Jane Austen Media Reviews

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...

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...

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...

The Jane Austen Book Club By Karen Joy Fowler

The Jane Austen Book Club By Karen Joy Fowler "We have tried to get "Self-control," but in vain. I should like to know what her estimate is, but am always half afraid of finding a clever novel to...

Jane Austen's Guide to Dating by Lauren Henderson

  One might think, from the title of this book as well as the cartoony-cute cover design, that Jane Austen’s Guide to Dating is the latest chick-lit novel on the order of The Girls’ Guide to Hun...

Mr Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange

When Lady Catherine de Bourgh tells Elizabeth Bennet that Mr. Darcy comes from an ancient family…well, she isn’t just being a snob. The beginning of the newlywed Darcys’ life together, in which...

The Way of the World/Mr. Darcy’s Daughters by Elizabeth Aston

Just imagine Fitzwilliam Darcy, who had been openly critical of Mr. Bennet’s parenting skills, saddled with five headstrong daughters of marriageable age, or close to it. Further imagine that Mr. a...

The Jane Austen Mysteries

The Jane Austen Mysteries series by Stephanie Barron feature Jane Austen as an amateur detective, presented as entries in journals recently "discovered" in the basement of an old house previously o...

Dear Jane Austen: A Heroine’s Guide to Life and Love

Dear Jane Austen: A Heroine’s Guide to Life and Love When we reviewed Jane Austen’s Guide to Dating a while back, we remarked that reading the advice contained therein was like receiving a lette...

101 Things You Didn’t Know About Jane Austen

We must confess that we expected something rather different from 101 Things You Didn’t Know About Jane Austen. We expected something more like a list of overlooked scenes from the novel, or explan...

The Jane Austen Handbook: A Sensible Yet Elegant Guide to Her World

Seldom have I so anticipated the publication of a book and The Jane Austen Handbook: A Sensible Yet Elegant Guide to Her World certainly does not disappoint. Part tongue in cheek “How To” guide ...

Digital Jane: Jane Austen E-books online

In Jane Austen's day, books were sold in a rather humble state. The pages were removed from the printing press, folded, sewn, and bound in plain paper-covered cardboard, the folds uncut. Th...