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  1. There are remarkable parallels between Pride and Prejudice and Edward Gibbon Wakefield.

    Jane Austen started writing P&P in 1796, the year Wakefield was born.

    The villainous Wickham plots to elope to Gretna Green with the 15 year old heiress Georgiana Darcy.
    The villainous Wakefield eloped to Gretna Green with the 15 year old heiress Ellen Turner.

    Wickham hopes to get his hands on Miss Darcy's £30,000.
    Wakefield would have got £30,000 through his first wife Eliza Pattle, had she survived to her 21st birthday.

    Unlike Eliza and Georgiana (and Lydia Bennet), Ellen's consent was obtained unwillingly and by deception. Wakefield claimed that only by marrying him could she save her father from (completely fictional) financial ruin. The marriage was subsequently dissolved by a special act of Parliament.

    Readers speculate as to what various characters' futures might have held after the end of the book. Might Wickham's have included both prison and Parliament, as it did for Wakefield?
    #PrideAndPrejudice #EdwardGibbonWakefield #ShrigleyAbduction #JaneAusten #history

  2. "I am glad I have done being in love with him. I should not like a man who is so soon discomposed by a hot morning”.

    #JaneAusten, #Emma

    #rileggomolto 🔗⤵️
    jausten.it/jarce.html

  3. Wenn hier Buchhandlungen mitlesen, die anlässlich des zu erwartenden Jane-Austen-Highs im Herbst (neue Verfilmungen!) an einer Lesung aus diesem Bereich interessiert sind, lege ich ihnen meinen Bericht zu meiner eigenen Autorinnenlesung ans Herz:
    koelner-leselust.de/meine-erst

    #Buchhandlung #Lesung #JaneAusten #FanFiction #MisterBennet #Autorinnenlesung #Buchbubble

    Ich neige nicht zu Eigenlob – aber vortragen kann ich …
    Es gibt da auch einen Link zur Einschätzung besagter Buchhandlung 🙃

  4. Wenn hier Buchhandlungen mitlesen, die anlässlich des zu erwartenden Jane-Austen-Highs im Herbst (neue Verfilmungen!) an einer Lesung aus diesem Bereich interessiert sind, lege ich ihnen meinen Bericht zu meiner eigenen Autorinnenlesung ans Herz:
    koelner-leselust.de/meine-erst

    #Buchhandlung #Lesung #JaneAusten #FanFiction #MisterBennet #Autorinnenlesung #Buchbubble

    Ich neige nicht zu Eigenlob – aber vortragen kann ich …
    Es gibt da auch einen Link zur Einschätzung besagter Buchhandlung 🙃

  5. Finis!

    5/5 stars. If I didn't already have this on my own shelf, I would endeavour to have it included. So strange to find a story from over 200 years ago so relatable.

    #JaneAusten #PrideandPrejudice

  6. In Jane Austen's novels, anyone with even a minor title is almost inevitably a buffoon and/or a villain. Her writing was aggressively anti-aristocratic, focussed on the provincial gentry (bourgeoisie).

    Contemporary Austen-tribute books and series — e.g. "Regency-Core" like Bridgerton, where the leads are aristocratic lords and ladies —entirely miss the point.

    #JaneAusten #class #history

  7. In Jane Austen's novels, anyone with even a minor title is almost inevitably a buffoon and/or a villain. Her writing was aggressively anti-aristocratic, focussed on the provincial gentry (bourgeoisie).

    Contemporary Austen-tribute books and series — e.g. "Regency-Core" like Bridgerton, where the leads are aristocratic lords and ladies —entirely miss the point.

    #JaneAusten #class #history

  8. Jane Austen's satire anticipated NotAllMen by over two centuries:

    I will only add in justice to men, that though to the larger and more trifling part of the sex, imbecility in females is a great enhancement of their personal charms, there is a portion of them too reasonable and too well-informed themselves to desire anything more in women than ignorance.

    Northanger Abbey (1799, publ. 1817)

    #JaneAusten #quotes #sexism

  9. Jane Austen's satire anticipated NotAllMen by over two centuries:

    I will only add in justice to men, that though to the larger and more trifling part of the sex, imbecility in females is a great enhancement of their personal charms, there is a portion of them too reasonable and too well-informed themselves to desire anything more in women than ignorance.

    Northanger Abbey (1799, publ. 1817)

    #JaneAusten #quotes #sexism

  10. Zum Zitatenmontag ein Ausschnitt aus „Mister Bennet“ – das Erbe der Bennet-Schwestern ist klein; ihre Heiratschancen sind demnach nicht glänzend. Dem kann abgeholfen werden.

    #Zitatemontag #MisterBennet #JaneAusten #FanFiction

  11. Zum Zitatenmontag ein Ausschnitt aus „Mister Bennet“ – das Erbe der Bennet-Schwestern ist klein; ihre Heiratschancen sind demnach nicht glänzend. Dem kann abgeholfen werden.

    #Zitatemontag #MisterBennet #JaneAusten #FanFiction

  12. My Endearment game arrived! Yes I went for the fully Extra version. I am a huge Jane Austen girlie, and the fact that there is a solo play mode convinced me.

    #BoardGames #JaneAusten

  13. My Endearment game arrived! Yes I went for the fully Extra version. I am a huge Jane Austen girlie, and the fact that there is a solo play mode convinced me.

    #BoardGames #JaneAusten

  14. ‘There’s an aura about it’: 210-year-old first edition of Jane Austen’s Emma on display in Melbourne
    By Emma Joyce

    The major acquisition is part of an initiative to redress the gender imbalance in the State Library of Victoria’s rare books collection

    theguardian.com/books/2026/jul

    #JaneAusten #Books #Victoria #Australianews #Libraries #Australianbooks #Culture #EmmaJoyce

  15. ‘There’s an aura about it’: 210-year-old first edition of Jane Austen’s Emma on display in Melbourne
    By Emma Joyce

    The major acquisition is part of an initiative to redress the gender imbalance in the State Library of Victoria’s rare books collection

    theguardian.com/books/2026/jul

    #JaneAusten #Books #Victoria #Australianews #Libraries #Australianbooks #Culture #EmmaJoyce

  16. #JaneAustenJuly 2026 What I’ll be reading

    We’re again at #JaneAustenJuly. This year, I’ll be (re)reading Emma and the non-fiction A Portrait of Jane Austen by David Cecil, published in 1978, that some dear friends gift me recently from their visit to Hay-on-Wye (yes, the Book Town).

    You can check my past post with direct links to all the works of Jane Austen from Project Gutenberg, that you can read anywhere. If you have a Kobo, you may prefer the kepub format (statistics and so on), so here’s the link to Austen’s works at Standard Ebooks.

    What will you be reading for #JaneAustenJuly? :-)

    #BookLook #books #Emma #JaneAusten #JaneAustenJuly #publicDomain #readings
  17. #JaneAustenJuly 2026 What I’ll be reading

    We’re again at #JaneAustenJuly. This year, I’ll be (re)reading Emma and the non-fiction A Portrait of Jane Austen by David Cecil, published in 1978, that some dear friends gift me recently from their visit to Hay-on-Wye (yes, the Book Town).

    You can check my past post with direct links to all the works of Jane Austen from Project Gutenberg, that you can read anywhere. If you have a Kobo, you may prefer the kepub format (statistics and so on), so here’s the link to Austen’s works at Standard Ebooks.

    What will you be reading for #JaneAustenJuly? :-)

    #BookLook #books #Emma #JaneAusten #JaneAustenJuly #publicDomain #readings
  18. “La! I cannot believe you would do something so unladylike, Lizzy.”
    “We must try very hard not to be seen.”
    “Just see if you can keep up with me.”

    Here's a scene from Aether and Ego, my steampunk retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in 1845 outer space. The picture is adapted from one by Hugh Thomson, a Victorian-era Irish artist who was best known for his pen-and-ink line drawings in re-issues of classic novels and plays, including all of Jane Austen’s novels.

    His illustration that I’ve adapted for my novel in this time-lapse “making of” video comes from the 1894 edition from publisher George Allen, with the famous peacock cover in forest green stamped in gold.

    Links for my novel:
    My publisher, @inannapub: inanna.ca/product/aether-and-e
    List of buying options: joannemerriam.com/books/aether

    #booksta #bookstagram #JaneAusten #PrideAndPrejudice #ButInSpace

  19. “La! I cannot believe you would do something so unladylike, Lizzy.”
    “We must try very hard not to be seen.”
    “Just see if you can keep up with me.”

    Here's a scene from Aether and Ego, my steampunk retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in 1845 outer space. The picture is adapted from one by Hugh Thomson, a Victorian-era Irish artist who was best known for his pen-and-ink line drawings in re-issues of classic novels and plays, including all of Jane Austen’s novels.

    His illustration that I’ve adapted for my novel in this time-lapse “making of” video comes from the 1894 edition from publisher George Allen, with the famous peacock cover in forest green stamped in gold.

    Links for my novel:
    My publisher, @inannapub: inanna.ca/product/aether-and-e
    List of buying options: joannemerriam.com/books/aether

    #booksta #bookstagram #JaneAusten #PrideAndPrejudice #ButInSpace

  20. Zum Zitatemontag ein Ausschnitt aus „Mister Bennet“, in dem der neue Nachbar seinen Garten präsentiert.

    #Zitatemontag #MisterBennet #JaneAusten #FanFiction

  21. Zum Zitatemontag ein Ausschnitt aus „Mister Bennet“, in dem der neue Nachbar seinen Garten präsentiert.

    #Zitatemontag #MisterBennet #JaneAusten #FanFiction

  22. In 1922 #Boston, an amateur theatrical group debuted an original work, "Dear Jane", one of the first fictional depictions of #JaneAusten; it was written by Eleanor Holmes Hinkley (1891-1971, TS Eliot's cousin) and directed by Virginia Tanner Green (1881-1950); both #Radcliffe alums, and both have new #wikipedia articles now. #Theatre #Austen @wikiwomeninred
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_

  23. In 1922 #Boston, an amateur theatrical group debuted an original work, "Dear Jane", one of the first fictional depictions of #JaneAusten; it was written by Eleanor Holmes Hinkley (1891-1971, TS Eliot's cousin) and directed by Virginia Tanner Green (1881-1950); both #Radcliffe alums, and both have new #wikipedia articles now. #Theatre #Austen @wikiwomeninred
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_

  24. Natürlich liiiieeebe ich positive Rückmeldungen auf meinen ersten Roman „Mister Bennet“:
    „Was für ein schöner Roman. Ich liebe die Charaktere und ihr tägliches Leben und mag sie gar nicht verlassen. Du hast ja unglaublich viel recherchiert und en passant, scheinbar ganz leicht, einfließen lassen. Chaperonieren habe ich natürlich gegoogelt."
    🤩

    #MisterBennet #JaneAusten #StolzUndVorurteil #Fanfiction #Debutroman

  25. Natürlich liiiieeebe ich positive Rückmeldungen auf meinen ersten Roman „Mister Bennet“:
    „Was für ein schöner Roman. Ich liebe die Charaktere und ihr tägliches Leben und mag sie gar nicht verlassen. Du hast ja unglaublich viel recherchiert und en passant, scheinbar ganz leicht, einfließen lassen. Chaperonieren habe ich natürlich gegoogelt."
    🤩

    #MisterBennet #JaneAusten #StolzUndVorurteil #Fanfiction #Debutroman

  26. Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #DaisyEdgarJones #JaneAusten Jane Austen's First Novel Leaps Off the Page in Romantic First 'Sense & Sensibility' Trailer dlvr.it/TTCYVk