Some of you very keen souls have sent emails to me asking when I’m going to begin my celebratory Pride and Prejudice posts…so,to have a little mercy on your poor nerves, I thought I ought to tell you all that they are scheduled to begin on the 28th January, as that date marks the 200th anniversary of its first publication by Thomas Egerton.
All the special Pride and Prejudice posts will have this logo, above, attached to them, and will have their own category/tag should you wish to search for them in the future once they have disappeared from the opening page of the site. I am so looking forward to beginning this series, as this book was my introduction to Jane Austen and her world, a situation common to many of you, no doubt, and this interest has taken me down many unexpected and interesting alleyways all my life, since the age of twelve. I’m looking forward very much to sharing some of them with you this year, so do mark the 28th of this month in your diary :)
8 comments
January 5, 2013 at 5:05 pm
Karen 2L
Looking forward to it!
January 6, 2013 at 10:38 pm
jfwakefield
And I’m looking forward to you being here too!
January 6, 2013 at 3:39 am
cathyallen
WONDERFUL; if anyone can do it justice, in my opinion, it’s you, Julie! I, too, first met Jane Austen because of Pride and Prejudice. It would be interesting to see how many of your readers did the same…
As always, I appreciate your illustrations; did you do your own logo for this series? It’s very nice, and I’m sure I’ll enjoy seeing it whenever it pops up!
P.S. my nerves thank you, too! :-)
January 6, 2013 at 10:45 pm
jfwakefield
I did cobble this little logo together…it’s peacock blue ( sort of) to represent “pride” ;)
January 8, 2013 at 7:20 pm
cathyallen
It worked, Julie ; WELL DONE!
January 15, 2013 at 10:50 am
jfwakefield
:)
January 6, 2013 at 10:12 pm
Nicola
Look forward to your P&P posts. Re-read it over Christmas and each time I find something new. Such is the genius of Austen.
January 6, 2013 at 10:44 pm
jfwakefield
Absolutely. It’s been one of my comfort reads for years( far too many too confess to!)and yes, I always find something new. She was an undoubted genius.