Tag: “Pride and Prejudice”

Between the Lines: Jane Austen in San Diego

| May 1, 2013 | 0 Comments
Between the Lines: Jane Austen in San Diego

This year marks the 200th anniversary of “Pride and Prejudice,” and the calendar of the Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) lists events occurring worldwide almost every day of the year—readings and discussions, teas and banquets, plays and movies, Regency costume parties and dances, countless “Jane Days.” For San Diego Austen fans the news […]

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Between the Lines: San Diegans’ Favorite Books

| January 1, 2013 | 0 Comments

I look forward to them every December—the “best” lists. My favorites are the book lists, especially in The New York Times: the top 100 of the year, then narrowed down to ten. The L.A. Times, Washington Post, NPR, Slate, Amazon, Barnes & Noble— everyone gets into the act, and I like to see the differences […]

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Between the Lines: Jane Austen Lives

| March 1, 2012 | 2 Comments

I couldn’t resist it, nor could, I imagine, any Jane Austen fan. “Death Comes to Pemberley” is a mystery by the acclaimed P. D. James, most of whose twenty previous novels have been adapted for television. James skillfully captures the Austen voice and takes readers six years past “Pride and Prejudice” and back into the […]

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