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A Jane Austen Encyclopedia

A Jane Austen Encyclopedia

Paul Poplawski

Jane Austen Society. Jane Austen and Jane Austen's House. Alton: Jane Austen Society, 1949, 12 pp. Mainly on Jane Austen and Chawton. . Collected Reports of the Jane Austen Society, 1949-1965. Folkestone: William Dawson and Son, ...
THE YOUNGER SISTER vol. II - A Jane Austen Novel: A novel in ...

THE YOUNGER SISTER vol. II - A Jane Austen Novel: A novel in ...

Jane Austen

This is the second volume (of three) in the completion of Jane Austen’s series “THE WATSONS” by her niece Catherine Austen-Hubback.
Uses of Austen: Jane's Afterlives

Uses of Austen: Jane's Afterlives

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See Deidre Shauna Lynch, 'Cult of Jane Austen', in Jane Austen in Context, ed. by Janet Todd (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005), pp. 111–20 (p. 117). 5. See Clara Tuite, Romantic Austen: Sexual Politics and the Literary Canon ...
Les éditions françaises de Jane Austen, 1815-2007: l'apport ...

Les éditions françaises de Jane Austen, 1815-2007: l'apport ...

Lucile Trunel

... de la FNAC : www.fnac.com The Jane Austen information page : www. pemberley.com/janeinfo/jane info.html The Jane Austen Society, UK: www. janeaustenoci.freeuk.com JASNA (The Jane Austen Society ofNorth America): www.jasna.org ...
Jane Austen Lives Again

Jane Austen Lives Again

Jane Odiwe

Inspired by Jane Austen's wonderful novels and written in the tradition of classic books like Cold Comfort Farm, I Capture the Castle, and Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Jane Austen Lives Again is an amusing fairy story for grown-ups.
The Poetry of Jane Austen and the Austen Family

The Poetry of Jane Austen and the Austen Family

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This volume of verses by Jane Austen and her family contains all the known poems by Jane herself as well as a selection of work by her mother, her sister Cassandra, four of her brothers, her uncle James, her nieces Anna and Fanny, her ...
The Talk in Jane Austen

The Talk in Jane Austen

Jane Austen Society of North America

In this volume, writers from around the world consider Austen’s sometimes playful, always witty and significant use of dialogue.
The Ultimate Man's Survival Guide

The Ultimate Man's Survival Guide

Frank Miniter

HOW TO BE JANE AUSTEN'S ULTIMATE ROMANTIC MAN Elizabeth Kantor researched and wrote The Jane Austen Guide to Happily Ever After (2012) to determine how women today can find the type of man the English author Jane Austen ...
The Language of Jane Austen (Routledge Revivals)

The Language of Jane Austen (Routledge Revivals)

Norman Page

First published in 1972, Norman Page’s seminal study of The Language of Jane Austen seeks to demonstrate both the exceptional nature and the degree of subtlety of Jane Austen’s use of language.
The Jane Austen Project: A Novel

The Jane Austen Project: A Novel

Kathleen A. Flynn

Perfect for fans of Jane Austen, this engrossing debut novel offers an unusual twist on the legacy of one of the world's most celebrated and beloved authors: two researchers from the future are sent back in time to meet Jane and recover a ...
Jane Austen

Jane Austen

Peter J. Leithart

Jane Austen “I was riveted by Leithart's excellent biography of Austen, the woman who profoundly influenced me to search for the universal truth in my novels. I was able to see the flesh-and-blood woman I've admired since my teens.
A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me about ...

A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me about ...

William Deresiewicz

The author of Jane Austen and the Romantic Poets explains how six of Austen's novels taught him life-changing lessons.
Jane Austen and Her Readers, 1786-1945

Jane Austen and Her Readers, 1786-1945

Katie Halsey

'Jane Austen and her Readers, 1786–1945' is a study of the history of reading Jane Austen's novels, focused on the responses of ordinary readers.
Jane Austen's Art of Memory

Jane Austen's Art of Memory

Jocelyn Harris

Jane Austen's Art of Memory offers a radical new thesis about Jane Austen's construction of her art.
Celebrating Pride and Prejudice: 200 Years of Jane Austen's ...

Celebrating Pride and Prejudice: 200 Years of Jane Austen's ...

Susannah Fullerton

The craze for 'sexing-up' Jane Austen began with Pride and Promiscuity: The Lost Sex Scenes ofjane Austen by Arielle Eckstut and D ennis Ashton. Purporting to be a missing manuscript that was miraculously found, this book contains ...
Jane Austen: A Literary Life

Jane Austen: A Literary Life

Jan Fergus

Previous biographies have set Jane Austen within her social context.
Jane Austen: A New Revelation

Jane Austen: A New Revelation

Nicholas Ennos

The first book to reveal the true author of the works of Jane Austen.
Jane Austen in Hollywood

Jane Austen in Hollywood

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And they have as much to tell us about ourselves as they do about the world of Jane Austen. This second edition includes a new chapter on the recent film version of Mansfield Park.
The Hidden Jane Austen

The Hidden Jane Austen

John Wiltshire

In this major study, leading Austen scholar John Wiltshire offers new interpretations of Jane Austen's six novels, Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1816), Northanger Abbey and Persuasion ...
Jane Austen, Feminism and Fiction: Second Edition

Jane Austen, Feminism and Fiction: Second Edition

Margaret Kirkham

A classic account of Jane Austen in the context of eighteenth century feminist ideas and contemporary thought.
Jane Austen: The Novels

Jane Austen: The Novels

Nicholas Marsh

This guide does not simplify the study of Jane Austen, but invites the reader to pursue and revel in the ironic subtlety of her methods and thought.
Jane Austen: Introductions and Interventions

Jane Austen: Introductions and Interventions

John Wiltshire

This volume brings together lively and refreshing articles by a prominent Jane Austen scholar which have been reworked especially for the present collection.
Jane Austen: Introductions and Interventions

Jane Austen: Introductions and Interventions

John Wiltshire

This volume brings together lively and refreshing articles by a prominent Jane Austen scholar which have been reworked especially for the present collection.
A Dance with Jane Austen: How a Novelist and Her Characters ...

A Dance with Jane Austen: How a Novelist and Her Characters ...

Susannah Fullerton

A beautifully illustrated exploration of dance in the life and novels of Jane Austen. “ -Shelf Awareness Drawing on contemporary accounts and illustrations, and a close reading of the novels as well as Austen's correspondence, Susannah ...
Jane Austen on Screen

Jane Austen on Screen

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... the filmmakers "get it right," but inevitably they miss their personal reading of Austen. Roger Gard in "A Few Skeptical Thoughts on Jane Austen and Film" effectively voices this skepticism about the limits of film productions, and Jan Fergus in ...
Searching for Jane Austen

Searching for Jane Austen

Emily Auerbach

Searching for Jane Austen demolishes with wit and vivacity the often-held view of "Jane," a decorous maiden aunt writing her small drawing-room stories of teas and balls.
Jane Austen in Context

Jane Austen in Context

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The volume emphasises the subtle interactions between Austen's life and times and her novels. This is a work of reference that readers and scholars of Austen will turn to again and again.
Songbird:

Songbird:

Syrie James

I did not want this story to end.” —Jane Austen’s World The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen “This fascinating novel will make readers swear there was such a man as Mr. Ashford and that there is such a memoir…Tantalizing, tender, and ...

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