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Challenge 2010: Author Challenge (Short list)
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Yea!!! I'm going to try to do this one too...I've been wanting to read and re-read Austen. Since a group is forming for this challenge, we could have an order to the reading to help with discussions...,let me know.
Antia, your English is excellent! No worries...As far as an order, I would think that reading in chronological order would be interesting here. If you like this idea, let me know and I'll list them so that we're all reading on track.
Count me in, too. I absolutely love Jane Austen and need to re-read her books.
I've put up the chronological order in the instructions to help with discussion. ENJOY!!
Count me in! I've already read, Sense and Sensibility, and Pride and Prejudice. Do I have to re-read them?
Wait, do we also have to read the shorter works of hers?
This category is worth 100 points!!! In order to achieve the points, you must read all of the works listed by December 31, 2010. As you are reading, keep in mind some of the ideas offered in the following commentary from Wikipedia. This can initiate some discussion… but again, feel free to introduce ideas!! GOOD LUCK and ENJOY!
Jane Austen (1775-1817) British
Austen´s works of romantic fiction set among the gentry have earned her a place as one of the most widely read and most beloved writers in English literature. Amongst scholars and critics, Austen’s realism and biting social commentary have cemented her historical importance as a writer.
Works to Complete (listed in alphabetical order)
Emma (1816)
Mansfield Park (1814)
Northanger Abbey (posthumous – 1818)
Persuasion (posthumous – 1818)
Pride and Prejudice (1813)
Sense and Sensibility (1811)
Three Shorter Works:
“Lady Susan” (probably written before 1805; published in 1871)
“The Watsons” (1803-04)
“Sanditon” (unfinished, 1817)
For discussion purposes, here is the chronological order to follow for your reading:
"The Watsons"
"Lady Susan"
"Sense and Sensibility"
"Pride and Prejudice"
"Mansfield Park"
"Emma"
"Sanditon"
"Northanger Abbey"
"Persuasion"