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I totally forgot to mention here that yesterday was the bicentennial of the first publication of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

In a letter to her sister, Cassandra, Austen wrote, "I want to tell you I have got my own darling child from London." You can see the letter yesterday's article in The Independent.

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Today's quote is one of many ridiculous but comical assertions by Mrs Bennet, the hypochondriacal and often unwittingly hilarious mother in Pride and Prejudice. The eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, has been disappointed in love, and Mrs Bennet is having a bit of a conversation with her second-eldest daughter, Lizzie ( Read more... )

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If you guessed "the 1995 BBC/A&E production of Pride & Prejudice - AGAIN!" then award yourself a gold star ( Read more... )

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The penultimate chapter of the book - my, but time has flown ( Read more... )

Lizzy is the happiest girl in the world, having just accepted Mr Darcy. And now her entire family is going to jump up and down with glee question her sanity. Oh, Jane Austen, you are too, too funny!

First up, Jane Bennet


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Remember that ham-handed proposal Darcy made back in Chapter 34, when he was so insulting about Elizabeth's lack of proper connections and her family's want of propriety? Well, this chapter includes his do-over. Mind you, now he's quite fond of the Gardiners (those improper family connections) and her family has behaved far more scandalously in the ( Read more... )