Thursday, December 16, 2010

Happy Birthday Jane Austen!

Happy Birthday to a great lady! Thank you, Jane, for introducing us to the wit of Elizabeth Bennet, the vivid imagination of Catherine Morland, the sense of Elinor Dashwood, and the passion of Marianne. Thank you for giving us Mr. Darcy, Mr. Knightly, and Henry Tilney to swoon over. Thank you for vile rakes like Wickham and Willoughby and the stupid and intolerable John Thorpe and Mr. Collins. Our world has been greatly enriched by our acquaintance with these characters.

In honor of her birthday, Amazon has special free e-book editions of her six main novels today. These editions include the special color illustrations of the Brock brothers which were created to accompany Jane Austen's books in 1898. Click HERE to go directly to the Amazon page.

Amazon is also offering these free e-books today (click on the title for the link)...


I have not previewed these books for content, so read at your own risk. I did purposely leave out a few other free e-books because of excessive romance. (Seriously, Jane Austen was no Harlequin author, why make her sequels one!!! Ok, rant over!)

If you don't have an e-reader (I don't), you can download free Kindle reading aps for iPhone, iPad, Windows, and Mac HERE so you can enjoy all these fun books!




Posted by Angel at 2:17 PM

3 comments:

  1. SkyelerDecember 16, 2010 at 7:03 PM

    Don't forget Colonel Brandon!!! If we are "swooning" over fictional characters, he MUST be included. *sighs dreamily* Seriously, anyone who would sit and listen to a musician with as much patience as he did, and understanding the passion she played with, must be worth mentioning at the very least! A true romantic. Alright, my rant is over :)

    In conclusion: thank you Jane, for heroes. ;) For when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way. (NA)

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  2. VictoriaDecember 16, 2010 at 7:24 PM

    Haha, thank you Skyeler. Just to add as a note, Lady Susan is also free today, if it isn't too late for ya'll. :)

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  3. ElizabethJanuary 20, 2011 at 2:27 PM

    Ahh, well at least she got the important one! Thank you Jane, for Mr. Tilney :)

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