen and Almudena! Greeting from Malaysia. As you can see, Jane Austen fans can be found all over the world, not just in UK and US.
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