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1. Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' is 200 Years Old: 10 Facts About the Novel 2. Jane Austen's Home and Writing Life 3. Jane Austen: The Legacy of a Literary Genius 4. Jane Austen's Charms and Challenges: A Closer Look at Her Classic Novels 5. The Art of Jane Austen: A Look at Her Literary Contributions 6. Jane Austen's Timeless Stories and Characters 7. Jane Austen: How Her Novels Still Capture Our Hearts 8. Jane Austen's Influence on Modern Literature 9. Jane Austen: A Closer Look at Her Life and Work 10. Jane Austen and the Power of Social Critique
Uzma Jalaluddin, a second-generation Canadian of Indian immigrant parents, intimately knows the Toronto South Asian community and is a devotee of Jane Austen, both of which serve as inspiration for her carefully crafted works of fiction. She is a proven talent with success in several fields, including as a high school teacher, playwright and acclaimed
Amita Murray is an award-winning London-based writer who has also resided in India and California; a self-described cultural nomad who seasons her sizzling love stories and historical mystery romances with a heady blend of historical facts, steamy heat, spice and suspense. Jane Austen, the Grande Dame of Regency Fiction, likely would be shocked by the
Until the millennium, I read only one book at a time. I would finish Philip Roth's American Pastoral before pouncing on my beloved Jane Austen's Persusion. Now it's Liberty Hall here; I have several books going at once. After too much screen time, I fall on my books like a graduate student with 1,000 pages to…
Jane Austen’s oeuvre is the gift that keeps on giving. It seems like there are endless variations of her Pride and Prejudice, all of which are perforce entertaining, because the original was so good, and so timeless. In this retelling, the heroine is 18-year-old Lily, an Australian who lives on Pippi Beach, “Sydney’s best-kept secret."…
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) conducted a survey in 2003 to determine the most beloved novels in the United Kingdom. This led to the compilation of a list, with J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" securing the top spot. Other notable entries include works by Jane Austen and J.K. Rowling. The survey's results were influenced by the nationality of the authors, and some popular works were excluded due to one-book-per-author restriction.
It's a few weeks since I took part in First Line Friday for one reason and another but I couldn't resist joining in today. I'm re-reading Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice which surely begins with one of the most famous first lines in literature? It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in…