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12 January 2006

A British Icon Indeed

Filed under: Jane in the News — Mags @ 12:20 am

Alert Janeite Carmen wrote to share a very interesting link. Pride and Prejudice has been nominated as a “British Icon.” The voting is open, so do your Janeite duty!

3 Responses to “A British Icon Indeed”

  1. Robyn Says:
    January 12th, 2006 at 12:37 am

    Thanks for the Info Mags and Carmen, my only question is why is it just Pride and Prejudice? After all Jane Austen wrote six books, SHE IS A BRITISH ICON. Instead of just recognizing her books Our Lady Jane should be recognized for the true British Literary Ambassador that she is; the woman who defines comedies of manners, romance and drama for literature readers around the globe.

    ~R

  2. Mags Says:
    January 12th, 2006 at 12:41 am

    I wondered that myself, but after poking around the site a bit it seems that they don’t do people, just things.

  3. Carmen Says:
    January 12th, 2006 at 7:46 am

    I thought JA was an icon in fact…but if they do not admit people. I looked for Colin Firth in order to know if his Mr Darcy was an icon too, because, I have read it many times too…You can see Mr Bean is an icon there;)

 

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