Pride and Prejudice Contest Winners!!!

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Just an update on two more suggestions for actors to play Darcy and Elizabeth:
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattison when they're older

and Audrey Hepburn with Richard Harris when they were younger






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Well, all good things must come to an end (sniff).

I've very much enjoyed our month-long exploration of Pride and Prejudice, and was delighted that we had so many diverse opinions. I got to know some of you pretty well after a month of reading your posts (the extra long posts, complaints about Friday mornings, NN (who shall remain unnamed) who liked to come in right at the end) and I have to say it was a pleasure. Amazingly, some of you posted almost every time. Big applause to you!

For those of you who added your opinions later when you discovered the blog or found the time, glad to see you here! For newcomers, there's always time to go back and voice your thoughts. The questions are in the archives, and you can add to them any time if the mood strikes you. Alas, no prize as a reward, however.


Now for the moment you've been waiting for. I wish I could send you all copies of the book, especially those who faithfully came in almost daily to answer questions.

I need to thank Danielle Jackson at Sourcebooks for very generously agreeing to support this contest. I also need to thank you all for making it really fun and worthwhile.

I did the draw the old fashioned way. I put the name for each seperate entry on a piece of paper, and put it in a box. I then gave the box to my daughter who had a lot of fun pulling out the names and reading them out to me.

The four runners up receive a copy of The Other Mr Darcy:

The winners are:

Elizabeth B
MarySimenson
Lori
and
Laura's Reviews



Available at Amazon.com

The lucky Grand Prize Winner receives a copy of The Other Mr Darcy plus a box of chocolates:

The Grand Prize goes to
 
Kt

Congratulations to all the winners! I hope you enjoy reading the novel. For everyone else, The Other Mr Darcy is available here. And don't forget to come back and let me know what you think.

Winners:
Please make sure to contact me at monica dot fairview at googlemail dot com to let me know your e-mail and address.

Comments

  1. Laura's Reviews1 November 2009 at 11:52

    Yeah!! I am very excited that to have won a copy of The Other Mr. Darcy. Congrats to all of the other winners!

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  2. Meredith1 November 2009 at 13:06

    Congratulations everyone!!!! Monica, this is was so much fun thank you for hosting this event all month long. I learned a lot about P&P and I enjoyed swapping ideas and opinions with everyone!

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  3. Jeannette1 November 2009 at 13:56

    Congratulations! Thank you Monica for a great forum! I'll miss all those difficult Friday questions! Hope to "see" all of you again soon!

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  4. Anonymous1 November 2009 at 14:35

    It was a lot of fun! I wish I'd had more time to stop by and participate and that I'd been able to go back and read some more of the earlier comments, hopefully by the end of November I'll have finished going back and reading them all! There were some great comments (and questions) that really made me think about the book and movies from different angles, thank you!

    Also, it was great to make that comment about Northanger Abbey and have people realize what I meant with it.

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  5. Elizabeth B1 November 2009 at 19:05

    Oh! Thanks - I came in so late, I wasn't sure if I'd have much of a chance. ;) Yay!

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  6. JaneGS1 November 2009 at 20:41

    Congratulations, everyone. This was a really fun giveaway to participate in. Great questions, Monica!

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  7. Monica Fairview1 November 2009 at 22:11

    I enjoyed it so much myself, so no need to thank me at all!

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  8. Lori Johnston5 November 2009 at 16:54

    I'm a bit late to the party, but thank you, thank you, Monica!! I had been trying to win a copy of this book and so I'm delighted to have my slip chosen by your daughter. :) Congrats to the other winners!!

    Thanks to everyone for participating in the questions and debates. I had a wonderful time!

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