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31 August 2005

Books about Jane Austen available from Cambridge University Press

Filed under: Nonfiction, Page — Mags @ 11:14 pm

Cambridge University Press has set up a dedicated Web site listing the books they have published about Jane Austen, including the new Cambridge editions of Jane Austen’s novels. Nonfiction and criticism available include the Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen, Jane Austen and the Fiction of Her Time by Mary Waldron, the new second edition of Jane Austen: A Family Record by Deirdre LeFaye, and Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen by Fay Weldon (screenwriter of P&P1), all of which currently reside in the Jane Austen Memorial Library and Reading Room at AustenBlog World Headquarters. (Well, only the first edition of the LeFaye–but it’s one of our favorites.)

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P&P3 premiere will benefit abused children

Filed under: Pride and Prejudice (2005) — Mags @ 11:01 pm

Brenda Blethyn, who plays Mrs. Bennet in P&P3, has persuaded (tee-hee) the film’s distributors to donate the proceeds of the September 5 premiere at the London Odeon to Barnardo’s, a charity that benefits abused children.

Brenda said: “I have been a supporter of Barnardo’s and the vital work that it does for disadvantaged children for many years and I was determined that the funds raised from the premiere should go to the charity.

“The film is set in the sumptuous world of English country houses and genteel surroundings, and yet so many children in the UK are still living in poverty.

“I think it’s important that people remember this and that funds raised from the premier should help to give children in the UK a better start in life.”

Tickets for the premiere are available for £50.

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