It’s here! The release of the new Facebook game for Janeite’s…Rogues and Romance. WOW!!!!
Enjoy!!!
Category: Jane Austen Popular Culture
Pride and Prejudice Confetti anyone??
The latest from the Jane Austen Centre:
Pride and Prejudice Heart Confetti
This heart confetti is made from your favourite romantic book – Pride & Prejudice.
This is perfect for your wedding and makes a unique table decoration. *
Presented in a pretty ivory envelope ready for giving (or keeping!)
Bring Darcy and Lizzie, and all your other favourite characters, to your wedding today!
Only £3 per pack
You can order here from the Jane Austen Centre in Bath
[* or you can sit around on a rainy day and try to piece the book back together? – wedding or not, I think this is a must-have for any true Austen fan…]
Text and image from the Jane Austen Centre (except for the last bit…)
c2012 Jane Austen in Vermont
Jane Austen’s Persuasion ~ 1960s Style
I am always on the search for old paperbacks of Jane Austen’s works, usually for the introductions by various scholars, but very often for the cover art, always the tell-tale sign of the time of publication. This is one of my favorites, along with the book synopsis inside the front cover – with such a cover and description, one wonders if this is Jane Austen’s Persuasion at all!
Are we in a time-warp here? – whatever is the Captain wearing? and can this Sophia Loren-look-alike really be Anne Elliot?! One is afraid to open the book! but aah!, all is ok – we still find Sir Walter Elliot immersed in his Baronetage on page one … and the note of Mary’s marriage to Charles Musgrove is still there, taking place on December 16, 1810 [anyone ever wonder why Jane Austen had the oft-suffering Mary marry on her birthday?!] It is all there, unabridged, thankfully untouched by 1960s sensibilities…
To go along with this cover, here is the publisher’s blurb:
A WOUNDED LOVE…
Captain Wentworth had no fortune. He had been lucky in his profession, but spending freely what had come freely, had realized nothing. But he was confident he would soon be rich. That he would soon have a ship and soon be on a station that would lead to everything he wanted. He had always been lucky.
Such confidence had been enough for Anne; but Lady Russell saw it differently. In his sanguine temper and fearlessness of mind, she saw but an aggravation of the evil. He was brilliant, he was headstrong. Lady Russell had little taste for wit. She deprecated the connection in every light.
Thus, eight years before, Anne’s heart had been broken.
And now Captain Wentworth had returned.
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Persuasion, by Jane Austen
Magnum Easy Eye Books / Lancer Books, 1968
Cover illustration by Julio Freire
On a side note, completely unrelated to Jane Austen – Freire did a number of book illustrations, but here is one to share – the BOMC edition of Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor, a book banned in 14 states upon its publication in 1944 – I don’t think I knew that when I read it in 1972, pregnant with my first-born – I actually gave my daughter “Amber” as a middle name…! – but this a topic far afield of the 1968 cover art for Persuasion … though interesting to me it may well be.
Your thoughts? and what are some of your favorite vintage covers on Austen’s works?
[The Forever Amber cover from CheekyChicago.com ]
@2012 Jane Austen in Vermont
Hot off the Press! ~ Jane Austen’s Regency World Magazine No. 58
The July/August issue of Jane Austen’s Regency World magazine is published this weekend and will be mailed to subscribers next week. In it you can read about:
*A Royal Affair: a new film depicts the scandal that rocked a European monarchy
*Olympic Jane: as the 2012 Games open in London, we look at the sports that Jane might have played
*Bath Jane Austen Festival: an exclusive preview of the fun planned for September
*Stand and deliver! the terror of highwaymen that threatened Jane’s friends and family
*Gothic horror: how Jane Austen satirised the latest literary fashion
*Plus News, Letters, Book Reviews and information from Jane Austen Societies in the US, UK and Australia
To subscribe now click here – and make sure that you are among the first to read all the news from Jane Austen’s Regency World.
Text and image from JARW – you can now read more about Jane’s world on the magazine’s new website, blog, and facebook pages here:
@2012 Jane Austen in Vermont
Reminder! JASNA-Vermont ~ June 3, 2012 ~ Rachel Brownstein on Why Jane Austen?
Read my interview with Professor Brownstein here:
Part I and Part II
You are Cordially Invited to JASNA-Vermont’s June Meeting
~ ‘Why Jane Austen?’ ~
with
Rachel Brownstein*
What do we want from Jane Austen? ~
Why do we want it? ~
and What do we get from the movies, the fan fiction,
and the Novels?
*****
Sunday, 3 June 2012, 2 – 4 p.m.
Champlain College, Hauke Conference Center
375 Maple St Burlington VT
~Free & Open to the Public~
~Light refreshments served~
For more information: JASNAVermont@gmail.com
Please visit our blog at: http://JaneAustenInVermont.wordpress.com
the June 3 2012 flyer: share with your friends!
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*We are honored to welcome Professor Rachel Brownstein, author of Becoming a Heroine (1982), Tragic Muse: Rachel of the Comedie-Francaise (1993), and Why Jane Austen? (2011). Films, feminism, and popular fetishes are among the subjects of her new work, an engaging treasure-filled meditation on Jane Austen as writer, woman, social commentator, and 21st-century icon. But most of all it is about reading, which Brownstein has been encouraging people to do, at Brooklyn College and the Graduate School of CUNY, for several decades.
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Please Join Us!
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~ Upcoming in 2012 and beyond ~
Sept. 23: Burlington Book Festival: ‘An Afternoon with Jane Austen’: authors Elsa Solender on Jane Austen in Love: An Entertainment,
Stuart Bennett on The Perfect Visit; and
Hope Greenberg on “Dressing Jane”!
Dec. 2: Annual Birthday Tea with Paul Monod of Middlebury College on
“The Royal Navy in the Age of Nelson, 1775-1815”
Mar. 2013 [TBA]: “’Fifty Miles of Good Road’: Travelling in Jane Austen” with Deb Barnum
Jane Austen’s Emma ~ Borner Cover Short-Listed by the V&A
This cover to Jane Austen’s Emma has been short-listed by the V&A in the “Book Jacket and Cover” category for its 2012 Illustration Awards. The cover was designed by Petra Borner and published by Bonnier in 2011.
The Swedish paperback series Albert Bonniers klassiker has long been around. But the entire series has gotten a facelift with graphic designer Petra Börner’s new covers to Jane Austin’s Emma, Hjlmar Söderberg’s The Serious Game, Marguerite Duras’ The Lover and John Fowle’s The French Lieutenant’s Woman. The books are published by sister publisher Bonnier Pocket and the theme is romance. And with the new release, the publisher has started a campaign in social media that’s already shown results.
[from the Bonnier website]
I shall forgive them for the misspelling of “Austin’s” name, because the cover is so lovely… but really, the publisher’s website has this wrong??!
Further Reading:
- You can read about it and the other nominations here at It’s Nice That website, and here at Design Week.
- The V&A 2012 Illustration Awards
- The V&A Illustration Awards – previous years
- Petra Borner’s book covers on her website
- the Bonnier Pocket Classics facebook page
@2012 Jane Austen in Vermont
JASNA-Vermont ~ June 3, 2012 ~ Rachel Brownstein on Why Jane Austen?
You are Cordially Invited to JASNA-Vermont’s June Meeting
~ ‘Why Jane Austen?’ ~
with
Rachel Brownstein*
What do we want from Jane Austen? ~
Why do we want it? ~
and What do we get from the movies, the fan fiction,
and the Novels?
*****
Sunday, 3 June 2012, 2 – 4 p.m.
Champlain College, Hauke Conference Center
375 Maple St Burlington VT
~Free & Open to the Public~
~Light refreshments served~
For more information: JASNAVermont@gmail.com
Please visit our blog at: http://JaneAustenInVermont.wordpress.com
the June 3 2012 flyer: share with your friends!
****************************
*We are honored to welcome Professor Rachel Brownstein, author of Becoming a Heroine (1982), Tragic Muse: Rachel of the Comedie-Francaise (1993), and Why Jane Austen? (2011). Films, feminism, and popular fetishes are among the subjects of her new work, an engaging treasure-filled meditation on Jane Austen as writer, woman, social commentator, and 21st-century icon. But most of all it is about reading, which Brownstein has been encouraging people to do, at Brooklyn College and the Graduate School of CUNY, for several decades.
**********************
Please Join Us!
*********************************
~ Upcoming in 2012 and beyond ~
Sept. 23: Burlington Book Festival: ‘An Afternoon with Jane Austen’: authors Elsa Solender on Jane Austen in Love: An Entertainment,
Stuart Bennett on The Perfect Visit, and more!
Dec. 2: Annual Birthday Tea with Paul Monod of Middlebury College on
“The Royal Navy in the Age of Nelson, 1775-1815”
Mar. 2013 [TBA]: “’Fifty Miles of Good Road’: Travelling in Jane Austen” with Deb Barnum
All Around the World with Jane! ~ a photo contest from Sourcebooks
This just in from Beth at Sourcebooks! – get your camera ready and off you go!…
Hi there! In the June memoir, All Roads Lead to Austen the author Amy Elizabeth Smith took Jane Austen’s works along with her as she traveled to foreign countries. Her goal was to see if the magic of Jane Austen could hold its power across borders, languages and cultures. Amy took Jane to far off countries – and we need your help to take her even further! We are holding a contest called All Around the World with Jane! Join us on our Austen love fest by printing out our Jane Austen “flat Stanley.” [see below] – Take pictures of yourself with Jane in your hometown or on your vacation, and submit it from April 30th – June 30th!
We will award the following prizes to the individuals with the most creative picture:
1 Grand Prize Winner will receive:
- An E-reader with all of our available Austen sequels/continuations downloaded on to it
- A signed copy of All Roads Lead to Austen by Amy Elizabeth Smith
- A Skype session with Amy Elizabeth Smith
3 Second Place Winners will receive:
- A signed copy of All Roads Lead to Austen by Amy Elizabeth Smith
- A choice of 5 Jane Austen sequels/continuations from Sourcebooks
5 Third Place Winners will receive:
- A signed copy of All Roads Lead to Austen by Amy Elizabeth Smith
You can then submit your pictures on the All Around the World with Jane Facebook page or email your submission to landmark@sourcebookspr.com.
Below are some examples of where Jane has been already (Times Square, The Jane Austen Centre in Bath, and the Sourcebooks offices!) and attached is the flat Stanley that you can print off (also available on the Facebook page).
One more thing! Barnes & Noble is offering this title as a NOOK First! The eBook is being offered early now and at only $6.99 for a limited time! Please pass this along! We want to see Jane go as many places as possible!
Thank you!
Beth
Beth PehlkeAssociate Publicist | Sourcebooks, Inc.
Hot off the Press! ~ Jane Austen’s Regency World ~ No. 57
Coming soon to your mailbox! ~ the new issue of Jane Austen’s Regency World (May/June 2012, No 57):
- Mozart’s Sister: a stunning new film tells of the talented musician eclipsed by a famous brother
- Oops, I did it again: drink, drugs, sex and gambling… lax morals prevailed in Georgian England
- Taking a tour around Steventon, birthplace of Jane Austen
- Rage against the machine: how the Luddites sought to protect their jobs and their families
- Exploring the character of Elizabeth Bennet
Plus … all the latest news from the world of Jane Austen, your letters, round-ups from the Jane Austen Society of the UK and the Jane Austen Society of North America, book reviews and quiz!
AND: Watch out for the new JARW website and BREAKING NEWS pages – coming soon to www.janeaustenmagazine.co.uk
You can subscribe here – a most enjoyable treat to show up in your mailbox every other month…
Book Giveaway Winner! ~ “The Perfect Visit” ~ Time-Traveling with Jane Austen
Congratulations! to Danielle, who has won the random drawing for The Perfect Visit by Stuart Bennett. The interview with Mr. Bennett can be found at these two posts: Part I, and Part II.
Danielle, please email me the address you would like me to send the book to, and I will get it off to you right away …
Thank you all for your comments! – I do hope that you will all buy a copy of the book, either in the paperback edition or as an ebook on your kindle – I promise you an enjoyable read!
