I just signed up for the Pride and Prejudice Challenge! I have actually been celebrating the novel’s 200th Anniversary on my own, but now I am making it official. (Also, despite my daydreamy browsing of Janeite blogs … I’ve only just discovered the challenge.)
I always love rereading P&P, but this year I am trying to be more mindful of its ongoing influence on our culture.
The Bicentenary Challenge does just that, by prompting us to look at the different books, films, and updates that this beloved novel continues to inspire 200 years later.
Like Potterheads and Trekkies, we Janeites just can’t get enough of Pride and Prejudice!
You can sign up for the challenge until July 1:
Neophyte: 1 – 4 selections
Disciple: 5 – 8 selections
Aficionada: 9 – 12 selections.
If you haven’t read Pride and Prejudice … now is the time! No just watching the movie doesn’t count, especially not the somewhat improvised 2005 Kiera Knightley version.
I’m shooting for Aficionada. Here’s what I’ve read, watched, mulled so far:
1. Pride and Prejudice 200th Anniversary post
2. Pride and Prejudice (reread)
3. Sense and Sensibility (reread)
4. Pride & Prejudice graphic novel by Marvel Comics (amazing discovery!)
5. Pride and Prejudice 1995 BBC Miniseries
6. Pride and Prejudice 2005 film
7. Spotlighting Jane Austen in the News:
Jane Austen, Genius of Economic Game Theory
Kate Middleton Decried as Jane Austen Character
8. Perusing Austen blogs and #JaneAusten via twitter for even more Austenalia
More Jane Austen on Word Hits…
The Pride and Prejudice Bicentenary Challenge 2013
Jane Austen, Genius of Economic Game Theory
When Pride and Prejudice Clicks: Boring to Brilliant
How Did I Not Know about Marvel’s Pride & Prejudice
Kate Middleton Decried as Jane Austen Character
So Glad Jane Austen Made Me Do It
Spoiler Alert: This Book Has No Ending
Word Hits 
Wish I’d known about this challenge! I’m sure if only all my Uni exams were on Jane Austen I would ace them…aahhh well one can dream…
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