Jane Austen didn't have a Kindle! by Hywela Lyn
Yesterday, 28th January 2013, was the 200th birthday of Jane Austen's most famous novel 'Pride & Prejudice'. It was marked by a 'readathon' at the Jane Austin Centre in Bath, hooked up with a 12 hour broadcast with Jane Austen Societies in Australia and North America. A conference has also been organised at Cambridge.The conference will explore the original historical context of the novel, as well as the numerous screen adaptations and literary spin-offs the book has inspired. In the coming weeks the BBC will celebrate the anniversary of the book by recreating a Regency ball, like one featured in its pages, and there are several more events planned throughout the year, to celebrate the anniversary. Many new books about the writer have been published, with examinations of the history of the novel, and there is also a new high-end hardback edition available. First published by Thomas Egerton in 1813, Pride and Prejudice was Jane Austen's secon...