Jane Austen Extended Reading

The Beefsteak Club

A political club famous for its steak and potatoes diet

Jane Austen's 'Forgotten' Characters by Priyanka Chavda

Priyanka Chavda explores Jane Austen's characters in development.

A Jane Austen Christmas by Maria Grace- A Review

detailing several Georgian holiday customs from the season of Advent through Twelfth Night

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

A Review by Sophie Andrews

Gothic Horrors: The Regency Vampyre

The origins of the Vampyre novel

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

Gothic Horrors: The Castle of Otranto and The Mysteries of Udolpho

The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole Otranto is the Gothic that inspired them all, establishing the common denominators of the genre: a greedy, controlling villain; a sweet, innocent heroine (...

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...

A Closer Look at Catherine Knight

Margaret C. Sullivan takes a closer look at Catherine Knatchbull Knight, the adoptive mother of Jane's brother, Edward

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.