Book Rat is hosting Jane in June, a month-long event devoted to Jane Austen, with everything from reviews to guest posts. As part of the event, there will be a Pride and Prejudice read-a-long, and I am very excited to participate.
My copy of Pride and Prejudice is so old, I couldn’t find an image online. (I found some pretty cool covers, though, and used those instead.) I used to sneak money out of my father’s coin dish (he knew I was doing it, but I didn’t know that until much later) to buy books from those book club order forms they hand out in school. Back then, you could still pay in cash, and books could be had for less than $1 (mostly classics, and these are still on my shelf today). I think I was in 7th grade when I bought Pride and Prejudice, and I sent my younger sister to school weighed down with all the change because she was still receiving those book forms…and if she wasn’t going to take advantage of them, I was!
I was still too young to fully appreciate Austen, though, and my copy went unread until 2000, when I was pregnant and sitting home bored. So I picked up Pride and Prejudice on a whim and read it aloud to The Girl (who was probably plugging her ears in utero and praying I would shut up already). Since then, I’ve read a lot of Pride and Prejudice sequels, re-tellings, and modern day re-imaginings, and I think it’s about time that I revisit the real Elizabeth and Darcy.
Visit Book Rat for all the details on the read-a-long and Jane in June. I hope you’ll join in the fun!
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Awwww, that’s a cute story about taking the money out of the coin dish Anna. Have fun with the read-a-long!
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Thanks, Darlene!
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I have an old copy of P & P, from my school days. I may drop in on this read-a-long, but I’m not sure I’ll join as I already have a full reading schedule for next month.
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I’m planning to make P&P my weekend read. I think I’ll be able to squeeze it in since we’re only reading a handful of chapters each week. Hope you’ll chime in the discussion, though.
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I used to turn over the cushions of the couch for change for those book clubs since my dad never could keep his change in a dish or his pockets. LOL
Have fun reading P&P again. I read it again every couple of years. I think this is the year for Wuthering Heights though.
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There was never anything in our cushions except crumbs. LOL
I haven’t read Wuthering Heights yet, but I was hoping to read it this year. Not sure I’ll fit it in, though.
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I know you will have a blast reading this!! I so remember those Scholastic book order forms!! I wanted every single one!!
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I still enjoy looking them over with The Girl. 🙂
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have fun with this one. the agenda for this group looks great.
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Thanks! I’m really excited about this event.
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Such fun — I might have to do a reread since I haven’t read it as an adult! And I just got all swoon-y remembering those Scholastic book order forms — such glorious days!
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I still get excited when my daughter brings home those order forms. 🙂
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I used to send money with my little sis, too, and then when SHE was too old, my neighbor would call me down whenever a new form came out. lol
Thanks for joining, can’t wait to hear your thoughts during the readalong!
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Thank you for hosting!
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[…] it’s time to retire my old copy of Pride and Prejudice. The book means a lot to me, having acquired it through “borrowing” money from my late father’s change dish. Well, the front and back covers are starting to detach, […]
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