"Austen Addict – by Laurie Viera Rigler (2007) ""Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy: The Last Man in the World' – ""by Abigail Reynolds (2009) Pride and Prejudice and Zombies – by Seth Grahame-Smith (2009) Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters – by Ben H. Winters (2009) ""Longbourn --"" by Jo Baker (2014) Jane Austen fan fiction Jane Austen fan fiction is the collection of numerous sequels and spin-offs produced by authors who have either used the plot of Austen's original novels, or have extended them, to produce new works of fiction. Austen's posthumous popularity has inspired fan fiction that runs the gamut"
"and then transitioning into empirical verifications, it reveals Free Indirect Discourse as a tool that emerged over time as practical means for addressing the physical distinctness of minds. Seen in this way, Free Indirect Discourse is a distinctly literary response to an environmental concern, providing a scientific justification that does not reduce literature to a mechanical extension of biology, but takes its value to be its own original form. Austen began writing the novel after staying at Goodnestone Park in Kent with her brother Edward and his wife in 1796. It was originally titled ""First Impressions"", and was written between"
"one of her novels. In November 1797, George Austen wrote to Thomas Cadell, an established publisher in London, to ask if he would consider publishing ""First Impressions"". Cadell returned Mr. Austen's letter, marking it ""Declined by Return of Post"". Austen may not have known of her father's efforts. Following the completion of ""First Impressions"", Austen returned to ""Elinor and Marianne"" and from November 1797 until mid-1798, revised it heavily; she eliminated the epistolary format in favour of third-person narration and produced something close to ""Sense and Sensibility"". In 1797, Austen met her cousin (and future sister-in-law), Eliza de Feuillide, a"
"£110 (). In renaming the novel, Austen probably had in mind the ""sufferings and oppositions"" summarised in the final chapter of Fanny Burney's ""Cecilia"", called ""Pride and Prejudice"", where the phrase appears three times in block capitals. It is possible that the novel's original title was altered to avoid confusion with other works. In the years between the completion of ""First Impressions"" and its revision into ""Pride and Prejudice"", two other works had been published under that name: a novel by Margaret Holford and a comedy by Horace Smith. Austen sold the copyright for the novel to Thomas Egerton from"
"the last of the barracks for the militia were completed by 1796. Irvine argued that a central concern in Britain in the 1790s, when Austen wrote the first draft of ""Pride and Prejudice"" under the title ""First Impressions"" was the need for British elites, both national and regional to rally around the flag in face of the challenge from revolutionary France. It is known that Austen was working on ""First Impressions"" by 1796 (it is not clear when she began working on the book) and finished off ""First Impressions"" in 1797. Irvine states while the character of Elizabeth is a"
"Meryton was opened in August 1793, and the barracks for all the regiments of the militia were completed by 1796, placing the events of the novel between 1793 and 1795. Austen made significant revisions to the manuscript for ""First Impressions"" between 1811 and 1812. As nothing remains of the original manuscript, we are reduced to conjecture. From the large number of letters in the final novel, it is assumed that ""First Impressions"" was an epistolary novel. She later renamed the story ""Pride and Prejudice"" around about 1811/1812, which she sold the rights to publish the manuscript to Thomas Egerton for"
"London), one Tom Lefroy bought a Cadell publisher's rejection letter—for Austen's early version of ""Pride and Prejudice"", titled ""First Impressions"". Caroline Austen said in her letter to James Edward Austen-Leigh on 1 April 1869: I enclose a copy of Mr. Austen's letter to Cadell—I do not know which novel he would have sent—The letter does not do much credit to the tact or courtesy of our good Grandfather for Cadell was a great man in his day, and it is not surprising that he should have refused the favour so offered from an unknown—but the circumstance may be worth noting,"
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"and his odious wife"". Darcy's uncle expresses his hope that ""'Sense' is vindicated and 'Sensibility' reproved."" Jane Austen's first published novel, Sense and Sensibility, appeared in 1811, when the events of this novel are set. At Darcy's London house the staff are alarmed by reports of people ""murdered in their beds"" in Wapping. This is a reference to the Ratcliff Highway murders. Duty and Desire Duty and Desire is a 2004 historical Romance novel by Pamela Aidan. The second in the ""Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman"" trilogy, the novel examines Jane Austen's ""Pride and Prejudice"" from the perspective of Fitzwilliam Darcy, the"
"ways. She values Elinor's more moderated conduct with Edward and resolves to model herself after Elinor's courage and good sense. Edward arrives and reveals that, after his disinheritance, Lucy jilted him in favour of his now wealthy younger brother, Robert. Elinor is overjoyed. Edward and Elinor marry, and later Marianne marries Colonel Brandon, having gradually come to love him. The two couples live as neighbours, with both sisters and husbands in harmony with each other. Willoughby considers Marianne as his ideal but the narrator tells the reader not to suppose that he was never happy. Jane Austen wrote the first"
"first novel of the series, the reader is introduced to four high school students: Lena Kaligaris, Tibby Rollins, Bridget Vreeland, and Carmen Lowell. They have been best friends since birth (their mothers attended prenatal exercise classes together). The summer before their junior year of high school, Carmen finds a pair of old jeans that mysteriously fits each girl perfectly, despite their different sizes. This leads them to believe that the pants are magical. They share the ""traveling pants"" among themselves over the summer while they are separated. Lena spends the summer with her grandparents in Santorini. During her stay, her"
"of Marianne Dashwood) precipitated by unrequited love. While these may be deliberate homages to Austen, they can come off as a lack of inventiveness on Brinton's part. While ""Old Friends and New Fancies"" is now considered the first sequel to Jane Austen's works, there are a few prior books with a claim to the title, including an 1815 French translation of ""Sense and Sensibility"" by Isabelle de Montolieu that changed the ending; and an 1850 transformation of Austen's unfinished novel ""The Watsons"" into ""The Younger Sister"" by Austen's own niece, Catherine Anne Hubback. As reworkings of existing manuscripts, these have"
"Fitzwilliam Darcy, a wealthy aristocrat who arrives in Miss Elizabeth's rural village in 1813. The course of true love is hindered by minor character flaws on both sides—his pride and reserve, which look like arrogance to her, and her tendency to jump to erroneous conclusions based on little evidence, as well as her verbal assertiveness, which mildly scandalizes him. Both eventually realize that they have misjudged each other, however, and find that they are actually ideally suited for each other. After decades out of print, the original cast album was rereleased on CD in 2002. First Impressions (musical) First Impressions"
"distort. The few brief nature scenes in ""Persuasion"" (and they are brief out of all proportion to the commentary on them), the walk to Winthrop and the environs of Pinny and Lyme, are certainly described with sensibility and appreciation. And in Anne's mind they are just as certainly bound up with 'the sweets of poetical despondence'."" Although the impact of Austen's failing health at the time of writing ""Persuasion"" cannot be overlooked, the novel is strikingly original in several ways. It is the first of Austen's novels to feature as the central character a woman who, by the standards of"
"Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 romantic novel by Jane Austen. It charts the emotional development of protagonist Elizabeth Bennet, who learns the error of making hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between the superficial and the essential. The comedy of the writing lies in the depiction of manners, education, marriage, and money during the British Regency period. Mr. Bennet of the Longbourn estate has five daughters, but his property is entailed, meaning that none of the girls can inherit it. His wife has no fortune, so it is imperative that at least one of"
"first Austen title to be republished in England after her death, and the first illustrated Austen produced in Britain, in Richard Bentley's Standard Novels series of 1833. The novel continued in publication throughout the 19th, 20th and early 21st centuries and has many times been illustrated, excerpted, abridged, and adapted for stage and film. Henry Dashwood, his second wife, and their three daughters live for many years with Henry's wealthy bachelor uncle. That uncle decides, in late life, to will the use and income only of his property first to Henry, then to Henry's first son John Dashwood (by his"
"incidents."" A thriving genre of works conventionally referred to as ""romance novels"" existed in ancient Greece. Other precursors can be found in the literary fiction of the 18th and 19th centuries, including Samuel Richardson's sentimental novel ""Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded"" (1740) and the novels of Jane Austen. Austen inspired Georgette Heyer, the British author of historical romance set around the time Austen lived, as well as detective fiction. Heyer's first romance novel, ""The Black Moth"" (1921), was set in 1751. The British company Mills and Boon began releasing escapist fiction for women in the 1930s. Their books were sold in"
"a much weaker claim than Brinton's book, in which the plot is entirely her own even though nearly all the characters are borrowed. Old Friends and New Fancies Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen (1913) is a novel by Sybil G. Brinton that is generally acknowledged to be the first sequel to the works of Jane Austen and as such the first piece of Austen fan fiction. It incorporates characters from each of Austen's six major novels into one unified story, alongside characters of Brinton's own invention. Keeping to the spirit of"
"Old Friends and New Fancies Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen (1913) is a novel by Sybil G. Brinton that is generally acknowledged to be the first sequel to the works of Jane Austen and as such the first piece of Austen fan fiction. It incorporates characters from each of Austen's six major novels into one unified story, alongside characters of Brinton's own invention. Keeping to the spirit of the source novels, its major theme is the difficulties faced by assorted pairs of lovers placed within the class structure of early 19th"
"that she is in love with Allington. Sophie releases Wytton from the engagement, leaving him free to marry Camilla whom he has gradually come to love throughout the story. The release of the popular TV serial ""Pride and Prejudice"" (1995) led to a resurgence in interest for Jane Austen's works. Many writers were inspired by Austen, leading to a variety of novelizations and other adaptations being produced. Elizabeth Aston became one of the most prolific authors of Austen-related fiction, with ""Mr. Darcy's Daughters"" being her debut novel. She had studied the author at St Hilda's College, Oxford under Lord David"
"of Jane Austen"" introduced her to a wider public, and by the 1940s she had become accepted as a major writer. The second half of the 20th century saw a proliferation of Austen scholarship and the emergence of a Janeite fan culture. Austen's works include ""Pride and Prejudice"" (1813) ""Sense and Sensibility"" (1811), ""Mansfield Park"", ""Persuasion"" and ""Emma"". The other major novelist at the beginning of the early 19th century was Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832), who was not only a highly successful British novelist but ""the greatest single influence on fiction in the 19th century ... [and] a European figure""."
"James Staddon and Christopher Biggins as Mr. Collins. Stand-out tracks, according to the Virgin Encyclopedia of ""Film and Stage Music"" ""(VEFSM)"", were considered to be ""Through The Eyes Of A Child"" ""Good Breeding"" and ""Thank God They're Married"". Pride And Prejudice was introduced to US audiences, complete with five new songs, by the Public Theatre Company of Peoria, Illinois, in January 1995. Taylor's musical interpretation of the Austen novel was considered to be closer to its source than the 1959 Broadway version (see ""VEFSM""), First Impressions (Austen's original title for the book), which starred Hermione Gingold. By 2012 there had"
"had a three-year stint in the U.S. Army stationed on Enewetak as personnel sergeant, an atoll in the Marshall Islands of the central Pacific Ocean used for nuclear bomb testing. After leaving the service Goldman headed straight to Broadway and became the lyricist for ""First Impressions"", a musical based on Jane Austen's ""Pride and Prejudice"". Produced by composer Jule Styne, directed by Abe Burrows, and starring Hermione Gingold, Polly Bergen and Farley Granger, the play received decent notices but had a very short run. Just 25 years old, Goldman wasn't the least bit discouraged, still convinced he would spend the"
"Past"". She also wrote a three-volume novel, ""Warbeck of Wolfstein"", other poems, and a play that was never published or performed. The publication of Holford's novel ""First Impressions"" in 1800 compelled Jane Austen to change the title of her own novel to ""Pride and Prejudice"". Margaret Holford Margaret Holford (1778–1852) was an English poet and translator. Her most successful work was a historical verse romance, ""Wallace, or, The Fight of Falkirk"" (1809). Her mother, also Margaret Holford (1757–1834) was likewise an author, and their works have sometimes been confused in bibliographies. Holford was baptised on 1 June 1778 in Chester"
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"what they deserve. Her work brought her little personal fame and only a few positive reviews during her lifetime, but the publication in 1869 of her nephew's ""A Memoir of Jane Austen"" introduced her to a wider public, and by the 1940s she had become accepted as a major writer. The second half of the 20th century saw a proliferation of Austen scholarship and the emergence of a Janeite fan culture. Austen's works include ""Sense and Sensibility"" (1811), ""Pride and Prejudice"" (1813), ""Mansfield Park"" (1814), ""Emma"" (1815), ""Northanger Abbey"" (1817) and ""Persuasion"" (1817). Byron, Keats and Shelley all wrote for"
"this period were the Englishwoman Jane Austen (1775–1817) and the Scotsman Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832), while Gothic fiction of various kinds also flourished. Austen's works satirise the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century realism. Austen's works include ""Pride and Prejudice"" (1813) ""Sense and Sensibility"" (1811), ""Mansfield Park"" (1814), ""Emma"" (1815)"" and Persuasion"" (1818). The most important British novelist at the beginning of the early 19th century was Sir Walter Scott, who was not only a highly successful British novelist, but ""the greatest single influence on fiction in"
"a member of an interesting group of writers of English fiction, who became residents in foreign countries and devoted their talents to the illustration of foreign manners. Having been extremely popular in the second half of the 19th century, they have since fallen into obscurity. Her four novels were described by Richard Garnett as ""entertaining combinations of romance and travelogue,"" drawing on a knowledge of English and German manners and scenery. Her heroines (such as Hildegarde in ""The Initials"" and Leonora in ""Quits"") are forceful and intellectually curious. Her first, ""The Initials"" (London, 1850) became highly popular despite attracting little"
"David Rintoul and the popular 1995 version, starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth. A 1936 stage version was created by Helen Jerome played at the St James's Theatre in London, starring Celia Johnson and Hugh Williams. ""First Impressions"" was a 1959 Broadway musical version starring Polly Bergen, Farley Granger, and Hermione Gingold. In 1995, a musical concept album was written by Bernard J. Taylor, with Claire Moore in the role of Elizabeth Bennet and Peter Karrie in the role of Mr. Darcy. A new stage production, ""Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, The New Musical"", was presented in concert on 21"
"draft of the novel in the form of a novel-in-letters (epistolary form) perhaps as early 1795 when she was about 19 years old, or 1797, at age 21, and is said to have given it the title ""Elinor and Marianne"". She later changed the form to a narrative and the title to ""Sense and Sensibility"". Austen drew inspiration for ""Sense and Sensibility"" from other novels of the 1790s that treated similar themes, including Adam Stevenson's ""Life and Love"" (1785) which he had written about himself and a relationship that was not meant to be. Jane West's ""A Gossip's Story"" (1796),"
"the inspiration for ""Pride and Prejudice"" but it is a completely different story."" Julie Walters had once disliked Austen's writings but changed her mind when she read ""Pride and Prejudice"" after receiving her role as Mrs. Austen. Appearing as Mr. Austen was actor James Cromwell, who viewed his character as ""a generous gentleman, well educated and supportive of Jane for the most part. He is bedevilled by his financial circumstances but deeply in love with his wife and sympathetic to her concerns about what will happen to the girls if they don't marry."" Joe Anderson portrayed Henry Austen, while Lucy"
"and Prejudice"" to more recent productions like ""Sense and Sensibility"" (1995), ""Emma"" (1996), ""Mansfield Park"" (1999), ""Pride & Prejudice"" (2005), and ""Love & Friendship"" (2016). There is little biographical information about Jane Austen's life except the few letters that survive and the biographical notes her family members wrote. During her lifetime, Austen may have written as many as 3,000 letters but only 161 survived. Many of the letters were written to Austen's older sister Cassandra, who in 1843 burned the greater part of them and cut pieces out of those she kept. Ostensibly, Cassandra destroyed or censored her sister's letters"