austen, jane

A collection of critical essays that discuss the life and work of Jane Austen.

A guide to proper behavior for young ladies in Regency England, offering advice on how to identify "the Quality, " ensure a good yearly income, write a letter, keep house, raise children, treat the sick, buy clothing, choose a husband, decline a proposal, behave at a dinner party, and many other topics.

A graphic novel adaptation of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" that follows the hardships, romances, and heartbreaks of sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood.

A graphic novel adaptation of Jane Austen's beloved novel "Pride & Prejudice" in which Lizzy Bennet and her eccentric family try to navigate the turbulent social circles of London.

A graphic novel adaptation of Jane Austen's novel "Northanger Abbey, " set in England, in which innocent young Catherine Morland, fresh from the country, enters into Bath society with dreams and fantasies sparked by her love of gothic romance novels, which makes it difficult for her to distinguish between fact and fiction when she meets dashing Henry Tilney.

A graphic novel adaptation of Jane Austen's beloved novel "Emma, " set in Regency England, in which twenty-one-year-old Emma Woodhouse learns lessons about meddling in affairs of the heart the hard way.

Emma, the daughter of a minister who has always believed God has a plan for her life, finds her faith shaken when she catches her husband in a compromising position with her assistant, and denied tenure in her position as an English professor because of the resulting scandal, she travels to London in pursuit of a cache of letters written by Jane Austen, and gains insights into her own life and future.

Contains entries that provide information on people, places, events, and objects mentioned in the works of eighteenth-century English novelist Jane Austen; arranged alphabetically from A to L, with an introduction and list of works.