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NEWS ABOUT: Jane Austen

Jane Austen stories: 3 news summaries
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Zombies Work
in Latest Jane
Austen Spinoff

Somehow, style lends itself to the undead ... aliens ... vampires ...

Apr 17, 09 12:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies has been so well received that one must question “why these silly, campy things work so well,” Monica Hesse writes in the Washington Post. She suggests that it’s not simply because Jane Austen and vampires sell—as the author of the forthcoming... More »

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fiction • horror • book reviews • adaptation • Jane Austen • Victorian novel • Pride and Prejudice • Seth Grahame-Smith

Jane Austen Museum Bans Fans' Ashes

Devotees were using her garden as their
final resting place

Dec 3, 08 6:10 PM CST
(Newser) - The caretakers of Jane Austen's estate in England have issued an unusual plea to her devoted fans: Please stop having your ashes scattered in her garden. Museum representatives say they understand the passion but can't allow the practice. “It is distressing for visitors to see mounds of human ash,... More »

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England • literature • museums • English literature • fans • Jane Austen • ashes

10 Books to Pass Up
With Confidence

Richard Wilson saves us all a bunch of time and effort with a not-reading list

Sep 20, 08 5:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Forget the coma-inducing titles that lit lovers keep telling you to read, Richard Wilson writes in his book, Can’t Be Arsed: 101 Things Not to Do Before You Die. He lists the top 10 clunkers in the Daily Telegraph:
  • Ulysses, James Joyce: notoriously hard, so why bother?
... More »

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reading • Hunter S. Thompson • James Joyce • book • Ernest Hemingway • Homer • Richard Wilson • Marcel Proust • Jane Austen • Leo Tolstoy

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