Jane Austen
One of my favorite authors. Her books are classics. They are not a 'fast' read, at least for me, but they are well worth the time to read them. They are very entertaining and I have really enjoyed them!
To learn more about Jane Austen follow these links:
Jane Austen Information Page - The page to go to for information on Jane Austen
The Republic of Pemberley - "Your haven in a world programmed to missunderstand obsession with all things Austen."
Jane Austen
Jane Austen Society of North America
More Links below.
Now for the Books, or you can skip ahead to Movies/Mini-Series.
Links to Jane Austen's
Books
Sense & Sensibility - "Two sisters of opposing temperaments who share the pangs of tragic love provide the theme for Jane Austen's dramatically human narrative Sense and Sensibility. Elinor, practical and conventional, is the perfection of sense. Marianne, emotional and sentimental, is the embodiment of sensibility. To each comes the sorrow of unhappy love. Elinor desires a man who is promised to another. Marianne loses her heart to a scoundrel that jilts her. Their mutual suffering brings a closer understanding between the two sisters-and true love finally triumphs when sense gives way to sensibility, and sensibility gives way to sense."
Pride & Predjudice - "The romantic clash of two opinionated young people provides the sustaining theme of Pride and Predjudice. Vivacious Elizabeth Bennet is fascinated and repelled by the arrogant Mr. Darcy, whose condescending airs and acrid tongue have alienated her entire family. Their spirited courtship is conducted against a backdrop of assembly-ball flirtations and drawing-room intrigues. Jane Austen's famous novel captures the affectations of class-conscious 18th century English families with matrimonial aims and rivalries."
Mansfield Park - The heroine of this book is Miss Fanny Price, a young lady who is the poor relation of a wealthly family. She has little but her natural goodness to recommend her over a dazzling and lovely rival, for the man she loves. This book is a pointed attack on social sham.
Emma - Emma Woodhouse is a supremely self assured and accomplished young woman who believes herself immune to romance, but delights in playing matchmaker to others. She wreaks comic havoc on those around her in her sometimes self-deluding and foolish errors. In doing so she almost fails to see her own true love. This is one of my favorite Jane Austen books, besides Pride and Predjudice. The recent movie version is my favorite movie.
Northanger Abbey - "It's heroine is Catherine Morland, the mistakenly invited guest at an isolated, and quite mysterious, country manor. There the charming young husband-seeker falls in love with the young man of the house - but quickly comes to suspect him of lurid deeds worthy of her favorite Gothic novels. Before Catherine's difficulties are resolved, we witness the romantic chase in all its prescribed ritual, and its prime motivations: ambition, pleasure, greed, power, self-interest...... love."
Persuasion - "In this, Jane Austen's last novel, appears her most memorable heroine - Anne Elliot, a young woman of perfect breeding, profound depth of emotion, and unswerving integrity. These virtues however exist in a world - the world of country gentry in Regency England - in which shallowness and hypocrisy thrive and ever threaten to win dominion. It is Anne's poised confrontation with these forces, as she vies for the affections of the man she loves, which gives shape to a work which displays Jane Austen's rich maturity of vision and her newfound sense of human potential." This is another one of my favorites - it's hard to pick just one.
Links to Books-Jane Austen's
World
Jane Austen's Little Advice Book by Cathryn Michon & Pamela Norris - This is a fun little book, which takes Jane Austen's own words on certain subjects along with facts about her life and the times in which she lived. The illustrations are nice too.
Pemberley or Pride & Predjudice Continued by Emma Tennant - Have you ever wondered what happened to Mr & Mrs Darcy after they married? This book explores what is going on in their lives one year later.
An Unequal Marriage or Pride & Predjudice 20 Years Later by Emma Tennant - Another look at Mr & Mrs Darcy, now as their children are grown. Fun Book!
A Visit to Highbury by Jane Austen-Leigh - Did you ever want to revist Emma's Highbury? Mrs. Goddard, the local schoolmistress, writes gossipy letters to her sister Mrs. Pinkney in London.
Later Days at Highbury by Jane Austen-Leigh - Once again we are taken back to Highbury through the letters of Mrs. Goddard and her sister, Mrs. Pinkney. Changes are taking place at Highbury after Mr Woodhouse dies and Emma and Mr Knightley remove from Hartfield.
The Illustrated Letters of Jane Austen Edited by Penelope Hughes-Hallett - This book was formerly published in hardcover as My Dear Cassandra: The Letters of Jane Austen. Along with the letters if Jane Austen it includes period paintings, engravings, and facts from Regency England.
The Jane Austen Cookbook by Maggie Black & Deirdre Le Faye - This book takes a look at the meals and manners of Jane Austen and her literary characters. It includes recipies that have been adapted for modern cooking.
Jane Austen In Style by Susan Watkins - This book takes a look at styles, fashions, furnishings, decorating, etc in Jane Austen's time.
Movies/Mini-Series
There have been several releases in the past few years of Jane Austen films. My favorite is the Mirimax release of Emma, click on the link to go to my Emma page.
For a complete listing of Jane Austen film adaptations go to:
Jane Austen Film and Television Adaptations
Pride & Predjudice - A&E version on DVD @ Amazon.Com
Pride & Predjudice - A&E version on VHS @ Amazon.Com
Pride & Predjudice Paradise - Dedicated to the recent A&E adaptation of the novel.
Emma - A&E version on VHS @ Amazon.Com
Emma< /a> - The recent A&E production.
Sense & Sensibility - A Site about Emma Thompson's adaptation @ MovieWeb.Com, includes stills from the movie.
Sense & Sensibility - Emma Thompson's adaptation on VHS @ Amazon.Com
Sense & Sensibility - VHS Widescreen @ Amazon.Com
Sense & Sensibility - DVD @ Amazon.Com
Persuasion - Recent adaptation on VHS @ Amazon.com
Other Links
Country Dance & Song Society
Jessamyn's Regency Costume Companion - An excellent site on resources for making Regency Era Costumes.
Pride & Predjudice Regency Ball - Looking for somewhere to wear that Regency costume?
La Mode Bagatelle - Has a great Regency Gown pattern.
Sense & Sensibility Clothing - Custom made Regency Gowns.
English Country Dance
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