#OnThisDay, the world lost one the greatest novelist of the English language, Jane Austen, 204 years ago. While this is a sad day, we should also take this time to celebrate her legacy and what gifts Austen gave to the world: her wit and expertise to spin memorable stories. 📚 **** As a #janeite enthusiast, my blog is full of Austen tidbits. Make sure to check it out! #books #bookstagram #janeausten #mansfieldpark #prideandprejudice #sanditon #classicnovels #classics #tombstone #winchestercathedral #janeausten200 #sundayreading #booklovers #britishwriters https://www.instagram.com/p/CRehnk7rhFE/?utm_medium=tumblr
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RIP Jane. You would mock my worship of you, and I would be proud to have amused you in any small way.
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What's your favorite Jane Austen heroine? #janeausten #janeausten200 #janeaustenfan #prideandprejudice #elizabethbennet #janebennet #emma #emmawoodhouse #persuasion #anneelliot #senseandsensibility #elinordashwood #mariannedashwood #northangerabbey #catherinemorland #mansfieldpark #fannyprice #books #book #bookstagram #bookish #booklover #novels #novel #quiz #sunday #instadaily #instagood #janeaustenquiz
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JaneAusten200 @ State Library of New South Wales
To mark the bicentenary of the death of Jane Austen on 18 July 1817, the State Library of New South Wales has acquired a suite of rare 1st editions of the author’s writings, collated by Scots born, Oxford scholar Robert William Chapman (1881–1960) and credited as establishing Jane Austen’s undisputed literary status in the twentieth century.
This beautiful seven volume set, with original blue marbled paper bindings, paper labels and splendid reproductions of early 19th-century illustrations, is the only complete series of these important scholarly texts held in any Australian state or university library. The set also includes Jane Austen's letters to her sister Cassandra and others.
For this seminal work, Chapman collated all the editions published in Austen’s lifetime as well as previously unpublished manuscripts, establishing an authoritative text that retains the punctuation, the spelling, and division into volumes of the originals. In addition, at the end of each work Chapman supplied detailed explanatory notes on textual matters and appendixes on characters or subjects such as modes of address, or carriages and travel, as needed.
Published in a limited edition in 1923, with the companion two-volume set of the author’s letters in 1932, these texts have remained the basis for all subsequent modern editions of Jane Austen's works.
R.W. Chapman’s collation of the writings of Jane Austen is significant as an acknowledged milestone in their reception history – preceding the rapid expansion of their reception by the broader reading public in the mid-late twentieth century, and resulting in the cult status enjoyed by Austen works to this day. (Margot Riley, Curator, Research & Discovery)
Read more - How Austen became a Household Name
The Novels of Jane Austen: Text Based on the Collation of the Early Editions (1923), together with Jane Austen's Letters to Her Sister Cassandra and Others (1932), Oxford, Clarendon Press
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"You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." . . Yes that quote might be slightly cliche but I still find it one of the most heart fluttering, knee weakening, swoon worthy quotes of all time 💕 . Gah! It's just such a perfectly romantic moment... and there isn't a day goes by where I don't wish I was Lizzie in that moment* . . Today is the 200th anniversary of the death of Jane Austen... I haven't read many of her books... Pride and Prejudice and Emma being the only two... I recently purchased Persuasion which was recommended by a lot of you but I've yet to get round to it... maybe I'll start it this week** . . In other news... I finished my first term of silversmithing last night... I made two necklaces, three rings and a bracelet... I'm probably only ever going to wear the bracelet but hey, it's all learning!! My next term starts in September so I have a little break and some time now to think of new ideas!! . Eeek and tonight I get to watch the new episode of Game of Thrones!!! I'm so excited and so far I have managed to avoid any spoilers!!! 🙌 . . Have a lovely day... and make sure you channel your inner Austen today!!! . . . *an exaggeration- in reality quite a few days go by where I don't even think about it but hey! . . **unlikely... I'm currently reading 4 books... if I add another one I will explode! . . . #janeausten #prideandprejudice #janeausten200 #booksandtea #books #bookstagram #bookishfeatures #bookstagramfeature #bookaholic #bookblogger #booklr #bookworm #bibliophile #bookish #book #booknerd #booksofinstagram #instabook
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From Sense and Sensibility. Jane Austen died on this date in 1817 but her words are always relevant. #followyourdreams #janeausten #janeaustenquote #janeausten200 #literature
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"One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other." The great JaneAusten died 200 years ago onthisday 1817.
[illustration by Fernando Vicente]
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It is out in the wild! Be gentle with it... it's new. #persuadingausten #janeausten200 #janeausten #writing #romance #books #bootsbooksbeats #publication #publicationday #film #newbooks (at London, United Kingdom)
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Celebrate over 200 years of Jane Austen with these modern retellings of her classic tales.
Compulsively Mr. Darcy by Nina Benneton
Jane Austen in Scarsdale by Paula Marantz Cohen
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Austenland by Shannon Hale
Emma by Alexander McCall Smith
Northanger Abbey by Val McDermid
Lizzy and Jane by Katherine Reay
The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schine
Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet by Bernie Su
Sense and Sensibility by Joanna Trollope
Unleashing Mr. Darcy by Teri Wilson
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200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death.
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Jane Austen's Timeline Family ❤ #janeausten #janeausten200 #janeaustenfan #prideandprejudice #emma #persuasion #senseandsensibility #elinordashwood #northangerabbey #mansfieldpark #books #book #bookstagram #bookish #booklover #novels #novel #instadaily #instagood #janeaustenfamily
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Evening Java - everything today is Jane! #janeausten200
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7. Admit that you don't know everything.
(from a list of 10 gems of Austen wisdom.)
Jane Austen--keeping it real for 200 years.
December 16, 1775 - July 18, 2017
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200 years ago today Jane Austen breathed her last. She was only 41—the age I will turn in the fall. Such a short life, incomplete yet so accomplished. Never ceases to amaze me. Franklin Christoph 31 w/ Montblanc Lavender Purple. #JaneAusten200 #fpgeeks #fountainpen #inkygoodness (at Salt Lake City, Utah)
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I remember reading this in Northanger Abbey when I was sixteen, and I underlined it. Twice. Jane Austen will always be relevant. #janeausten #janeaustenquote #janeausten200 #literature
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