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11.08.2010

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Early edition of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice auctioned for £140000 Daily Mail By Daily Mail Reporter A first edition of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice has fetched a record £139250 at auction, more than 150000 times its original ...Daily Mail

Manuscripts Suggest Jane Austen Had A Great Editor NPR English novelist Jane Austen is known for her polished prose, but her handwritten manuscripts reveal some telling grammatical errors. ...

Jane Austen's Work Heavily Edited? WTMA An expert who has studied 1100 pages of Jane Austen's handwritten work says the woman who gave us Lizzy Bennett, Mr. Darcy, Miss Bates, Emma Woodhouse,

Jane Austen's messy handwriting online Toronto Star According to new research, beloved novelist Jane Austen, renowned for Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion and Emma, couldn't spell worth a damn.

Attack on Jane Austen's genius shows neither sense nor sensibility The Guardian (blog) Or, if you believe the story that Jane Austen did not herself hone sentences like the one I have just ripped off from Pride and Prejudice, indeed 'tis most The Guardian (blog)

Celebrating Jane Austen in Oregon Los Angeles Times (blog) Janites are gathering in Portland, Ore., this weekend -- Janites, for the uninitated, are Jane Austen enthusiasts -- for the annual Jane Austen Conference.

Harmon speaks about the life and works of Jane Austen Indiana Statesman Claire Harman discussed her book about the life and work of Jane Austen Thursday in Root Hall. Jane Austen is considered by some to be one of the most ...

Jane Austen fans descend on Portland for lectures and 'grande promenade'OregonLive.comView full sizeThe OregonianPauline Beard and Susan Schwartz, two organizers of the Jane Austen Society of North America's annual meeting, at the Multnomah ...OregonLive.com

Is Jane Austen being pushed aside by Jodi Picoult? And isn't it time to ...Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)Is it time to update school reading lists with modern fiction or should we stick with Jane Austen? I think we lose kids by foisting dusty tomes on them that ...Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)

Jane Austen - the first draft Telegraph.co.uk You could buy a decent husband for that, in Jane Austen's day. By Allison Pearson How it could have been: i am gr8ly vexed @ yr dissmissal of my caracter.

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