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Don Jacobson's avatar

One of AA's readers asked a question in email about how an annotated version of P&P might help. Here is my reply:

I don't know how helpful an annotated version of Pride and Prejudice would be in understanding the Universes created by Austenesque authors. Yes, it would undoubtedly provide a deeper understanding of the canonical book. Reading an editor’s thoughts on Austen’s intent in specific passages and how they may link with others would be fascinating. Peeling back Austen’s layers of significance is an ethnographer’s process. So, in that we come closer to the “why” behind her writing.

The Laura White annotation (with a foreword by our dear friend Joana Starnes) dropped a few days ago. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=annotated+pride+and+prejudice&s=date-desc-rank&crid=1LKTPBWTBAPWV&qid=1727720338&sprefix=annotated+pride+a%2Caps%2C169&ref=sr_st_date-desc-rank&ds=v1%3AxAB4RF5LosPyPy0MFJ1drZTnbPNTcGsCeo82MBQyOCs

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cindie snyder's avatar

Uh oh! Looks like trouble!lol A bunch of curious children can't be good!

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