Jane Austen Extended Reading

Jane Leigh Perrot’s blunder

More thoughts on the arrest of Jane Austen's aunt, Jane Leigh Perrot.

Mrs Bennet's Secret: Did Austen hint at a secret vice?

What if Mrs Bennet had a reason for all of her indiscretions? What if she was hiding a secret vice. Gary Williamson explores.

“Faultless” Cottages: A Comparison of Edward Ferrars & John Willoughby in Sense and Sensibility

Abigail Rinkenberger considers the men of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, providing a thoughtful comparison between Edward Ferrars and John Willoughby.

Duty and Desire in Persuasion

Accidents and Safe Spaces: How Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth Negotiate between Duty and Desire in Jane Austen’s Persuasion Persuasion as Portrait of and Challenge to the Dichotomy of Gendere...

Pride and Prejudice and the Problem of Elizabeth, Jane, and Mr. Bennet

Seth Snow shares his thoughts on relationships in Pride and Prejudice

In Defence of Jane Austen

by Rhian Helen Fender     “Mrs Edwards thinks you are a child still. But we know better than that, don’t we.” So began the 2008 television adaptation of Jane Austen’s 1811 novel Sense and Sensibili...

Jane Austen Cover to Cover by Margaret C. Sullivan, a review

A Review by Sophie Andrews

Jane Austen and Food, by Maggie Lane – A Review

Review by Sarah Emsley of Austenprose

Jane Austen's England by Roy & Lesley Adkins

A review by Shelley DeWees of Austenprose

Online Biographies of Jane Austen

If you’ve ever longed for more information about Jane Austen’s life but haven’t time to visit the library, you are in luck! Many full length biographies of Austen’s life are available to read or do...

The Life and Crimes of Jane Leigh-Perrot

Ellen Moody takes us through Jane Leigh-Perot's potentially criminal history.

Emma the 'Imaginist'

Emma and Harriet discover the scope and limits of imagination.