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Category Archives: Fiction Inspired by Jane Austen
Inspired by Pride and Prejudice
What are your favourite Pride and Prejudice-inspired books? With Valentine’s Day coming up, since this novel is one of the …
Rereading Persuasion, Part 2
I don’t think I’ll ever tire of reading about second chances. I finished rereading Persuasion, and I’ve been thinking about the …
Elinor and Marianne
I loved finding Jane Austen’s Elinor Dashwood in Emma Straub’s novel Modern Lovers, just as I loved finding Marianne Dashwood …
Why Did Jane Austen Abandon The Watsons?
It’s a pleasure to introduce this guest post by Kathleen A. Flynn on Jane Austen’s unfinished novel The Watsons. Kathleen’s …
The Scene-Painter, Part Two
As I promised in yesterday’s blog post, “Mansfield Park in Montreal,” I’m posting the second part of Diana Birchall’s “The Scene-Painter,” in …
The Trouble with Flirting – a review
In her YA novel The Trouble with Flirting, Claire LaZebnik draws on Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park for inspiration for both characters …
“The Watsons in Winter”: An Interview with Deborah Yaffe
Deborah Yaffe, author of Among the Janeites: A Journey Through the World of Jane Austen Fandom, is writing about “The …
Longbourn – a review
“The very shoe-roses were got by proxy.” This line from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice sparked Jo Baker’s fascinating exploration …
Among the Janeites – a review
What are Janeites, and who wants to be one of them, or spend time among them? George Saintsbury invented the …
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