Among the Janeites : A Journey Through the World of Jane Austen Fandom (Paperback)

from Jaylia3

For those who delight in all things Jane Austen, or those who are fascinated by obsessive subcultures, this book is a treasure chest of fun. Gather a group of Janeites and you'll find yourself in a varied assembly. From obsessive Colin Firth fans to staid scholars, from solitary readers to passio...

from NellieMc

First, I am not a Jane Austin fan. I read Pride and Prejudice, disliked it, but went back to it 30 years later to give it another chance and still disliked it. I haven't read any of her other books. But I still found this book fascinating. Excellent reporting about what makes people become passio...

from Shuffy2

Do you love Pride and Prejudice-- the wonderful Colin Firth version or the hideous Kiera Knightly one? Have you read 'Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife' or seen 'Bride and Prejudice'/'Lost in Austen'? Are you devoted to the scholarly aspects of Jane Austen, the pop culture icon she has become, or both? If Y...

from dizzyweasel

Yaffe begins with a history of her Jane Austen fandom - growing up a precocious reader of Victorian classics, she picked up Pride and Prejudice in 1976, and quickly made her way through the rest of the Austen's works. Until the Jane Austen explosion of 1995 (the year Wet Shirt Darcy conquered the...

from whitreidtan

I don't remember when I first read Pride and Prejudice but I suspect I was fairly young given the look of my loopy signature on the inside cover. I do, however, know for sure that I fell in love with it and it inspired me to read all of Austen's other works as well. I've read most of them more th...