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Jane Austen meets zombies in monster mash-up

Aug. 12, 2009
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a Jane Austen novel in possession of added gore will be a surefire best-seller. That's the conclusion reached by publishers since the success of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," an unlikely literary sensation...
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Gay version of 'Emma' in the works

LOS ANGELES, July 23 (UPI) -- Norilana Books has announced it is publishing "James Fairfax," a re-imaging of Jane Austen's novel "Emma," in which same-sex marriage is commonplace.
Sea monster book inspired by 'Sense'

Sea monster book inspired by 'Sense'

NEW YORK, July 15 (UPI) -- The American company Quirk Books has announced plans to release the novel "Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters" this September.

First edition 'Emma' sold for $355,000

LONDON, June 25 (UPI) -- A rare first edition, three-volume copy of Jane Austen's 19th century novel "Emma" has sold for $355,000 at a London auction.

Vermont inn planning Jane Austen weekends

HYDE PARK, Vt., June 17 (UPI) -- The proprietors of an eight-room bed and breakfast in a Georgian-style mansion in Vermont say they are planning a series of Jane Austen-themed weekends.
'Real' Mr. Darcy was no Colin Firth

'Real' Mr. Darcy was no Colin Firth

LONDON, June 10 (UPI) -- A portrait headed for the auction block reportedly shows what the Irishman believed to have inspired Jane Austen's iconic Darcy character really looked like.

Writer to toughen up Jane Austen's men

POWYS, Wales, May 27 (UPI) -- A writer at Wales' Hay-on-Wye literary festival this weekend is ruffling feathers with his new adaptations of Jane Austen's male characters.

Disputed Jane Austen portrait to be sold

LONDON, March 24 (UPI) -- A disputed portrait of the writer Jane Austen is to be sold in the United States because the British National Portrait Gallery refuses to accept it as genuine.

'Book Club' film garners new members

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Three more actors have joined the cast of a Hollywood adaptation of the Karen Joy Fowler novel, "The Jane Austen Book Club."

Cast of 'The Jane Austin Book Club'

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Writer/director Robin Swicord's "The Jane Austen Book Club" has seen a fair amount of cast addition, including two well-known U.S. television stars.

Austen biopic under way in Ireland

DUBLIN, Ireland, April 6 (UPI) -- Shooting has begun in Dublin, Ireland, on "Becoming Jane," a biopic of author Jane Austen.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch