Kell
24th October 2007, 17:04
All six of Jane Austen's novels will be read in order of publication, starting a new one every other month:
[/FONT]Jan / Feb - Sense and Sensibility (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense_and_Sensibility) (1811)
Mar / Apr - Pride and Prejudice (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice) (1813)
May / June - Mansfield Park (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansfield_Park_%28novel%29) (1814)
July / Aug - Emma (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma) (1816)
Sep / Oct - Persuasion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persuasion_%28novel%29) (1818) (posthumous)
Nov / Dec - Northanger Abbey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northanger_Abbey) (1818) (posthumous)
As these books are out of copyright, you can download them FREE as audio or e-books:
Sense and Sensibility
audio book at Librivox (http://librivox.org/sense-and-sensibility-by-jane-austen/) / e-book at Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/161)
Pride and Prejudice
audio book at Librivox (http://librivox.org/pride-and-prejudice-by-jane-austen-solo-project/) / e-book at Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1342)
Mansfield Park
audio book at Librivox (http://librivox.org/mansfield-park-by-jane-austen/) / e-book at Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/141)
Emma
audio book at Librivox (http://librivox.org/emma-by-jane-austen-solo/) / e-book at Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/158)
Persuasion
audio book at Librivox (http://librivox.org/persuasion-by-jane-austen/) / e-book at Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/105)
Northanger Abbey
audio book at Librivox (http://librivox.org/northanger-abbey-by-jane-austen/) / e-book at Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/121)
They are also available cheaply by several publishers (for example Wordsworth Classics) and second-hand from various shops and websites (such as Green Metropolis).
A thread will be opened for each of the books in turn as they are read. I hope you'll all enjoy reading these books and discussing them together!
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For those who are interested in reading more, there are also Jane Austen's Juvenilia collection:
- The Three Sisters
- Love and Freindship (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_Freindship) (the misspelling of "friendship" in the title is famous)
- The History of England (http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/themes/englishlit/janeausten.html)
- Catharine, or the Bower
- The Beautifull Cassandra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beautifull_Cassandra)
- Jack and Alice
- Frederic and Elfrida
- A Collection of Letters
Also her collection of shorter works:
- Lady Susan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Susan) (novella)
- The Watsons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Watsons) (incomplete novel; Austen's niece, Catherine Hubback, completed The Watsons and published it under the title The Younger Sister in the mid-nineteenth century.)
- Sanditon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanditon) (final novel fragment)
[/FONT]Jan / Feb - Sense and Sensibility (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense_and_Sensibility) (1811)
Mar / Apr - Pride and Prejudice (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice) (1813)
May / June - Mansfield Park (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansfield_Park_%28novel%29) (1814)
July / Aug - Emma (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma) (1816)
Sep / Oct - Persuasion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persuasion_%28novel%29) (1818) (posthumous)
Nov / Dec - Northanger Abbey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northanger_Abbey) (1818) (posthumous)
As these books are out of copyright, you can download them FREE as audio or e-books:
Sense and Sensibility
audio book at Librivox (http://librivox.org/sense-and-sensibility-by-jane-austen/) / e-book at Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/161)
Pride and Prejudice
audio book at Librivox (http://librivox.org/pride-and-prejudice-by-jane-austen-solo-project/) / e-book at Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1342)
Mansfield Park
audio book at Librivox (http://librivox.org/mansfield-park-by-jane-austen/) / e-book at Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/141)
Emma
audio book at Librivox (http://librivox.org/emma-by-jane-austen-solo/) / e-book at Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/158)
Persuasion
audio book at Librivox (http://librivox.org/persuasion-by-jane-austen/) / e-book at Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/105)
Northanger Abbey
audio book at Librivox (http://librivox.org/northanger-abbey-by-jane-austen/) / e-book at Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/121)
They are also available cheaply by several publishers (for example Wordsworth Classics) and second-hand from various shops and websites (such as Green Metropolis).
A thread will be opened for each of the books in turn as they are read. I hope you'll all enjoy reading these books and discussing them together!
~~*~~
For those who are interested in reading more, there are also Jane Austen's Juvenilia collection:
- The Three Sisters
- Love and Freindship (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_Freindship) (the misspelling of "friendship" in the title is famous)
- The History of England (http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/themes/englishlit/janeausten.html)
- Catharine, or the Bower
- The Beautifull Cassandra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beautifull_Cassandra)
- Jack and Alice
- Frederic and Elfrida
- A Collection of Letters
Also her collection of shorter works:
- Lady Susan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Susan) (novella)
- The Watsons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Watsons) (incomplete novel; Austen's niece, Catherine Hubback, completed The Watsons and published it under the title The Younger Sister in the mid-nineteenth century.)
- Sanditon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanditon) (final novel fragment)