Today is the bicentenary of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice which was first published on 28 January 1813 by Thomas Egerton of London.
It is often regarded as one of the most popular novels of classic literature and so I think it deserves a special post to celebrate its brilliance.
The Telegraph newspaper have posted a quiz found at the link below. How well do you know Pride and Prejudice?? Comments welcome.
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Labels: Austen's books, Pride and Prejudice
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Jane Austen was born on
Cast:
Anne Hathaway - Jane Austen
James McAvoy - Tom Lefroy
Julie Walters - Mrs. Austen
James Cromwell - Revd. George Austen (Jane's father)
Maggie Smith - Lady Gresham
Anna Maxwell Martin - Cassandra Austen
Joe Anderson - Henry Austen
Lucy Cohu - Eliza de Feullide
Laurence Fox - Mr. Wisley
Philip Culhane - George Austen (Jane's brother)
Ian Richardson – Judge Langlois
Leo Bill – John Warren
Jessica Ashworth – Lucy Lefroy
Eleanor Methven – Mrs. Lefroy
Michael James Ford – Mr. Lefroy
Sophie Vavasseur – Jane Lefroy
Helen McCrory – Ann Radcliffe
Julian Jarrold - Director
Graham Broadbent, Robert Bernstein, & Douglas Rae - Producer
Adrian Johnston - Soundtrack
Kevin Hood & Sarah Williams - Screenplay writers
Eigil Bryld - Cinematography
Jane Gibson - Choreography
Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh - Costume
Gail Stevens & Gillian Reynolds - Casting
Jon Spence,
McAvoy knew his portrait of Tom could only come alive with the right Jane, and he found Anne Hathaway almost supernaturally suited for the part. “I don’t think we could have chosen anyone better to play Jane Austen," he says.
Jane Austen’s greatest love story was her own
‘I’m yours, Jane, heart and soul!’
~ Tom Lefroy to Jane Austen, ‘Becoming Jane’
Anything is to be preferred or endured rather than marrying without affection – JA,
Nothing can be compared to the misery of being bound without Love, bound to one, & preferring another – JA,
To be so bent on marriage, to pursue a man merely for the sake of situation – is a sort of thing that shocks me.
The film Becoming Jane has given us an image of Jane Austen that liberates our imagination. I envy readers of my book who come to it with Anne Hathaway’s image of Jane in their mind’s eye. You will not have to struggle against the image Cassandra created to see the Jane Austen who was young and pretty, lively and in love. Anne Hathaway’s skilful portrayal of Jane Austen in Becoming Jane shows that art can have as much power to bring us closer to the truth as facts themselves can.
Jon Spence,
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5 comments:
Fun quiz, but I thought there'd be a far more 'tricky' questions for us die-hard Austenites. The only one close to being tricky was 'whose cousin is ridiculous etc'.
And the movie questions seem like a cheat. I got them right, but knowing when Olivier's film came out doesn't really measure how well you know the story does it?
Also, long live Austen! And your site :D
Keep up your charming posts, Ladies. I haven't contributed any comments for a while, but I have been looking in regularly. I did manage to score 100% on the Telegraph P&P quiz, despite not being a fan of Pemberley murder mysteries. I hope that means I can continue to regard myself as a true Janeite.
Scored a perfect 100% :)
Hmpf, I missed the last one, hence 92%!
But thanks a lot for the fun, and the post Rachel!
And hi Bilbo! Nice seeing you here again!
Well, I missed 2 and got 83%. Not too bad since it has been a few years since I read it.
Yrs aff'ly,
Linda the Librarian
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