Jane Austen's Work

fanny price

In defence of Fanny Price

fanny price

In defence of Fanny Price

Fanny Price was recently voted Austen's least liked protagonists. Do you agree?

austen's work

What is Free Indirect Discourse?

Why did Jane Austen choose Free Indirect Discourse? Find out in this blog.

autumn

Horrid gothic tales courtesy of Isabella Thorpe!

It's that time of year- cosy, novel reading season. What better for October than a Gothic novel? Let's see what Northanger Abbey's Isabella Thorpe ...

Elizabeth Bennet

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

Pride and Prejudice and the Problem of Elizabeth, Jane, and Mr. Bennet Several relationships in Pride and Prejudice deserve primary attention. Eli...

income

The Bank of England Reveals Jane Austen's Income

What was Jane Austen's income? A fair price for her genius? According to documents published by the Bank of England, Jane Austen’s third publ...

Cassandra Austen

Cassandra Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Queen Victoria and a Destruction of Letters

What did Cassandra Austen have in common with Charlotte Brontë and one of Queen Victoria’s daughters? Whatever possessed them to do it?...

Brontë

Brontë on Austen

Brontë on Austen Not everyone is a Jane Austen fan. This was apparently the case for Charlotte Brontë who, although another author who fans ...

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Pride and Prejudice and the Risque Rewrite

Pride and Prejudice and the Risque Rewrite Pride and Prejudice has been rewritten and adapted an extraordinary number of times and in various form...

Catherine Morland

Catherine Morland: A Failed Gothic Novel Heroine?

Catherine Morland: A Failed Gothic Novel Heroine? - A guest essay by Lucie Rivet Jane Austen is famed for creating literary characters who feel r...

Emma

"Dear Emma" - Jane's Heroine Goes To College

"Dear Emma" - Jane's Heroine Goes To College Another novel based on the work of Miss Austen has just been released in the US. This time the ma...

Health

Treat Mental Health by Reading Austen

Treat Mental Health by Reading Austen "Literature and mental health: Reading for wellbeing" is a free course recently offered by the Universit...

Emma

Sir Walter Scott's Emma on Show

Sir Walter Scott's Emma on Show Sir Walter Scott, the eminent Georgian reviewer and novelist, reviewed work from some of the most famous l...

classic authors

Pride and Prejudice...and Complicated Punctuation?

Pride and Prejudice...and Complicated Punctuation? Adam Calhoun, a literary enthusiast, recently decided to strip back eight of his favourite ...