Happy Birthday Jane Austen!
Worth re-posting every year (and slightly edited and updated) for your FYI...
Remembering and celebrating her birthday today, Jane Austen, the woman who wrote the original Pride and Prejudice novel (which had been made into several TV and Film adaptations including the 2005 film, Pride & Prejudice), which was her first (can you believe unsuccessful?!) submission to a publisher back in 1797 (221 years ago) titled "First Impressions" (later changed to "Pride and Prejudice"). She revised "First Impressions" and published it entitled "Pride and Prejudice" in 1813 (205 years ago, 11 months ago this year!).
Her only six published novels (Pride and Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion, and Northanger Abbey) were all popular (esp. Pride and Prejudice, of course) and made into several TV and film adaptations for over 80 years (since 1938) to this day.
HAPPY 243rd BIRTHDAY
JANE AUSTEN!!!
JANE AUSTEN!!!
Here are some interesting Jane Austen trivia (via JA's profile on imdb.com)...
Jane Austen Trivia
- Listed in "People Weekly"s "Most Intriguing People" list. (December 25, 1995/January 1, 1996 issue)
- Was fluent in French.
- The Prince Regent was such a fan of her work that he asked her to dedicate her next book to him, which she did.
- In July of 2002 a first edition of "Pride and
Prejudice" was auctioned and sold for £40,000, nearly doubling the
previous record set for an Austen novel in 2001 of £23,500.
- Her books have never been out of print since they were first published.
- Between 1900 and 1975, there were more than 60
radio, television and stage productions of Austen novels. The first film
adaptation was in 1940.
- Her brother Edward's descendant married the daughter of Louis Mountbatten (aka Lord Mountbatten;
assassinated in 1979 by the IRA), who in turn was a descendant of QueenVictoria.
- Anne Hathaway portrayed her in Becoming Jane (2007).
- Seventh generation aunt (through her brother Edward) of actress Anna Chancellor, who appeared in Jane's favored romance "Pride and Prejudice" (1995) mini-series and who also narrates the documentary The Real Jane Austen (2002) (TV).
- The film Clueless (1995) is based on Austen's novel Emma.
Jane Austen Related Links of Interest
- Jane Austen - IMDB Profile
- Jane Austen on Wikipedia
- The Republic of Pemberley (the largest Jane Austen site on the web)
- The Jane Austen Society of Australia
- The Jane Austen Society of North America (aka JASNA)
- The Jane Austen Society of United Kingdom
- Jane Austen.Org
- Timeline results for Jane Austen
- Austenprose (Laurel Anne's Jane Austen Blog)
- Austen Authors
- The Jane Austen Centre
- Jane Austen Today
- Jane Austen World
Jane Austen House (today turned into a museum)
ReplyDeleteJane Austen (16 December 1775 - 18 July 1817) Jane Austen is an English novelist, best known for six major novels that illustrate, critique and relate to the life of the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Her most successful novel during her lifetime is Pride and Hoy, Pride and Prejudice (novel), her second novel. Her dramatic love usually reveals women's dependence on marriage in pursuit of social status and steady income.
Her major novels have been published so far, even though their publication began without her name and brought her little fame only during her lifetime. Then, in 1869, when her nephew published her autobiography A Memoir of Jane Austen, she was introduced to a wider audience. The most famous novels in Jane Austen's life were Pride and Hue, which appeared in two editions at the time. Her third novel, Mansfield Park, was ignored by many commentators despite her success during her lifetime.
All major Jane Austen novels were published between 1811 and 1818. From 1811 to 1818 she was successful as a well-known author when Mind and Passion published 1811, Pride and Hoy Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park Mansfield Park in 1814, Emma Emma In 1815, Austen wrote two other novels, The Northanger Abbey, The Northanger Abbey, and Evna, Conquering (novel). Both were published after her death in 1818. She had begun another novel before her death was later called "Sanditon Town" [English].i have studied English literature at Minia University