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28 November 2004

The New York Post chooses “Emma” for its reading series

Filed under: Jane in the News — Mags @ 9:25 pm

The New York Post has chosen Emma as its latest title in its classics series. According to the article, one may procure a copy of the book for $5.99 from participating retailers with a coupon from the newspaper (though the coupon doesn’t seem to be included on the online edition of the paper).

Novel paraphrases first sentence of “Pride and Prejudice”

Filed under: Jane in the News — Mags @ 9:20 pm

The Grand Rapids Press points out that the first sentence of the novel The Good Wife Strikes Back by Elizabeth Buchan echoes the famous first line of Pride and Prejudice:

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that one person’s happiness is frequently bought at the expense of another’s.”

With a wry nod to Jane Austen, so begins “The Good Wife Strikes Back” (Viking, 304 pages, $24.95), the follow-up novel to Elizabeth Buchan’s best seller, “Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman.” Her latest book, while not quite as good as “Revenge,” is still quite good — and funny.

Jane Austen reference in “Masterpiece Theatre” production

Filed under: Jane in the News — Mags @ 9:03 pm

POLLYANNA, this week’s “Masterpiece Theatre” production, showed Pollyanna reading Pride and Prejudice to her aunt. :-)

 

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