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Question of the Week #54: Happy Birthday Ms. Austen

Jane Austen's birthday is this week (December 16). What would you give her as a birthday gift?

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MaggieH

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  • Jane Austen and I share a birthday! I'd get her something that would make her laugh like one of the books based on her works or the Pride and Prejudice board game. I think she'd get a kick out of knowing how much her works still delight people today.

    agauthier79Dec 14, 2009 12:16 pm
    by agauthier79

  • I would give Miss Austen, in the form of a comfortable country cottage and hired help, the ten years she lost in Bath.

    mountaingirlDec 14, 2009 1:17 pm
    by mountaingirl

  • I was about to say a snowglobe with a lighthouse in it, then I realize I had confused Austen with Woolf. I've got nothing.

    zhanghenglaiDec 14, 2009 3:22 pm
    by zhanghenglai

  • How about a romance with Mr. Darcy?

    ChromaticDec 16, 2009 4:00 am
    by Chromatic

  • A laptop and flannel PJs for writing in.

    LolabeanDec 16, 2009 3:21 pm
    by Lolabean

  • A dowry in event of a marriage, or a sword to kill zombies. I guess it would depend upon the type of day I found her to be in.

    trealDec 16, 2009 4:54 pm
    by treal

  • A hand-bound journal with an exquisite pen, obviously.

    erindaisyDec 17, 2009 6:07 pm
    by erindaisy

  • A night in, I think, a small dinner together and a break from writing. We'd cuddle and watch the Notebook.

    captsavetheworldDec 18, 2009 10:37 am
    by captsavetheworld

  • I would give her a ball in her honor, since she loved to dance.

    dreamdustJan 11, 2010 8:49 pm
    by dreamdust

  • The perfect guy. She was never married. I think we all could use one of those.

    saturntvJan 25, 2010 1:02 pm
    by saturntv

  • I'd give her some cake.

    WilliamNordstromFeb 26, 2010 1:55 pm
    by WilliamNordstrom

  • I'd have to go with treal. it depends on the day she's in.

    julianna222Feb 27, 2010 9:47 am
    by julianna222

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