Jane Austen Media Reviews

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith

A review by Laurel Ann Nattress of Austenprose

Perdita: The Literary, Theatrical, Scandalous Life of Mary Robinson by Paula Byrne

Perdita: The Literary, Theatrical, Scandalous Life of Mary Robinson For those who enjoy the Regency period and life of George IV, this is one of the most perfect books to introduce you into the...

Pemberley Manor By Kathryn Nelson

It is a truth universally acknowledged that one of the most romantic stories of all times must be in want of a sequel. And so, Pride and Prejudice gains another completion, this time in the form of...

The Pemberley Chronicles by Rebecca Ann Collins

A criticism that used to be applied to the works of Jane Austen were that, with a few exceptions (like why the militia are stationed at Meryton or the references to war in Persuasion), she incorp...

Mrs. Darcy’s Dilemma by Diana Birchall

Five and twenty years after the close of Pride and Prejudice, Mr. and Mrs. Darcy watch their three children’s romantic adventures in this short novel. England hovers on the brink of the Victoria...

According to Jane & Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart: Two Reviews

A review by Laurel Ann Nattress of Austenprose

Willoughby's Return: A Tale of Almost Irresistible Temptation By Jane Odiwe

Set four years after the close of Sense and Sensibility, Willoughby’s Return starts off apace with a surprise visitor (no, not that one…) plans for a ball and mounting tension in the Brandon househ...

Lydia Bennet's Story By Jane Odiwe

"I decided that as no one else had written Lydia Bennet’s story, I must." So writes author Jane Odiwe in her latest book, Lydia Bennet’s Story. Presented as a novel interspersed with diary entries,...

Lost in Austen

If you enjoyed Bridget Jones’s Diary, it is more than probable that you will find the new ITV British television series Lost in Austen excessively diverting. Lost in Austen aired in the UK in Septe...

Jane and His Lordship's Legacy by Stephanie Barron

As the eighth book in the Jane Austen Mysteries series opens, it is July, 1809, and Jane and her mother have arrived in Chawton to take possession of the cottage in which Edward Austen’s late bail...

Excessively Diverted by Juliette Shapiro

This sequel recounts the first year of Elizabeth, née Bennet, and Fitzwilliam Darcy's marriage. Many things happen in that short time; four engagements/marriages, a reconciliation, two births and a...

Mr. Knightley’s Diary by Amanda Grange

Our affection for the Rev. Mr. Henry Tilney is well-documented, but we must confess to an occasional fling with Mr. Knightley of Donwell Abbey (and have been known to sit adoringly at Captain Went...