The UK votes Pride and Prejudice No. 1 book
Can we get a w00t? Alert Janeite Amo sent us an article from the Beeb that says the UK has voted Pride and Prejudice the number one book they can’t live without in an online survey conducted in conjunction with World Book Day.
Pride and Prejudice was chosen by 20% of those surveyed. It proved popular with every age group – only the under-18s voted it second to Harry Potter.
Awesomeness!
Alert Janeite Julie P. sent us a link to the Top 100 in The Telegraph, and several of Jane’s other novels made the cut: Emma at #34, Persuasion at #35, and Sense and Sensibility at #54.
Possibly not coincidentally, The Telegraph will be distributing a free series of limited edition versions of three of Jane Austen’s novels starting March 3.
Readers will be able to collect vouchers in The Telegraph and redeem them at 180 Costa Coffee outlets across the UK. The covers of the books have been designed by top UK illustrators such as David Downton, Alan Baker and Bernie Reid.
We want a set!
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ebay.co.uk might have them at some point. If you are a customer through one ebay, you are a customer through all of them. Just like with Amazon.
Yes, this news made the bbc.co.uk front page today, with a link through to their P&P2 page. Shocking typo on that first page:
‘From Darcy’s dive to locating Longbourne…’
tut tut.