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The Friendly Jane Austen
The Friendly Jane Austen: A Well-Mannered Introduction to a Lady of Sense and Sensibility | Natalie Tyler
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What's so friendly about Jane Austen? Every generation rediscovers Jane Austen with a renewed enthusiasm for her timeless novels. In recent years, Austen has become more popular than ever as nearly every one of her books has been gorgeously filmed and reinterpreted to reflect today's sensibilities. Both diehard Austen addicts and new converts to the cult will find endless revelations and witty insights in The Friendly Jane Austen. With quizzes, eye-catching illustrations, interviews with Austen scholars and admirers, a filmography, bibliography, browsable quotes and sidebars, and engaging commentaries that illuminate her family life, early writings, and novels, The Friendly Jane Austen answers such questions as: What are Jane Austen's ten surefire ways to be vulgar? How do you tell a rake from a rattle? (Hint: They're both rascals.) Why is Jane Austen sometimes called the mother of the romance novel? Who is Sense and Sensibility's only sexy man? How much money did Jane Austen earn from her books during her lifetime? Reading The Friendly Jane Austen is like stepping into the happy world of her fiction.
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Caryl
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Thinking about starting on an Austen project.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Maybe check out the #Pemberlittens 4y
Chrissyreadit I‘m reading Northanger Abbey now. Our #pemberlittens group has several buddy reads focusing this month on Sense and Sensibility retellings. 4y
Caryl Thank you, @Riveted_Reader_Melissa and @Chrissyreadit - the #Pemberlittens, how cool! I was thinking of reading in the order she wrote them, and pausing after each to watch a film and/or read a modern version like this Northanger Abbey. 4y
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Chrissyreadit Yes- we are doing that as a group- we are reading P&P in August. 4y
Chrissyreadit @sprainedbrain is our fearless leader/organizer extraordinaire If you want more info. 4y
Caryl @Chrissyreadit - Awesome! I‘ll see if I can catch up to you guys. 🤓 4y
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Eyelit
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Shh! I‘m sneaking in some reading while at work. 😉

I‘m finding myself tickled by the series of alliterative adjectives (etc.) for Sense & Sensibility! 😁

LeahBergen This sounds like a fun read 👍🏻 6y
Eyelit @LeahBergen I‘m really enjoying it! 6y
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