Jane Austen’s most popular novel, and, many might argue, the most perfect novel in the English language, Pride and Prejudice, was first published 200 years ago, on January 28th, 1813. I wrote the following, after a recent visit to Derbyshire. ———— We are in deepest Derbyshire, climbing a steep rutted track lined with ancient trees. A dunnock… Continue reading
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All Pride, no Prejudice – at Mr Darcy’s country seat
Google celebrates the 235th birthday of Jan Austen as its logo of the days (Dec 16). Share what might have been Jane Austen’s first view of the fictional Pemberley, the real Chatsworth House in Pride and Prejudice, as vast as a palace.
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