Las Vegas Jane Austen Book Club

First ever Jane Austen Book Club Meeting!

Since this is the first meeting we will start with introducing ourselves and share our favorite Austen and non-Austen books along with maybe a fun fact about yourself if you feel like sharing. Then we will have a round table-type discussion. I will have some prompts to get us started but I hope to keep things fairly informal.

How To Find Us:
Look for me wearing a black Pemberley t-shirt.
See you there! ~ Lisa

About the Book:
We are reading Austen’s six major novels in the order in which she wrote them. This is so we can see how her writing style grew and matured over time. Sense and Sensibility is the first novel that Austen wrote and completed. It is also her literary debut published in 1811. At the time it was not entirely suitable for a woman of her status to publish for profit. The novel was published anonymously as “Sense and Sensibility by a Lady.”

'The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!'

Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love—and its threatened loss—the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.

Join us for a lively book club discussion about the novel yjat for the holiday season, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. We will start with introductions for any newcomers, share our favorite Austen and non-Austen books along with maybe a fun fact about yourself if you feel like sharing. Then we will have a round table-type discussion. I will have some prompts to get us started but I hope to keep things fairly informal.

How To Find Us:
Look for me wearing a black Pemberley t-shirt.
See you there! ~ Lisa

About the Book:
We are reading Austen’s six major novels in the order in which she wrote them. This is so we can see how her writing style grew and matured over time. Pride and Prejudice is the second novel that Austen wrote and completed. Encouraged by the publication of Sense and Sensibility in 1811, Austen significantly revised the manuscript of First Impressions in 1811-1812, changing its title to Pride and Prejudice to avoid duplicating the title of another book published in 1800. It was published in 1813 and was so well-received that the first sold out that same year and a second edition was published that fall.

‘It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.’

Love is in the air when five sisters discover that a wealthy and eligible bachelor is suddenly within reach. But it is his friend, the haughty Mr. Darcy, who becomes smitten. Unfortunately for him, the object of his affection is not so easily swayed.

One of the most popular characters in English literature, Elizabeth Bennet is intelligent, witty, well-spoken and ahead of her time. If the terrible rumors about Mr. Darcy are true, he doesn’t stand a chance. Yet not all gossip is to be believed when marriage, money, and reputations are on the line. Will Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy circumvent her haste, his ego, and society’s expectations to find love?