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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE is The Village Read
Get a free copy of Jane Austen's classic novel at Thomas Ford Library and join Village-wide activities.
Pick up your free copy of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice at Thomas Ford Memorial Library and join the Village Read. Great books bring people together. Join us this summer for the third annual Village Read and help foster that community spirit. The Library is encouraging the entire village to read, discuss, or explore Pride and Prejudice.
Few have failed to be charmed by the witty and independent spirit of Elizabeth Bennet in Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows us the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships, gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life.
A VISIT WITH JANE AUSTEN, Thursday, June 17, 7pm
Join us for a virtual visit with Jane Austen, author of our Village Read selection Pride and Prejudice and one of the most beloved and intriguing novelists of the 19th century. Drawing from her letters, juvenilia, and novels, actress Debra Miller delves into the loves and losses that shaped Jane's life and informed her perception of the world. This is a live virtual event presented over Zoom; register at https://fordlibrary.librarymar...
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VILLAGE READ BOOK DISCUSSION, Wednesday, July 14, 7:30pm
Join us for an informal discussion of one of the world's most beloved classics, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. To register for this Zoom discussion, click on https://fordlibrary.librarymar...
Pick up your free copy of Pride and Prejudice while supplies last at Thomas Ford Memorial Library, 800 Chestnut Street, Western Springs, IL 60558. Library hours are Monday-Thursday, 9:30am-9pm; Friday-Saturday, 9:30am-5pm; Sunday, closed.