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E-texts of Jane Austen’s Novels
- Jane Austen’s Fiction Manuscripts
- Download her six novels at The Literature Page
- Molland’s: Electronic Texts
- Republic of Pemberley: Jane’s Writings with annotations and links
- Austen.com provides E-texts of Jane’s novels in a beautiful and readable format.
- The Literacy Network: Pride and Prejudice
- The Works of Jane Austen
- Penn State’s Electronic Jane AustenPage
- Works Online, Including Her Juvenalia
- Book Rags: Jane Austen (Synopsis, annotations, e-texts)
Google Search Texts of Jane’s Six Novels
- Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen, Introduction and Notes by Carol Howard, and End Notes
- Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen, With a New Introduction by Margaret Drabble
- Mansfield Park, Jane Austen, Introduction by Tony Tanner
- Emma, Jane Austen, With a New Introduction by Margaret Drabble
- Persuasion, Jane Austen, With a New Introduction by Margaret Drabble
- Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen, Edited and With an Introduction by Marilyn Butler
Jane’s Other Works – Etexts
- Lady Susan, The Literature Network
- Sanditon, Electronic library, University of Virginia
- The Watsons, Fragment, The Republic of Pemberley
- Love and Freindship, Project Gutenberg
- The History of England, “Turning the pages,” British Library
- Jack and Alice, Online Magazine, Jane Austen Centre
Letters
- Letters of Jane Austen, Brabourne edition, Republic of Pemberley
- Jane Austen’s Letters to her Sister Cassandra and others, University of Virginia
- The Letters of Jane Austen,Sarah Chauncy Woolsey, 1892, Google book
E-Texts About Jane
- A Memoir of Jane Austen by James Edward Austen-Leigh, Project Gutenberg.
- Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters: A Family Record, by William Austen-Leigh and Arthur Austen-Leigh, A Preface, 1870. Project Gutenberg, Etext.
- La Brocca: Click on links to Mary Brunton’s novels (cited by Jane) and the Memoir of Jane Austen by her nephew.
- Jane Austen and Her Times, G.E. Mitton
Jane’s Contemporaries: E-Texts
Plays
- Catherine Gore: King O’Neill, play written 1835
- Francis Burney: Love & Fashion, play written 1799
- British Women Playwrights: Around 1800
Books
- The Mysteries of Udolpho, Anne Radcliffe
- Cecelia, Fanny Burney
- Diary and letters of Madame D’Arblay (1778-1840) Fanny Burney
- Evelina, Fanny Burney
- Belinda, Maria Edgeworth
- Castle Rackrent, Maria Edgeworth
- The Vicar of Wakefield, Oliver Goldsmith, illustrated by Rowlandson
General E-Text Resources
Free Online Audio Books & Podcasts
- Emma & Pride & Prejudice at Free Classic Audio Books
- Persuasion, Nikolle Doolin (Professional voice actress)
- Complete Audio Books of Jane Austen (Librivox)
- Free Jane Austen Season Audio Books: Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, & Persuasion (Abridged)
- Pride and Prejudice Podcast of Jane’s Novel, read by Catherine Byers
Two novels from ITV TV: Click here for podcasts of abridged novels
- Northanger Abbey: Part 1
- Northanger Abbey: Part 2
- Northanger Abbey: Part 3
- Northanger Abbey: Part 4
- Northanger Abbey: Part 5
Videos about the Regency Era
- A Walk Down Jermyn Street, London
- Bath Video: Visit Bath
- Fanny Burney on Engines of Our Ingenuity. Click to hear the audio version.
- Humphrey Repton, the 18/19th century landscape gardener
- Pride and Prejudice and Dating
- Putting on a Regency Dress
- Robert Adam Interior: Video from the Victoria and Albert Museum
Videos about Fashion
Online Movies & Trailers – updated Fall 2011
- Please Note: Jane Austen YouTube movies have been blocked.
- Still Available: Miss Austen Regrets, 2008 (Find the first video, then the others)
- Still Available: Pride and Prejudice 2005 Diaries. Find the first video, then the others.
- Mr Palmer, Sense & Sensibility (1995)(Hugh Laurie in a 10-second clip)
- Emma, 41 minutes interview with Charlie Rose, 1996
- Still Available: Mansfield Park, 1999, the complete movie
- Find videos of Mansfield Park
- Trailer to Clueless (1995), absolutely spot on
- Jane Austen Film and TV: National Trust
- Walking in Daydreams: Clips from Pride and Prejudice 2005
- Still Available: Northanger Abbey, ITV 2007, the entire movie on YouTube videos
About Jane Austen and Her family
- Jane Austen’s Family in Tonbridge
- The Real Jane Austen, 8 videos
- Video of Chawton Cottage
- Jane Austen Festival, Bath, 2007
- Jane Austen Exhibit at the Morgan Library, 2009-2010, videos and images about her life and work
- Video, Jane Austen Conference at the British Library, June 2010
About Film Adaptations
- Adaptations, Heritage Film, and Costume Drama, 63 p. PDF document
- Becoming Jane: Production Notes
- Pride and Prejudice Documentary about the filming of the 1995 adaptation
- Pride and Prejudice Diaries about the filming of the 2005 adaptation
- Pride and Prejudice, DVD Extra, 2005 adaptation
- Jane Austen in Film and Television: A Critical Study, Sue Parrill, 2002
About Jane
- Jane Austen in Hollywood, Linda Troost, Sayre Greenfield, 2001, partial Google book
- Jane Austen on Film and Television, Sue Parrill, 2002, partial Google book
- Jane Austen on Screen, Gina McDonald, Andrew McDonald, 2003, partial Google book
Music
- Saw You Not My Lady? Emma (1996), Emma (Gwynneth Paltrow) and Mr. Churchill’s performance. This was a song Jane Austen knew well.
- Weep You No More Sad Fountains, Sense & Sensibility (1995),Marianne Dashwood (Kate Winslet)
- Music from ITV’s Jane Austen Season, 2007
Music for Purchase
Musicals
- Pride and Prejudice, the Musical: Rita Abrams and Josie Brown
- Pride and Prejudice : Dorothy Lees Blakely
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Just stopping by Vic and say again how much I adore this blog and recommend it! It is so refreshing to come to place to enjoy, read, and learn in a day of so much activity and just rest in the beauty of a never-to-be-forgotten time of great literature and music. Thanks for such a place of respose! Blessings, jacy
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These information are really valuable and thank you for taking time to find them and put them here.
Love your blog Vic! I look forward to seeing it in my e-mail and am always impressed by how much information you impart. Thank you. Keep up the good work. Linda
I am attempting my first novel in the style of Jane Austen and I have a question that perhaps you can answer. I should like to know how a rich widow with no family would obtain a piece of property. I suspect that she might hire someone to negotiate on her behalf. Is this a possibility? Would it be through a real estate broker or was there such a profession at that time? Any information you can give me would be appreciated.
You might find this sentence in Wikipedia fascinating:
“In contrast to wives, women who never married or who were widowed maintained control over their property and inheritance, owned land and controlled property disposal, since by law any unmarried adult female was considered to be a feme sole. Once married, the only way that women could reclaim property was through widowhood.”
The link will steer you to other resources. Thank you for your compliment! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Married_Women's_Property_Act_1882
This JStor article discusses property brokers in 18th Century Aleppo. You might have to purchase the article if you are not affiliated with a university.
http://www.jstor.org/pss/3631799
Here’s the link to and 18th century British land agent named Nathaniel Kent. I hope you can access it. If not, you might want to google the search terms. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:JVgR3o7e9gwJ:www.bahs.org.uk/30n1a1.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShaE5L9MVwusjgLvrTGlmiInBxYG8mS0lSajInHUdeycxyrnpVDS2GB287M-dDeBzNCxHAniB5StzW_o7Evi3bmD9XTAmMKPJ8E3gok-qlj0HDuLYKHXZyiX9asXmSdFckKIIPu&sig=AHIEtbT67z2oPBImPrxRmhSxiNtPiwFCJw&pli=1
Good luck!