![]() ![]() many of the notes seem like you were first a fan. ![]() DAVID SHAPARD (Editor, "The Annotated Pride and Prejudice"): Thank you for having me.ĬONAN: And how did you decide to annotate P&P. Or you can send us e-mail: Or join the conversation on our blog at npr.org/blogofthenation.ĭavid Shapard, the editor of "The Annotated Pride and Prejudice," joins us now from the studios of member station WAMC in Albany, New York. If you're a Jane-ite, if you have questions about "Pride and Prejudice," about this annotation or about annotations in general, give us a call - 80. All of this part of a bit of an annotation craze in publishing. The notes that accompany Austen's immortal prose will give you the very dimensions of that property, the meaning of now obscure terminology, and the 18th century definitions of words whose meanings have changed. A new annotated edition of "Pride and Prejudice." If, for example, you've forgotten the Pemberley is the name of Fitzwilliam Darcy's estate, never fear. The Austen craze is nothing new, but there is fresh meat on the tea tables of regency drawing rooms around the world. In fact, they've got less in common with demure Dickens fans than they might with say devotee of the Buffyverse. Their passions are not nearly as restrained as those of her characters. ![]()
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