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So You Think You Know Jane Austen

March 21, 2007 by Vic

Seraphic Secret includes a quiz in their post, The Annoted Jane from a book titled So You Think You Know Jane Austen: A literary quiz book.
Take a partial quiz here.
And find the answers here.

Buy the book at Amazon.com.

Here is a quote from a March 16, 2007 New York Times article:

This challenging quiz book, intended for professional-grade Austen readers only, arranges questions, in four ascending levels of difficulty for each novel. Some questions are short, factual and to the point, like “How old is Darcy?” (The answer is 28.) Others require interpretation. Why, for instance, does Wickham elope with Lydia, since he is a mercenary cad and she has no fortune? The authors, John Sutherland and Deirdre Le Faye, need more than a page to answer this one.

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On the details of dress…

March 20, 2007 by Vic

Ornaments and trimmings of silver are to be preferred before gold when intended for the fair beauty. The white lustre of the first of these costly metals harmonizes better with delicacy of skin than the glaring effulgence of the gold. By a parity of reasoning, gold agrees best with the brunette, as its yellow and flaming hue lights up the fire of her eyes, and throws her complexion in the brightest contrast.

Written by A Lady of Distinction, Mirror of Graces, 1811, p 129.

Read more on Rundell and Bridge Silver in the Georgian Index

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On Jane Austen’s Popularity Today

March 19, 2007 by Vic

Found on the blogosphere, are these three Jane Austen related posts on Good Girl, Bad Boy, a blog by Dr. Stephen Ogden, English lecturer, British Columbia

On Jane Austen’s Popularity

Bridget Jones and Pride and Prejudice

British Class System

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Jane Austen, Why the Fuss? (BBC)

An Unbecoming View of Jane Austen

There’s Something About Jane

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Recent Publications on Jane Austen

Spin Offs Keep Jane Austen Alive

Fitzwilliam Darcy, the Gentleman Series

The Persuasive and Provincial Jane Austen

Jane Austen: An Internet Bibliography from literaryhistory.com

Jane Austen: Classics Network

Recreating Jane Austen

A Romantic Classic

See Bridget Jones photos here.

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Jane Austen Commercialized

March 15, 2007 by Vic

Jane Austen and her heirs could have made quite a comfortable living in commercial trade if she had lived in this day and age. Here are some wares you can purchase with her image.

Jane Book Bag from Lunimary Graphics in Purcelville, Virginia, not far from my neck of the woods.

Also find the J.A. action figure, finger puppet, mugs, little thinker, and J.A. cards.

Various Jane memorabilia can be purchased at:

Jane Austen Gift Shop

The Library of Congress Shop

Shakespeare’s Den

The Cafe Press

The Unemployed Philosopher’s Guild

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Which Jane Austen Character Do You Resemble Most?

March 15, 2007 by Vic

Take this quiz from the Jane Austen Character Selector and find out.I predicted I would be most like Marianne Dashwood but I wanted to be Lizzy.

Well, I am not so far off. I will need to learn more about Catherine, since Northanger Abbey is my least favorite Jane novel.

But Lydia? Lydia! LYDIA! No!!!

Oh, and how did I get to be like Mr. Bingley/Jane Bennett?

Here are the top 6 results from my quiz:

#1 Catherine from Northanger Abbey

#2 Mariane Dashwood from Sense & Sensibility

#3 Lousia Musgrove from Persuasion

#4 Lydia Bennet from Pride & Prejudice

#5 Eliza Bennet from Pride & Prejudice

#6 Mr. Bingley /Jane Bennet from Pride & PrejudiceWhew, I took the quiz again, only this time I entered the level of importance for each question, and Marianne did come out on top. Yes folks, I admit it. I am a romantic, impestuous woman. But this is the difference between me and Marianne: I have always adored Colonel Brandon. Here are the second set of results. Whew. Double Whew. But what the heck is Lydia still doing there?

#1 Mariane Dashwood from Sense & Sensibility

#2 Mr. Bingley / Jane Bennet from Pride & Prejudice

#3 Catherine from Northanger Abbey

#4 Lousia Musgrove from Persuasion

#5 Lydia Bennet from Pride & Prejudice

#6 Eliza Bennet from Pride & Prejudice

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