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    A Christmas Jigsaw Puzzle to Banish...  Nov 23, 2009
    In Jane Austen s Mansfield Park, one of Fanny Price s cousins is amused by her inability to put the map of Europe together. It wasn t poor Fanny s fault. (Suite101.com)

    Teaching Literary Concepts Using Po...  Nov 23, 2009
    After students are attuned to noticing literary commonalities, they will more easily notice similar themes, settings, character types and motifs across the works of, as examples, Jane Austen or Thomas Hardy. Films, ultimately, are narratives, but students may not see popular movies as anything other than simple entertainment. (Suite101.com)

    At Montrose School, in BC grad’s book, women express faith in Opus Dei  Nov 19, 2009
    Students can choose between attending daily morning Mass or spending 45 minutes in quiet reading sessions, with a long list of approved books that include Plato, Jane Austen, and even Malcolm Gladwell s Blink. Montrose students travel to Rome to study Dante s Inferno, are the only high-schoolers invited to present their writing and research on ethics and philosophy at a Notre Dame college competition, and are regularly accepted to Ivy League colleges. (Boston Globe)

    Writers reveal the 'Truth' about Austen's appeal  Nov 19, 2009
    ATruth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen (Random House, $25), edited by Susannah Carson, explains her eternal appeal. Lamenting Austen's death at 41, reflects on how Austen's work might have evolved had she lived longer, perhaps becoming "the forerunner of and of Proust." Woolf calls Austen "the most perfect artist among women, the writer whose books are immortal.". (USA Today -- Life)

    Coming Soon to a Shelf Near You  Nov 19, 2009
    See, for instance, apparently about a Maine town trapped under one of those thingies that goes atop a footed cake plateor, a YouTube favorite, the tongue-in-cheek, tentacle-around-suitor ad for the Jane Austen-spoofing ... takes an ironic approach in suggesting that a close familiarity with Jane Austen will help you get laidironic but not really kidding. (Slate)

    Feminist icon?  Nov 16, 2009
    After years of being deemed unfashionable and politically incorrect, Blyton was named Britain's best-loved author last year in a poll for the Costa Book Award, beating the likes of JK Rowling, Jane Austen and William Shakespeare. The writer is now being brought to the small screen courtesy of actress Helena Bonham Carter in a BBC Four biopic simply titled Enid. (BBC News -- Entertainment)

    Ang Lee takes Venice Golden Lion  Nov 16, 2009
    The Taiwan-born director's other films include the comic book blockbuster The Hulk, released last year, and Sense and Sensibility, an adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel. George Clooney's film Good Night, and Good Luck had been the hot favourite among film critics to take the Golden Lion on the last night of the annual 11-day festival. (Yahoo News -- Film Festivals)

    Turning the Pixels  Nov 11, 2009
    And women, stand warned: not every man who displays Jane Austen is as sensitive as he would like you to infer. There s nothing wrong with signaling, and certainly nothing wrong with men who will admit to reading Austen, but Kindle forces people to signal which books they ve read the same way they broadcast movies they ve seen by talking intelligently about them. (The American Conservative)

    Hawaii's best-sellers  Nov 9, 2009
    "Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters" by Jane Austen and Ben H. Winters. 8. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    The Post Off-Year Election Gabfest  Nov 6, 2009
    The second recommendation comes from Robert Sloan, who suggests Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, narrated by the wonderful Juliet Stevenson. You'll find links to this and previous Gabfest recommendations on our new. (Slate)

    Tribute to Jane Austen  Nov 5, 2009
    It is a truth universally acknowledged that many people in possession of a working brain must adore Jane Austen ... Clearly, "A Woman's Wit: Jane Austen's Life and Legacy," opening tomorrow at the Morgan, has a ready-made and doting audience ... It is a truth universally acknowledged that many people in possession of a working brain must adore Jane Austen. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    A Woman's Wit  Nov 5, 2009
    A major Jane Austen exhibition, which has opened in New York, is creating a huge stir among fans and cultural commentators ... "There have been so many Jane Austen adaptations over the last 20 or 30 years. It seemed like a timely moment to show this collection," says Mr Kiely ... Marsha Huff, President of the Jane Austen Society of North America. (BBC News -- Entertainment)

    Bay Area Bound: New books by local authors  Nov 2, 2009
    A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen. edited by Susannah Carson (Random House; $25). (San Francisco Chronicle)

    A novel approach to getting kids into classics  Oct 31, 2009
    Shakespeare, Jane Austen: The language is ornate. Nobody talks that way anymore. (Boston Globe)

    International Writers Contest Launches Careers of Seven New York Times Bestselling Authors  Oct 30, 2009
    At least seven of the 300 winning writers have made the New York Times (NYT) best-sellers' list -- Dave Wolverton (Star Wars: The Courtship of Princess Leah), Nancy Farmer (The Ear, the Eye and the Arm), Jo Beverley (A Lady's Secret), Sean Williams (Star Wars: Force Unleashed), Tim Myers (Basho and the Fox), Karen Joy Fowler (The Jane Austen Book Club) and Patrick Rothfuss (Name of the Wind). "Each of these amazing writers got their first big publishing break after being chosen by our blue... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Paranormal paramours are hot in more ways than one  Oct 29, 2009
    That makes the literary mash-up of zombies and Jane Austen (credited along with Seth Grahame-Smith) titled "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" a particularly notable phenomenon. The book (in development as a movie) shambled onto the best-seller list after its April publication and has remained there for the last 27 weeks, and zombies seem to have infiltrated a number of literary genres. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Jane Austen meets Sex and the City  Oct 19, 2009
    For the BBC s latest romp turns out to be yet another Jane Austen adaptation: Emma, this time remade as a three-episode version of Sex and the City - plus corsets, minus the Mac and Manhattan ... Pass the Prada bonnet and get thee to a ballroom, this is absolutely nothing to do with Jane Austen and everything to do with bad dialogue and hammy flashbacks involving Jane Fairfax almost falling off a cliff ... Scriptwriter Andrew Davies has a lot to answer for his decision to have Darcy jump into a... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    Grenville’s ‘The Lieutenant’ modeled after life of English soldier, scientist William Dawes  Oct 18, 2009
    Such grandiose pronouncements are largely avoided by faithful imitators of Jane Austen, the latest among them being the mother and daughter team of Jane Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-Bradway ... Like any worthwhile pastiche, this entertaining novel prompts a renewed appreciation of the subtlety and wit of the real Jane Austen, who would never have had a character say. (Boston Globe)

    Life lessons come with a price in ‘An Education’  Oct 16, 2009
    The screenwriter is author Nick Hornby, adapting a memoir by Lynn Barber, and he and director Scherfig and actress Mulligan all understand what Jane Austen understood: Watching an intelligent woman swoon can be great, moving entertainment. The early heart of the movie is in the scenes in which Jenny skips out on the town with David and his business partner Danny (Dominic Cooper). (Boston Globe)

    Know your zombies!  Oct 15, 2009
    by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith. Smith has re-mixed the beloved Jane Austen novel with an additional thread of war against hordes of the undead. (The Palm Beach Post)

    'Spirits and the Supernatural'  Oct 14, 2009
    She's a big fan of women's literature and enjoys the work of Jane Austen, Gustav Flaubert, and Edith Wharton. "A lot of area English teachers attend, but anyone is welcome," Brown said. (The Clarion-Ledger)

    Haunted by spirits - and memories  Oct 11, 2009
    The prolific Stephanie Barron has written many novels, but she s probably best known as the author of the popular Jane Austen mysteries, featuring the immortal Jane as a detective. In her latest, The White Garden: A Novel of Virginia Woolf, Barron takes the liberty of spinning a web of secrets and suspense around Woolf s death. (Boston Globe)

    The Universal Appeal of Pride and P...  Oct 11, 2009
    Jane Austen's Enduring Story in Film, TV, and Other Novels ... Although not always regarded as Jane Austen's most accomplished work, it remains the book with which readers most readily identify Austen ... "Pride and Predator to give Jane Austen an extreme makeover". (Suite101.com)

    High schools diversify their literature  Oct 11, 2009
    Ian McEwans Atonement, a novel that examines love, guilt and class from World War II to the end of the 20th century, garnered the author critical acclaim and comparisons to Jane Austen by Esquire magazine. Mark Haddons The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time was likened to The Catcher in the Rye and The Sound and the Fury by The New York Times. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)

    Zombie zeitgeist  Oct 10, 2009
    Inspired by horror genres of past, zombies have lurched back to pre-eminence in books like "World War Z," video games like "Left 4 Dead" and blockbuster films like "Zombieland." Even the highbrow producers at National Public Radio recently devoted a segment to a University of Ottawa study entitled "Mathematical Modeling of An Outbreak of Zombie Infection." Indeed, the undead have become so popular, they've spurred "zombie walks" in cities and spawned Weird Al-ish parodies through Jane Austen... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)

    Movie Matters: 'Zombieland' a gory, smart, humorous social commentary  Oct 10, 2009
    In April writer Seth Grahame-Smith published Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a straight-faced send-up of Jane Austen s novel Pride and Prejudice. (It s basically exactly the same as the original version, including the period language, except that zombies are trying to eat everyone. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)

    San Francisco Chronicle Best-Sellers Oct 1 /  Oct 5, 2009
    PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES: The Classic Regency Romance - Now With Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith (Quirk; 320 pages; $12. 95). (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Celebrating National Literacy Month  Sep 30, 2009
    But now -- at just 9 years old -- her favorite authors are classic female writers Charlotte Bronte and Jane Austen. "The Early Show" celebrated on the broadcast National Literacy Month with RIF.. (CBS News -- Early Show)

    What does your bookcase say about you?  Sep 26, 2009
    And all those bonnet busters by the likes of Jane Austen and George Elliot - they can be called up at the touch of a mouse thanks to the numerous websites which reproduce out-of-copyright books. It's not the same as curling up with a paperback - but how often do you really re-read the old classics. (BBC News -- UK)

    ‘Bright Star’ shines with romance, eroticism  Sep 25, 2009
    If you think that Fanny is a Jane Austen heroine, so, in a sense, does Fanny. The movie s explicitly about how the age of Austen was vanquished by the Romantic era of Keats, Byron, and Shelley - how sense tumbled helplessly and willingly into sensibility. (Boston Globe)

    Fame: More Kids Who Want to Live Forever  Sep 25, 2009
    " I appreciated Principal Simms laying down the law, thereby letting us know that this Fame would be a direct descendant of the original, rather than something more in tune with what the pursuit of youthful fame actually looks like in 2009, i.e., aspiring to be the next Miley Cyrus, or playing the kind of miniature version of despicable grown-ups you see on Gossip Girl or, worst of all, starring in a reality show. The kids in this Fame are sexy, cool, smart and wholesome; they may mislead their... (Time.com)

    Reflection for the day  Sep 24, 2009
    Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)

    North Fork Agrees to Buy GreenPoint for $6.3 Billion  Sep 23, 2009
    "I'm not sure the deposit drain people are anticipating is imminent,'' he said. Mr. Kanas, 57, will remain chief executive of the combined company and GreenPoint's chief executive, Thomas S. Johnson, 63, will become a director. Bharat B. Bhatt, currently president and chief operating officer of GreenPoint, will be joining the senior management team of North Fork as senior executive vice president and will also become a director. North Fork was advised on the purchase by Sandler O'Neill &... (Yahoo News -- Banking & Financial Services)

    Toyota Becomes First Exclusive Auto Sponsor on EBay  Sep 23, 2009
    " Nissan worked directly with eBay last year, using print ads to urge consumers to visit eBay Motors and check out a make-believe auction for a ride in a Nissan Altima. Those who followed through found the fake auction, as well as links to real Nissan dealers and to Nissan-brand collectible items being sold on the site. MOST POPULAR - BUSINESS Advertisements Inside NYTimes.com Anne Ferro, a former trucking lobbyist, should be disqualified from a nomination to lead the agency that oversees truck... (Yahoo News -- Electronic Commerce)

    Hugh Laurie on Film  Sep 22, 2009
    Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman starred alongside Thompson in a pleasing Jane Austen adaptation, much enhanced by Laurie s turn as the taciturn Mr Palmer, in which he displayed some of the grumpiness he was later to make his trademark in the television series House. Hugh Laurie in Animated and Family Films. (Suite101.com)

    Where to Read Books Online for Free  Sep 21, 2009
    Users can read romance by Jane Austen, children's literature by Beatrix Potter and L Frank Baum, science fiction by Jules Verne, mystery books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and more. Read Books Online at Bartleby. (Suite101.com)

    ‘April & Oliver’ offers an engaging tale of love and loss  Sep 19, 2009
    In the delicious tradition of Jane Austen, Callahan deftly choreographs an elaborate mating dance between two resistant, feisty, blinded protagonists who have to figure out how to save themselves before they can save each other. The sexual electricity between April and Oliver sets off sparks even as they spar with the intensity of Hepburn and Tracy. (Boston Globe)

    Dan Browns worst sentences (or at least twenty of them)  Sep 19, 2009
    " draws you right in and engages your imagination. That's showing not telling. I'm not saying that "show don't tell" doesn't apply to visual media - it does - but any writer worth their royalties will understand it applies to them too. Dan Brown makes money and churns out stuff that people seem to enjoy. I don't really care, in much the same way that I don't care that people read Mills & Boon. At least they're reading. I'd like it if people read better written fiction, but who am I to dictate... (Harper's Magazine)

    FAR SIDE OF PERFECT: Typical fall Saturday in Cohasset  Sep 19, 2009
    She is also the author of The Savvy Gal s Guide to Online Networking (or What Would Jane Austen Do. and The Downtown Women s Club Beginner s Guide to Facebook. (Cohasset Mariner, MA)

    This Scene Could Really Use a Man-Eating Jellyfish  Sep 16, 2009
    It's the beloved Jane Austen novel , except for the part about the jellyfish, which appears in Chapter 11 of , my parody of the Regency classic, published today. Quirk Books, a small Philadelphia-based publishing house, had an unexpected hit earlier this year with , conceived by Quirk editorial director Jason Rekulak and written by Seth Grahame-Smith. (Slate)

    Nameberry: Favorite names; why we love what we love  Sep 15, 2009
    I love the way it calls up the images of both a Jane Austen heroine and a Broadway dancer, with the plucky Eliza Doolittle in between. It's become more popular in recent years - thanks partly, I know, to how energetically we've championed it - and I feel a pang of jealousy whenever I meet a little Eliza. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)

    Lights, camera - agenda!  Sep 8, 2009
    But we hardly think Humpday fits in the category of Jane Austen. The question is, when audiences are eating up the more wholesome fare, why would anyone continue bankrolling, and then endlessly promoting, flicks that the vast majority of Americans may not only be disinterested in but disgusted with. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    'Jane Austen UnScripted': Improv is the word  Sep 4, 2009
    Jane Austen UnScripted': Improv is the word ... Jane Austen UnScripted': Improv is the word ... And many of Jane Austen's works feature the same types of characters - strong women, aristocrats, social climbers. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    Landslide kills 12 people in Mumbai slum  Sep 4, 2009
    Place an obit: (559) 441-6228. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Fresno Bee -- Local)

    Good Books Dont Have to Be Hard, Lev Grossman, The Wall Street Journal  Sep 1, 2009
    Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. (Harper's Magazine)

    Cape Crusaders: South African Wine  Aug 29, 2009
    In the 19th century, vin de Constance, a Cape Town dessert wine, was the A-list tipple of its day, served to Napoleon on his deathbed and celebrated in print by Charles Dickens and Jane Austen. But before the end of apartheid in 1994, white-only rule and a system of paying black workers in highly alcoholic runoff had left a pronounced sour taste in international markets. (Time.com)

    Ang Lee reinvents Woodstock  Aug 28, 2009
    Yet the critical and box office success of the surprisingly accurate Jane Austen adaptation of 1995 provided great encouragement. I figured if I could do that, I could do anything in movie-making,'' the 54-year-old says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Best Sellers  Aug 23, 2009
    Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Quirk, 12. 95, 9781594743344. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)

    wonderful food timeline  Aug 22, 2009
    Food Timeline: food history ric recipes. Ever wonder what foods the Vikings ate when they set off to explore the new world. (Harper's Magazine)

    Budget Cuts Take Emotional Toll On City Workers  Aug 21, 2009
    Loss of programs such as Downtown Family Festival, changed locations for Jane Austen Tea and Teen Poetry Bash. Loss of all Homework Hot Spots. (7 KETV Omaha)

    Roses ‘n’ Raspberries (Aug. 21)  Aug 21, 2009
    That didn t stop the Majestic s crew from staging two summer offerings: Persuasion, a play based on Jane Austen s novel, opens tonight at 7 p.m. and All the Great Books (abridged) opens at 2 p.m. Saturday. Both will be outdoors at Bruce Starker Arts Park. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)

    Rose and Hugh's hard love story  Aug 21, 2009
    He's featured in mild hits such as Confessions of a Shopaholic and The Jane Austen Book Club, along with frothy offerings such as Ella Enchanted and the sinfully underrated drama Beyond the Gate. Having taken up part-time residence in New York, his profile in the US lifted this year with his engagement to actress Claire Danes. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Majestic troupe breathes new life into Austen classic with ‘Persuasion’  Aug 21, 2009
    CORVALLIS Innovation and strategic whimsey played starring roles in one of two plays in the Majestic Theatre s Summer Performance Series, Persuasion, based on Jane Austen s novel. The other offering is All the Great Books (abridged). (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)

    Majestic crams into 90 minutes the shortened versions of nearly 90 masterpieces  Aug 21, 2009
    You grab a wig, you grab a prop, you go out and you re Jane Austen. Or George Sand. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)

    Ang Lee takes Venice Golden Lion  Aug 21, 2009
    The Taiwan-born director's other films include the comic book blockbuster The Hulk, released last year, and Sense and Sensibility, an adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel. George Clooney's film Good Night, and Good Luck had been the hot favourite among film critics to take the Golden Lion on the last night of the annual 11-day festival. (Yahoo News -- Film Festivals)

    Trade Used Homeschool Curriculum an...  Aug 21, 2009
    Classic literature titles by Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and Charlotte Bronte are good finds on the book club. Homeschoolers may wish to request Progeny Press study guides or SparkNotes for help with literature studies. (Suite101.com)

    If Jane Austen had a laptop  Aug 17, 2009
    If Jane Austen were around, and decided to try this on a solitary afternoon, she might find the results excessively diverting ... And, in the process, we re smashing the very thing that fascinates us most about Jane Austen: her reticence. (Boston Globe)

    Best from Sunday  Aug 17, 2009
    LONDON - It is a truth universally acknowledged that a Jane Austen novel in possession of added gore will be a surefire best-seller. That's the conclusion reached by publishers since the success of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," an unlikely literary sensation created by adding dollops of "ultraviolent zombie mayhem" to Austen's classic love story. (Athens Banner-Herald)

    Austen meets zombies in mash-up  Aug 16, 2009
    A woman reads a novel "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," based on Jane Austen's classic love story, "Pride and Prejudice.". LONDON - It is a truth universally acknowledged that a Jane Austen novel in possession of added gore will be a surefire best-seller ... "In publishing terms, it's brilliant," said Claire Harman, a Columbia University professor and author of "Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World.". (Athens Banner-Herald)

    Jobless youth dominate UK papers  Aug 13, 2009
    The Jane Austen spin off into horror has proved so successful more titles are to be released, the paper says. The new code on City pay from the Financial Services Authority is. (BBC News -- UK)

    I Like to Watch  Aug 11, 2009
    One minute you think you're strolling along at a leisurely pace like the heroine of a Jane Austen novel, the next minute you're confused, bleeding, sobbing and covered in thorny brambles, and the last five hours are a complete blank. That, and you're surrounded by dirty laundry, hungry children, resentful domesticated animals and a drunk stranger who claims to be your spouse. (Salon)

    Time-travel movies: past and present  Aug 9, 2009
    THE LAKE HOUSE The only time-travel movie in which a copy of Jane Austen s Persuasion figures in the plot and the time machine takes the form of a mailbox. Keanu Reeves is an architect. (Boston Globe)

    Starting a Mothers' Group  Aug 8, 2009
    How about a group for cooking mums, Jane Austen fans, story-telling with tots, song-and-dance, pregnancy and birth, money and finance, celebrity gossip or even a group for grandparents. Get feedback from the mums in the email list and choose a theme for the new mothers group. (Suite101.com)

    Dancy talks about title role in 'Adam'  Aug 8, 2009
    The film "Adam," being released today in San Francisco, is a departure for British actor Hugh Dancy, best known for playing Prince Charmont in "Ella Enchanted," the handsome love interest in "Confessions of a Shopaholic" and the handsome love interest and nerd in "The Jane Austen Book Club.". Images. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Like its subject, ‘Byron in Love’ is flawed  Aug 2, 2009
    As I read about Byron s affair with his half-sister, and his many adulterous relationships, I had to remind myself that not far away Jane Austen was writing Pride and Prejudice. Among the glimpses O Brien does offer are quotations from Byron s diaries and letters. (Boston Globe)

    iPhone Apps: What Makes Apple Say No?  Aug 1, 2009
    Described as "classics-to-go," Eucalyptus carried out-of-copyright books from the 1920s and earlier by authors such as Charles Dickens and Jane Austen. Apple sent Montgomerie a screen shot of the offending title a Victorian-era translation of the. (BusinessWeek)

    Loopy Brits In War Games  Jul 24, 2009
    Friday, July 24, 2009 Last Update: 05:40 AM EDT. hide topics THIS WEEK'S HOT TOPICS. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    Daily TV guide  Jul 24, 2009
    Keira Knightley in a sterling version of Jane Austen s novel. PG (2005). (Boston Globe)

    Pride and parody: Writers vamp it up with Austen  Jul 22, 2009
    Pride and parody: Writers vamp it up with Jane Austen - USATODAY.com ... Pride and parody: Writers vamp it up with Jane Austen ... Best-selling Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Seth Grahame-Smith's send-up of the Jane Austen novel, has started a monster of a trend. (USA Today -- Life)

    Community datebook (7/21/09)  Jul 21, 2009
    Jane Austen Society of North America, 6 p.m., Title Wave Books, 1360 W. Northern Lights Blvd. The book "Persuasion" will be discussed, among other Austen-related topics. . (Anchorage Daily News)

    Tough, feisty women break through in popular culture  Jul 19, 2009
    Somewhere, Jane Austen is aghast. Queen Victoria is about to blow a gasket. (Erie Times-News, PA)

    From overwhelming to energetic  Jul 15, 2009
    Faces is a grid of portraits of men and women in 19th-century costume; they might be characters from a Jane Austen novel. White garlands and vines lead from their mouths and eyes, a metaphorical stand-in for communication. (Boston Globe)

    Friendly advice for the Harry Potter stars  Jul 14, 2009
    So if Watson wants to go from girl wizard to a broad variety of roles, who better to mentor her than the sketch comedy lady who went on to conquer Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Tony Kushner and Nanny McPhee. Follow msnbc. (MSNBC -- Movies)

    On Demand picks  Jul 14, 2009
    (Encore on Comcast) Given the bull market in all things Jane Austen, it s time for a movie about Jane Austen, starring Anne Hathaway as the young Hampshire lass honing her art and falling in love. Girls (and other people) who like the Austen movies but haven t progressed to the novels will enjoy this lushly mounted audience pleaser, but the writer s clear, observant voice gets lost in the translation. (Boston Globe)

    Hawaii's best-sellers  Jul 13, 2009
    "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith. 9. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    San Francisco Chronicle Best-Sellers July 12, 2009 /  Jul 13, 2009
    PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES: The Classic Regency Romance - Now With Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith (Quirk Books; 320 pages; $12 ... PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Newsweek: Meet the two Sotomayors  Jul 12, 2009
    In the summer after her freshman year, she read the children's and adolescents' classics she had missed but that seemed familiar to all the prep-school studentsAlice in Wonderland, Huckleberry Finn, and the novels of Jane Austen. Sotomayor apparently never encountered outright discrimination. (MSNBC -- Race)

    Liz Rosenberg’s ‘Home Repair’ is filled with loss and learning  Jul 8, 2009
    And in the tradition of Jane Austen, the novel ends with a marriage. But it is not Eve s. A writer with a modern sensibility about the lives of women, Rosenberg knows that marrying off the heroine solves nothing, and may simply introduce new problems. (Boston Globe)

    Kevin Frisch: Your summer reading list  Jul 6, 2009
    SENSE AND SENSIBILITY AND ZOMBIES: Seth Grahame-Smith adapts another Jane Austen novel. CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE CHICKEN: Life-changing advice for cannibals. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)

    Top 150 Books  Jul 5, 2009
    Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith, Quirk Books. The classic romance is updated with a zombie twist (F) (P) $12. (USA Today -- Life)

    Zombies bring classic back from the dead  Jul 2, 2009
    Author: Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith ... Many a romantic literature lover will be scandalized by my contempt for Jane Austens novel Pride and Prejudice ... Its almost as if Jane Austen was subconsciously setting this up for us. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)

    Slow-starting 'Marriage Bureau' weds love story, Indian culture  Jun 30, 2009
    London banker Farahad Zama's writing in his debut novel has been compared to that of Alexander McCall Smith and Jane Austen ... Comparisons have been made by the British press (the book came out there last year) to Alexander McCall Smith and Jane Austen. (USA Today -- Life)

    Community datebook (6/29/09)  Jun 29, 2009
    Jane Austen Society of America, 6-8 p.m., Title Wave Books, 1360 W. Northern Lights Blvd. You don't need to be a Jane Austen expert, just have a love for all things Austen. Meetings will have speakers, book and period discussions and more. (Anchorage Daily News)

    Popular literature making its way onto summer reading lists west of Boston  Jun 28, 2009
    The former is a spoof on the Jane Austen classic that has the Bennet daughters more concerned with self-defense than marriage, and the latter pokes fun at Americans and, well, everything. Nothing on the list is required, though Johns said some teachers give their own reading assignments over the summer. (Boston Globe)

    Author sees parallels between remodeling and relationships  Jun 25, 2009
    A happy coincidence indeed, Jane Austen would say. A Newark, N.J., native with a bachelor s degree in anthropology from Bryn Mawr, Simon began writing at 7. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)

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