Celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday with a book club! Each month we will read and discuss one of Jane’s published novels. Discussions will take place at 5:00pm via Zoom. Please register in advance to receive the link to the Zoom meeting. Email alfred@stls.org.
Schedule of Reading and Discussions:
Tuesday, December 16th- Sense and Sensibility
Tuesday, January 13th- Pride and Prejudice
Tuesday, February 17th- Mansfield Park
Tuesday, March, 24th- Emma
Tuesday, April 21st- Northanger Abbey
Tuesday, May 12th- Persuasion
Movie Adaptations:
Sense & Sensibility
1980- BBC
1995- Columbia Pictures/ Mirage
2008- BBC Drama
2024- Hallmark Channel
Pride and Prejudice
1980- BBC
1995- BBC/ A&E
2005- Focus Features
Mansfield Park
1983- BBC
1999- Miramax
2007- Masterpiece/ ITV
Emma
1972- BBC
1996- Miramax
1996- Meridian Broadcasting/ A&E
2009- BBC
Northanger Abbey
1987- BBC
2007- Masterpiece/ ITV
Persuasion
1971- BBC
1995- Sony Pictures
2007- BBC/ ITV
2022- Netflix
Books Inspired by Jane Austen
- Bridget Jones’ Diary by Helen Fielding
- Longbourn by Jo Baker
- Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay
- Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
- Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev
- The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn
- The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner
- Emma: A Modern Retelling by Alexander McCall Smith
- Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
- Mary B by Katherine J. Chen
- The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
- Jane of Austin by Hillary Manton Lodge
- Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price
- Manslaughter Park by Tirzah Price
- The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray
- Incense and Sensibility by Sonali Dev