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1Nickelini
Apr 15, 2011, 11:17 am

I just learned that there is an annotated edition of Sense and Sensibility to be published in June 2011. I have the annotated P&P and it is amazing.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/15/on-our-radar-books_n_849211.html#s26461...

2Lavinient
Apr 15, 2011, 5:46 pm

Awesome! I read the Annotated P&P and own the Annotated Persuasion. I will add this to my want list.

3ponsonby
Apr 15, 2011, 7:37 pm

Thanks for alerting me to the existence of this series of annotated JA novels, which I had not seen before. After looking through the sample of the Persuasion edition, I think I shall like to buy all three. 'Emma' will apparently be published on 7 February 2012 (UK)

4Nickelini
Apr 15, 2011, 7:55 pm

Oh, good! I was thinking I should reread Emma, since it was my first Austen and I didn't like it. I think I might have a different opinion now, and an annotated edition would just be perfect. Okay then, putting off my reread until 2012 (not far away, anyway!)

5southernbooklady
Apr 16, 2011, 7:08 am

I actually found the Annotated Persuasion to be a disappointment. At least, enough of a disappointment to dissuade me from getting the other annotated novels.

6jnwelch
Apr 18, 2011, 10:30 am

Hmm, I have to admit I was excited to hear about the Annotated Persuasion, as I enjoyed the Annotated Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion is my second favorite of her novels. You give me pause, southernbooklady, but I know I won't be able to resist.

I'll look forward to the Annotated Sense and Sensibility and Annotated Emma (no touchstone yet), too.

7southernbooklady
Apr 18, 2011, 3:08 pm

>6 jnwelch:

There are some fun things in it, jnwelch. It wasn't money wasted, certainly. (Well, at all, really since the publisher sent it to me for review!). But I found the nature of the annotations to be somewhat puzzling--as frequently restating the text as adding to it. So for the fun stuff, you have to dig.

I did review it awhile ago here:

http://www.bibliobuffet.com/a-reading-life-columns-193/archive-index-a-reading-l...

8jnwelch
Apr 18, 2011, 3:25 pm

>7 southernbooklady: Thank you. That is a witty and well done review. I'll leave it to my betters to decide whether or not to try the eel recipe!

Your insights will be helpful in reading the annotations. I'll try to gather up my patience, and also not get bogged down in the obvious.

By the way, you've brought back memories of when I assistant-managed an independent bookstore in New York City and managed two in Chicago. Happy days - I met my wife, a professional storyteller, at one of them.

9jnwelch
Modificato: Mar 21, 2014, 1:17 pm

If the Annotated Sense and Sensibility interested you, you might like the S & S Librarything tutorial going on right now: https://www.librarything.com/topic/171523

Sorry about the link getting screwed up originally!

10LucindaLibri
Mar 21, 2014, 12:51 pm

could you provide a link . . . I searched and found nothing . . . I vaguely remember stumbling upon an LT group that does tutorials on difficult reads, but can't remember which group it was . . . not sure S & S requires a tutorial . . . but . . .

12jnwelch
Modificato: Mar 21, 2014, 1:18 pm

>10 LucindaLibri:, >11 southernbooklady: Sorry about that! I fixed it. Glad you're interested!

The tutorials are fun, as you'll see. This is the third Austen one I've followed.

13LucindaLibri
Mar 21, 2014, 9:36 pm

Sending on to a friend who is just discovering Jane Austen . . . Thanks!