Jane Austen July 2024 | Announcement [CC]

It's time to announce Jane Austen July 2024, the seventh year in which we celebrate the writing of Jane Austen. Open for time stamps and more information. #JaneAustenJuly

TIME STAMPS

0:00 Jane Austen July
01:23 Challenge 1: Read one of Jane Austen's main six novels.
3:35 Challenge 2: Read one of Jane Austen's works that's not one of her main six novels.
6:35 Challenge 3: Read a nonfiction work about Jane Austen or her time.
8:48 Challenge 4: Read a retelling of a Jane Austen book or a work of historical fiction set in the time of Jane Austen.
15:53 Challenge 5: Read a book by a contemporary of Jane Austen.
19:27 Challenge 6: Watch a direct screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book.
20:09 Challenge 7: Watch a modern screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book.

THE JANE AUSTEN JULY HOSTS

BOOKS MENTIONED

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Emma by Jane Austen
Persuasion by Jane Austen

Jane Austen's Juvenilia
Jane Austen's Letters
Lady Susan by Jane Austen
Sanditon by Jane Austen
The Watsons by Jane Austen

The Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain by Ian Mortimer
Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England by Amanda Vickery

Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
Where the Rhythm Takes You by Sarah Dass
Ayesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
Longbourn by Jo Baker
Charlotte by Helen Moffett
The Unknown Ajax by Georgette Heyer
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent

Marriage by Susan Ferrier
Belinda by Maria Edgeworth
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister, edited by Helena Whitbread
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Children's and Household Tales) by the Brothers Grimm

ADAPTATIONS MENTIONED

Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Emma (2009)
Emma. (2020)
Love and Friendship (2016)
Sense and Sensibility (1995) - forgot to mention in the video, but belongs on my favourites list

Fire Island (2022)
Lost in Austen (2008)
Bride and Prejudice (2004)
Rational Creatures: @RationalCreatures

GROUP READS SCHEDULE

Sense and Sensibility:

July 1st: chapters 1, 2, 3
2nd: 4, 5, 6
3rd: 7, 8, 9
4th: 10, 11, 12
5th: 13, 14, 15
6th: 16, 17, 18
7th: 19, 20, 21
8th: 22, 23, 24
9th: 25, 26, 27
10th: 28, 29, 30,
11th: 31, 32, 33
12th: 34, 35, 36
13th: 37, 38, 39
14th: 40, 41, 42
15th: 43, 44, 45, 46
16th: 47, 48, 49, 50

Sanditon:

July 17th: 1 & 2
18th: 3 & 4
19th: 5 & 6
20th: 7 & 8
21st: 9 & 10
22nd: 11 & 12

The Watsons:
July 23rd - 31st

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[tillysshelf]

The 2009 Emma is so underappreciated! Also love Fire Island. Looking forward to my annual Jane Austen binge.

[grodriguez]

I’m so looking forward to this event!

Ps: have you read or heard about The Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney series?! Its about Mr. Darcy’s son Johnathan and Juliet Tilney solving mysteries involving other characters from the Jane Austen universe. If you haven’t read them, I highly recommend them!

[sarahmwalsh]

For Challenge #4, there are quite a few fantasy/sci-fi books that take place in Jane Austen's time! Naomi Novik's Temeraire series, which starts with "His Majesty's Dragon, " is about the Napoleonic Wars...but with dragons as the "Air Force"! It's wonderful! Also I highly recommend "The Jane Austen Project" which is a time-travel "what if" about a physician who goes back in an attempt to figure out what Jane Austen was actually ill with in order to keep her alive longer! "Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict" doesn't have as much of a technical backstory for exactly *how* the main character gets pulled into the Regency, but it's an amusing romantic romp nonetheless!

[InfiniteText]

Always a good day when you come out of hibernation!

[HannahsBooks]

Welcome back! I can’t wait to participate this year—and I am especially excited to reread Sense and Sensibility.

[bethieandbooks]

I never thought of Jamaica Inn, that’s so exciting thank you!

[scallydandlingaboutthebooks]

One of my favourite times of the bookish year. Lovely to see you announcing it in your inimitable way.

[boscarinoma]

Celeste from A Reader’s Almanac is also participating in Jane Austen July.

[eMsBooksAreEverywhere]

I love Bride & Prejudice! The songs, and Mr. Coli! Thanks for the reminder

[Bryndisdaugtherofgunnar]

I can't wait for July 😊 Excellent recommendations 👍

[thiadesg]

Since I read a lot more audiobooks these days, I think I'll listen to a BBC dramatization of Jane Austen's work this July. It should be quite enjoyable :)

[jlang]

🎉🎉🎉 yayyy! Actually I thought of Jane Austen July this morning and then you posted your video. Definitely a sign of the universe !

[AbiofPellinor]

So excited to knock another Jane Austen book off of my tbr next month!

[nmelodic]

I love how you explained the different challenges, along with your helpful and unexpected variety of suggestions for the reading challenges!

[angelaluz]

Do I now feel the need to buy another copy of Pride and Prejudice just to get that cover? Yes. Yes, I do.
I wasn't sure if I was going to participate this year, but Henry Tilney is calling to me. He's my favorite.

[brontef.]

I'm so excited for this event this year! I'm having a hard time narrowing the tbr to something approaching accomplishable.

And your video has given me more suggestions!

[PokhrajRoy.]

Already my favourite video.

Also, Happy Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈

[chrissy]

Welcome back Claudia! I’ve missed you!

[michellehyland]

Love the descriptions of the novels.😂😂

[PokhrajRoy.]

21:27 One of my first experiences with a Jane Austen adaptation. Also, Nadira Babbar as Mrs. Bakshi is one of the best casting choices I’ve seen in cinema.