Jane Austen Media Reviews

Baby Names for Book Lovers

Baby Names for Book Lovers At the Jane Austen Centre we've had a fair few visitors who tell us that they were named after one of Jane's heroines, or that they themselves named one of their childre...

Jane Austen Made Me Do It, Edited by Laurel Ann Nattress

a review by Vic Sanborn

Castle of Wolfenbach by Eliza Parsons

A "Gothic" horror story, reviewed by Heather Laurence.

Emma (2009) on Masterpiece Classic: A Review

a review by Laurel Ann Nattress of Austenprose

Almost Persuaded: ITV's Persuasion

The game is afoot in ITV’s Persuasion as Anne Elliot (Sally Hawkins) speed walks down a maze of hallways in Kellynch and jogs down the streets of Bath in what was, presumably, the film makers’ att...

Northanger Abbey 2007: The Continuing Saga

Another Jane Austen novel is being dusted off for the big screen. This time, Miramax films is co-producing Northanger Abbey. It's a $9 million feature adaptation of Jane Austen's first published ...

Pride and Prejudice 2005: Cinderella Meets Mr. Darcy

Is Pride and Prejudice primarily a Cinderella story? How you answer that question may well determine whether you will enjoy or detest the 2005 Keira Knightley/Matthew Macfadyen film. When spendi...

The latest Oxford edition of Emma

Emma. The book of books. A remarkable novel where when a story or character suggestively goes through Emma’s mind since she half-gets it wrong, and sees it partially, we are invited to imagine it w...

Mansfield Park: An Overview

Henry has finished "Mansfield Park," and his approbation has not lessened. He found the last half of the last volume extremely interesting. Jane Austen to Cassandra March 9, 1814 Mansfield Park ...

Oxford World's Classics: Sense and Sensibility

a review by Ellen Moody