Well, I thought I might see if there was anyone who has read or would be interested in reading a novel by Jane Austen.  She is my favorite author.   I have never been on a forum like this before so I am unsure the ins and outs of how this works.  I would like to hear how some of you like the novels of Jane Austen and perhaps which are your favorites. 

Hello, Leilani! If you have any questions, you can PM (private message) me and I will do my best to answer. I'm no expert on forums though.

I have only read one Jane Austen novel, Pride and Prejudice. I really liked it!  

 Jane Austen is a favorite of mine as well.  I have two favorites of hers, Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion.  I am in the midst of reading Love Comes Softly right now.  I might see about joining you depending on how it goes with my other books.  Have you read all of JA's books?  I have read all of her completed novels and some of her other writings. 

  I love Jane Austen. I have read three of her books so far. I've read Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Emma.  Pride and Prejudice is my favorite. Emma is a little slower than the other two, but I love Mr. Knightly. 

   If you like listening to books on tape you would probably like Librivox.org .  It is a website full of audio books. Everything is in the public domain and is read by volunteers. There are a lot of Jane Austen books on there as well as a lot of other good stuff.
 

 Those were my first three as well.  Emma was the first one I read.  Persuasion is another great one. 

Persuasion is up at the top of my list as well.  I liked the movie version with Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds.  I think the one novel of Jane Austen's that I least like is Northanger Abbey.  I have heard that the new version of that novel is to have come out his year.  I have not seen any time for showing or which channel.  

For anyone interested I found that PBS' Masterpiece Theatre will be showing all six Austen made for TV movies.  I found that they remade three if them this year: Mansfield Park, Persuasion and Northanger Abbey.  I really disliked the Mansfield Park (1999) with Frances O'Conner.  They took extreme liberties and added inappropriate material to the movie.  I saw a few scenes from the new Persuasion and am not truely impressed, but I must admit that I might be a little prejudice in my like of the Ciaran Hinds/ Amanda Root version.   For any interested in the web site for PBS' Masterpiece Theatre here it is: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/austen/

Thanks for the link Mrs. N!

My family heard about that a few weeks ago, but had forgotten about it untill today!

Now that I know when and where I can see them I am eager to see them. 

I found a listing that tells what day each film will be shown:

The Complete Jane Austen TV PG
Premiering Sunday, January 13, 2008

The Complete Jane Austen, beginning Sunday, January 13, 2008, features all new productions of Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, and Sense and Sensibility. The lineup also includes the acclaimed Emma staring Kate Beckinsale, and the Emmy Award-winning Pride and Prejudice that made Colin Firth a leading man. Four of the titles -- Emma, Northanger Abbey, Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility -- were adapted by celebrated screenwriter Andrew Davies.

Persuasion
January 13, 2008

Northanger Abbey
January 20, 2008

Mansfield Park
January 27, 2008

Miss Austen Regrets
February 3, 2008

Pride and Prejudice
February 10, 17, + 24, 2008

Emma
March 23, 2008

Sense and Sensibility
March 30 + April 6, 2008

 I look forward to the new adaptations of these novels.  I just hope that it is an improvement from the past ones.  I have seen that Andrew Davies had done the new Sense and Sensibility and Northanger Abbey.  So, including the earlier Emma and Pride and Prejudice he has adapted four of the six.   Hopefully the other two are well written as well.  I would not like to see one of my favorites (Persuasion) ruined.  Also Mansfield Park needs to be brought back from the horrible adaptation that Patricia Rozema gave us in 1999.

My opinion... well... they are very... well...

GIRLY.

(a word of warning for any guy who might be interested who doesn't know better... you won't last the first 10 minutes...)

 Thanks for the warning! (Actually, I wasn't interested anyway.) ;-)

LOL!  My little brother hates those movies. :)