The New Jane Austen Society
This group is dedicated to the works of Jane Austen who wrote the following novels (dates of publication in brackets)
Sense and Sensibility (1811)
Pride and Prejudice (1813)
Mansfield Park (1814)
Emma (1815)
Persuasion (1817 posthumously)
Northanger Abbey (1817 posthumously)
What is expected are articles and comments about her novels, her life and the society of the time, the movies adapted from her novels, your experiences relating to her and her novels and their movie adaptations, and in fact anything else relevant.
The Code of Conduct and Terms of Service must be complied with.
Anything posted about current politics or religion not relevant to Jane Austen and/or the topics referred to in the group description above will be deleted as "off topic".
Videos or images or links to sources that the Administration cannot open must be described or explained when requested or they will be deleted.
Austen vs Dickens
Via: Buzz of the Orient • 48 Comments • one week ago
Buzz of the Orient last wrote: The comments on this article have gone in a direction that disturbs me greatly. It is not at all what I intended, so I have decided that the best...
Why Jane Austen's Novels Matter
Via: Buzz of the Orient • 8 Comments • 2 months ago
Buzz of the Orient last wrote: Even though the movie Becoming Jane fictionalizes Jane's life it is not altogether incorrect. Much is made of the relationship of money and social...
Jane Austen's Cinematic Universe
Via: Buzz of the Orient • 12 Comments • 3 months ago
GregTx last wrote: Careful...
'Pride And Prejudice' Turns 200: A Cartoon Celebration : NPR
Via: Buzz of the Orient • 8 Comments • 4 months ago
Buzz of the Orient last wrote: It must be good, then,
10 of the Best Words From Jane Austen’s Novels
Via: Buzz of the Orient • 5 Comments • 4 months ago
Buzz of the Orient last wrote: Ah, okay, thanks for that info, even if it was just a studied opinion.
Why Jane Austen Never Married
Via: Buzz of the Orient • 7 Comments • 5 months ago
sandy-2021492 last wrote: I think some of them took years, due to revisions. Crossing paper saved both paper and postage, which I believe was pretty expensive at the time.
Love, Courtship, and Marriage in the Regency Era
Via: Buzz of the Orient • 3 Comments • 5 months ago
Buzz of the Orient last wrote: In Becoming Jane, although he was poor, she was on her way to marry Tom Lefroy, but changed her mind. Of course that's fiction, and maybe the...
A SELECTION OF IMAGES DRAWN FOR JANE AUSTEN'S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE NOVEL
By: Buzz of the Orient • 12 Comments • 5 months ago
Buzz of the Orient last wrote: Well, he sure as hell spilled the beans on his cousin, didn't he? I was just going to post an article about courting during the Regency era -...
The King of Clubs
Via: Buzz of the Orient • 16 Comments • 5 months ago
Buzz of the Orient last wrote: I said that where my condo was was Hallandale, but I just realized that it was in the municipality of Pembroke Pines.
Stanford literary scholars reflect on Jane Austen’s legacy
Via: Buzz of the Orient • 3 Comments • 5 months ago
Buzz of the Orient last wrote: I just read the first chapter. It's focused almost entirely on Emma's matchmaking. I'll read at least one chapter a day.