Day 36-Pride & Prejudice

Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice is one of my all-time favorite books. And I'm not alone, in loving it and all of Austen's work. There's even a name for us; we're called "Janites." So today's book is a little treat for Janites everywhere.

The covers show two Regency England figures, a woman on the front and a man on the back. To me, they are Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy. The front says "Prejudice" because Eliza was prejudiced against Mr. Darcy before she truly knew his heart. The back says "Pride" since Darcy almost let his pride get in the way of marrying the woman he loved.

The covers of doubled cardstock were printed on the computer and cut by hand and the pages punched with a tag-shaped paper punch. There are approximately 40 white pages interspersed with about 20 pages punched from the pages of a copy of Pride and Prejudice. The pages are then hole punched at the top and connected with a binders' screw or chicago screw--a tube that fits through the holes and screws down onto a smaller tube. I added a cotton floss loop and a hand-made tassel at the top.

Part of the fun of this little book for true Janites is to try and figure out what part of the story the pages were cut from and/or which character is speaking a visible snippet of dialoge.

I plan to make more copies of this and perhaps sell it on etsy.