The Austenesque book scout is proud to present some terrific news from the publishing world on amazing titles that will be published by Sourcebooks, HarperCollins and other independent publishers for this coming Autumn-Winter season. Most of the new novels listed are to be released by Sourcebooks which claims to be the number one best-selling publisher of Jane Austen sequels. I concur as they release quite a number of Austen-themed novels each year.
Publishers' description of each book is included and books are arranged chronologically base on release date. All information is from Sourcebooks trade catalogue for Fall 2010 downloadable from their website and also from Amazon website. Images courtesy of Barnes & Noble website.
Note: Previously self-published with the title Chronicles of the Darcy Family, Book 1: And This Our Life with major revisions in this new novel
Wait until you see how generous, protective, and altogether incredible Mr. Darcy is as a big brother — if only he weren't quite so overbearing as to scare away all Georgiana's suitors. Darcy and Elizabeth have found their happily ever after and now, much to her big brother's dismay, it's Georgiana's turn! Joining her brother and his new bride in London is a dream come true for the shy, sweet Georgiana Darcy. Under the guidance of her graceful sister-in-law and watchful eye of her over-protective brother, Georgiana will enter into the matchmaking and intrigue-filled ballrooms of London. Making her way through the sea of rogues and fortune hunters, Georgiana will have to make the transition to a confident young woman with her own engaging story to tell instead of being, simply, Mr. Darcy's little sister...
ISBN: 9781402240386
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (448 pages)
Publication Date: 1 September 2010
Originally self-published with the title Pemberley's Promise and over 1500 copies sold, Darcy's Voyage gives readers a chance to experience this timeless love story in a brand new setting. When Darcy and Elizabeth meet on a ship bound for New York, neither can deny the sparks of attraction that fly between them. And when Elizabeth falls ill during their journey, Darcy will do whatever it takes to save her life, including proposing a shipboard marriage. Once the ship docks in New York, Elizabeth and Darcy will have to overcome an entirely new set of obstacles if they want to save their legendary love…
ISBN: 9781402241024
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (512 pages)
Publication Date: 1 September 2010
Note: First released in UK in May this year and now available for US market
This title explores the surprisingly important part that children play in the novels of Jane Austen and the contribution they make to understanding her adult characters. Jane Austen is not usually associated with children — especially since she had none of her own. But there are in fact more children in her novels than one might at first think. She herself was from a sizeable family, with numerous nephews and nieces. She was, by all accounts, good with children and popular with them. It was therefore natural for her to include them in her novels, even if sometimes off-stage. This book, by one of the world's leading authorities on Austen, looks at both the real and the literary children in her life — children seen and unseen (and dead); children as models of behaviour, good and bad; as objects of affection, amusement, usefulness, pity, regret, jealousy, resentment; children in the way; children as excuses; and children as heirs. In the process, it casts fascinating light on a hitherto largely ignored aspect of her work and the age in which she lived.
ISBN: 9781847250414
Publisher: Continuum
Format: Hardcover (256 pages)
Publication Date: 1 September 2010
"There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them." "How little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought together because their passions were stronger than their virtue."
If you want to be like Elizabeth Bennet and live happily ever after with a man who owns half of Derbyshire, then arm yourself with this Austen-tatious guide to flirting and courtship.
ISBN: 9781849531054
Publisher: Summersdale
Format: Trade Paperback (128 pages)
Publication Date: 6 September 2010
Happily married for over a year and more in love than ever, Darcy and Elizabeth can't imagine anything interrupting their bliss-filled days. Then an intense snowstorm strands a group of travelers at Pemberley, and terrifying accidents and mysterious deaths begin to plague the manor. Everyone seems convinced that it is the work of a phantom — a Shadow Man, a spirit haunting the manor who is haunting the Darcy family's grand estate.
Darcy and Elizabeth believe the truth is much more menacing and that someone is targeting them, someone who seeks revenge on the Darcy family. But Pemberley is filled with family guests as well as the unexpected travelers — any one of whom could be the culprit — so unraveling the mystery of the murderer's identity forces the newlyweds to trust each other's strengths and work together.
Written in the style of the era and including Austen's romantic playfulness and sardonic humour, this suspense-packed sequel to Pride and Prejudice recasts Darcy and Elizabeth as a husband-and-wife detective team who must solve the mystery at Pemberley and catch the murderer — before it's too late.
ISBN: 9781569758458
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Format: Trade Paperback (336 pages)
Publication Date: 14 September 2010
Right before the start of freshman year, Emma's family unexpectedly moves to England. The book club members are stunned — but thanks to videoconferencing, they can still keep the club alive and they decide to tackle Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. And when the girls try to bring Emma home by starting a bake sale, it becomes a thriving business: Pies & Prejudice. But when the plan they cook up falls short, they are left wondering if their club will ever all be together again... .
ISBN: 9781416974314
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover (384 pages)
Publication Date: 14 September 2010
Note: First released in UK, will be available in US next July by Sourcebooks
Dr Katherine Roberts is a lecturer at Oxford University and an expert on all things Austen. But she has a guilty secret; a love of racy Regency novels by Lorna Warwick. She's even struck up a long-distance friendship with the novelist and the two of them have been sharing their closest confidences.
When Katherine gets her yearly invite to a Jane Austen Conference at the magnificent Purley Hall in Hampshire, she sincerely hopes that Lorna will be in attendance as well. She can hardly wait to meet her new friend, but it seems that Lorna may not have been completely honest with her...
Meanwhile, hopeless romantic Robyn Love is at her happiest when her head is stuck in one of Jane Austen's novels — if only her boyfriend Jace Collins could be more like Colin Firth.
The weekend retreat is the perfect opportunity for Robyn to escape from reality for a few days — especially when she meets handsome stablehand Dan. But Jace isn't going to be so easy to shrug off.
With misunderstandings, muddles and a few shocking revelations, the weekend proves to be even more than they bargained for. Like all true Jane Austen heroines, Katherine and Robyn will discover that finding their own Mr Darcy is far from easy...
ISBN: 9781847562258
Publisher: Avon
Format: Paperback (384 pages)
Publication Date: 16 September 2010
Not just another Jane Austen quote book. Trifle Bearings gives, for the first time, a comprehensive compilation of thoughts and sayings from all the writings of Jane Austen's major and minor works, unfinished narratives, Juvenilia and personal letters. Jane Austen's wit, astuteness and genius as an unsurpassed wordsmith comes alive in this charming volume that cleverly classifies these sayings into nineteen different categories and themes of life touched on by Jane Austen in her writings. The reader is also treated to additional supplements of a chronology of Jane Austen's writings, lists of recommended reading and websites, and quotes by many famous people from all era's and walks of life on their opinions of Jane Austen and her work. Sure to gratify and charm the newest to the most advanced Jane Austen enthusiast.
ISBN: 9781608446247
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback (164 pages)
Publication Date: 21 September 2010
Note: Previously released last October in hardcover format
Tailored from the adored Jane Austen classic, Marvel Comics is proud to present Pride and Prejudice! Two-time Rita Award-Winner Nancy Butler and fan favourite Hugo Petrus faithfully adapt the whimsical tale of Lizzy Bennet and her loveable-if-eccentric family, as they navigate through tricky British social circles. Will Lizzy's father manage to marry off his five daughters, despite his wife's incessant nagging? And will Lizzy's beautiful sister Jane marry the handsome, wealthy Mr. Bingley, or will his brooding friend Mr. Darcy stand between their happiness?
ISBN: 9780785139164
Publisher: Marvel
Format: Paperback (120 pages)
Publication Date: 22 September 2010
In 1797, when aspiring novelist Jane Austen becomes one of the Damned, the beautiful, fashionable, sexy vampires of Georgian England, her family insists she takes the waters at Bath, the only known cure. But the city becomes a blood bath when the French invade and the Damned are the only ones who can overthrow the French and save England. Jane now regards her creation as a vampire as a gift. She rejects the cure and discovers a world of freedom, love and adventure as a vampire. But as an immortal, she loses her ability to write and must sever ties with her beloved sister Cassandra and the rest of her family. Under the shadow of the guillotine, Jane will have to decide whether eternal life and love are too high a price to pay for the loss of what means most to her as a mortal.
ISBN: 9780061958304
Publisher: Avon A
Format: Trade Paperback (304 pages)
Publication Date: 28 September 2010
But even if the whole world was against them, it would not matter. They were together — again. And this time they would remain together. Until death do them part and, of course, long after that.
What if Austen had believed in reincarnation and vampires? Join four bestselling romance authors as they channel the wit and wisdom of Jane Austen.
Almost Persuaded: In this Regency tale, Jane Everett and Captain Robert Mitford realise they're reincarnated soul mates. New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh brings together former lovers who have seen beyond the veil of forgetfulness to their past mistakes and are determined to be together in this life and forever.
Northanger Castle: Coleen Gleason makes reference to her Gardella Vampire series in this novella, in which pert Caroline Merrill, lover of vampire novels, suspects handsome Mr. Blanchard of being a bloodsucker. Her obsession with Gothic novels winds up being good training for a lifetime of destroying the undead with her newfound beau.
Blood and Prejudice: Set in contemporary New York where bookstore staffer Elizabeth Bennet encounters pharmaceutical CEO Charles Bingley and an unusual variety of vampires in the hunt for a vampire cure in this version of the classic tale by Susan Krinard.
Little to Hex Her: Janet Mullany gives us a witchy Emma Woodhouse with a wizard boyfriend and running a dating service for Washington D.C.'s supernaturals.
ISBN: 9780373775019
Publisher: HQN
Format: Trade Paperback (384 pages)
Publication Date: 28 September 2010
The restorative power of the ocean brings Jane Austen and her beloved brother Henry, to Brighton after Henry's wife is lost to a long illness. But the crowded, glittering resort is far from peaceful, especially when the lifeless body of a beautiful young society miss is discovered in the bedchamber of none other than George Gordon — otherwise known as Lord Byron. As a poet and a seducer of women, Byron has carved out a shocking reputation for himself — but no one would ever accuse him of being capable of murder. Now it falls to Jane to pursue this puzzling investigation and discover just how "mad, bad and dangerous to know" Byron truly is. And she must do so without falling victim to the charming versifier's legendary charisma, lest she, too, become a cautionary example for the ages.
ISBN: 9780553386707
Publisher: Bantam
Format: Trade Paperback (352 pages)
Publication Date: 28 September 2010
Note: Previously released in UK with a different cover in last March
When shy Jenny Cooper goes to stay with her cousin Jane Austen, she knows nothing of the world of beautiful dresses, dances, secrets, gossip and romance that Jane inhabits. But Jane is already a sharp observer of the customs of courtship. And when Jenny falls utterly in love with Captain Thomas Williams, who better than Jane to help her win the heart of this dashing man?
But is that even possible? After all, Jenny's been harbouring a most desperate secret. Should it become known, it would bring scandal to her and the wonderful Austen family. What's a poor orphan girl to do?
ISBN: 9780385739405
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover (352 pages)
Publication Date: 28 September 2010
Note: Previously released as paperback format in July 2010
"Nobody, I believe, has ever found it possible to like the heroine of Mansfield Park." — Lionel Trilling
In this ingenious new twist on Mansfield Park, the famously meek Fanny Price — whom Jane Austen's own mother called "insipid" — has been utterly transformed; she is now a rich heiress who is spoiled, condescending and generally hated throughout the county. Mary Crawford, on the other hand, is now as good as Fanny is bad, and suffers great indignities at the hands of her vindictive neighbour. It's only after Fanny is murdered on the grounds of Mansfield Park that Mary comes into her own, teaming-up with a thief-taker from London to solve the crime.
Featuring genuine Austen characters — the same characters and the same episodes, but each with a new twist — Murder at Mansfield Park is a brilliantly entertaining novel that offers Jane Austen fans an engaging new heroine and story to read again and again.
ISBN: 9780312577162
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover (368 pages)
Publication Date: 28 September 2010
In this Pride and Prejudice variation, Elizabeth is called away before Darcy proposes for the first time and Darcy decides to find a more suitable wife. But when Darcy encounters Elizabeth living in London after the death of her father, he can't fight his desire to see and speak with her again… and again and again. But now that her circumstances have made her even more unsuitable, will Darcy be able to let go of all his long held pride to marry a woman who, though she is beneath his station, is the only woman capable of winning his heart?
ISBN: 9781402240928
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (368 pages)
Publication Date: 1 October 2010
This lushly romantic and historically fascinating story is filled with lavish details of Regency customs and social events including Elizabeth's presentation to the Prince Regent, Georgiana's debut at the exclusive Almack's Assembly and the Darcys' travels through the dramatic Peak District of Derbyshire. Romance finds nearly everyone as confirmed bachelor Richard Fitzwilliam sets his sights on the seemingly unattainable Lady Fotherby, Georgiana Darcy learns to flirt, the very serious Kitty Bennet develops her first crush and Caroline Bingley meets her match. Through it all, Elizabeth and Darcy are kept busy helping friends and family navigate true love's inevitably rocky course.
ISBN: 9781402236990
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (384 pages)
Publication Date: 1 October 2010
Along with the plays of William Shakespeare and the works of Charles Dickens, Jane Austen's novels are among the most beloved books of Western literature. Pride and Prejudice (1813) was in Austen's lifetime her most popular novel, and it was the author's personal favourite. Adapted many times to the screen and stage, and the inspiration for numerous imitations, it remains today her most widely read book. Now, in this beautifully illustrated and annotated edition, distinguished scholar Patricia Meyer Spacks instructs the reader in a larger appreciation of the novel's enduring pleasures and provides analysis of Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet, Lady Catherine and all the characters who inhabit the world of Pride and Prejudice.
This edition will be treasured by specialists and first-time readers, and especially by devoted Austen fans who think of themselves as Friends of Jane. In her Introduction, Spacks considers Austen's life and career, the continuing appeal of Pride and Prejudice, and its power as a stimulus for fantasy (Maureen Dowd, writing in The New York Times, can hold forth at length on Obama as a Darcy-figure, knowing full well her readers will "understand that she wished to suggest glamour and sexiness"). Her Introduction also explores the value and art of literary annotation. In her running commentary on the novel, she provides notes on literary and historical contexts, allusions and language likely to cause difficulty to modern readers. She offers interpretation and analysis, always with the wisdom, humor and light touch of an experienced and sensitive teacher.
ISBN: 9780674049161
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover (464 pages)
Publication Date: 1 October 2010
From Amanda Grange, the best-selling author of Mr. Darcy's Diary and Mr. Darcy, Vampyre, comes a novella entitled Christmas Present. Christmas finds the Darcys' celebrating the holiday with preparations for a ball, but the festivities are interrupted by the arrival of a very special gift...
Ever sensual and romantic, Sharon Lathan highlights everything that's best and most precious in the celebrations of the holiday season. After a quarter of a century together, Darcy and Elizabeth reminisce... in A Darcy Christmas.
Jane Austen meets Charles Dickens! Carolyn Eberhart's Mr. Darcy's Christmas Carol finds Darcy encountering ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, who show him his life if pride keeps him from his one true love.
ISBN: 9781402243394
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (304 pages)
Publication Date: 1 October 2010
From the editor of the popular The Annotated Pride and Prejudice comes an annotated edition of Jane Austen's Persuasion that makes the beloved novel an even more satisfying and fulfilling read. Here is the complete text of Persuasion with hundreds of annotations on facing pages, including:
ISBN: 9780307390783
Publisher: Anchor
Format: Trade Paperback (544 pages)
Publication Date: 5 October 2010
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a married man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a son." So begins Expectations... a sequel to the timeless romance of Pride and Prejudice. Many have wondered if Darcy and Elizabeth would find a way to a happily ever after with a traditional family as well. The answer here comes in an unexpected way, along a circuitous route that leaves the reader guessing... and turning pages. Expectations begins six months after Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice ends. As a newly married woman, Elizabeth Darcy agrees to throw her first ball as mistress of a large and prosperous household. At the same time, she receives a letter from her father encouraging her to produce an heir for her husband, welcomes several visitors to her home and tries to mend broken family relationships via letter. Georgiana Darcy remains unmarried, but feels the pressure to find a suitable mate. Georgiana fights off several marriage proposals while she tries not to fall in love with an old friend.
ISBN: 9781453873816
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Trade Paperback (348 pages)
Publication Date: 5 October 2010
In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Bennet had this to say about Mr. Darcy, "We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man..." Elizabeth Bennet, herself, spoke of his arrogance, his conceit and his selfish disdain of the feelings of others — the last man in the world whom she could ever be prevailed on to marry. Mr. Darcy's housekeeper, Mrs. Reynolds, described him as the best landlord and master who ever lived. Such varying accounts as these are exceedingly puzzling, indeed. This amorous, provocative and at times tumultuous tale, illustrates Mr. Darcy as a wealthy young man of sense and education, as well as considerable worldly experience — not at all uncommon for Regency era gentlemen of his social standing. He is his own master. He enjoys his lifestyle and has no particular desire to marry at all. That is, until he renews his acquaintance with Miss Elizabeth Bennet — her own circumstances greatly diminished pursuant to the sudden and tragic death of her father. To Have His Cake (and Eat It Too) tells of Darcy's journey from a man who, indeed, is proud and haughty, to one who seeks to please a woman worthy of being pleased.
ISBN: 9781453704769
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Trade Paperback (240 pages)
Publication Date: 9 October 2010
Note: Previously released last October with a different cover for UK market
An anthology of the 20 entries for the Jane Austen Short Story Award 2009.
Two hundred years ago, Jane Austen — traumatized by her parents' decision to give up the rectory in Hampshire where she grew up, and unable to write for a decade — accepted her brother Edward's offer of a permanent home in his Chawton House estate. It was there that she picked up her pen once again... and gave the world some of the most beloved and enduring novels ever written.
The Jane Austen Short Story Competition celebrates the immortal author and her works, and the blessed home that afforded her the peace and security to create them. Judged and chosen by Sarah Waters, bestselling author of Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith, Dancing with Mr. Darcy includes the winning selection and nineteen runners-up, as well as introductions from Waters and Rebecca Smith, the great-great-great-great-great niece of Jane Austen.
ISBN: 9780061999062
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Format: Trade Paperback (256 pages)
Publication Date: 19 October 2010
Having seen her sisters' trials, Margaret Dashwood of Sense and Sensibility wonders whether she really desires marriage.
ISBN: 9781432762445
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Format: Trade Paperback (280 pages)
Publication Date: 20 October 2010
A romance in a tiny Scottish border village at last gives way to a wedding just as the old year gives over to the new. This short story, the second in The Lord & Lady Baugham Stories, bridges Twixt Two Equal Armies and its sequel, The West Yet Glimmers, by chronicling a most rewarding honeymoon at Clyne Cottage and how, afterwards, the newly-weds successfully managed to postpone further domestic obligations by turning east instead of west at a crucial crossroads, ending up on the doorstep of Pemberley House in Derbyshire! This is the story of how Love Then Begins.
ISBN: 9781936009077
Publisher: Meryton Press
Format: Trade Paperback (118 pages)
Publication Date: 26 October 2010
In the final instalment of The Pemberley Chronicles, Rebecca Ann Collins transports readers for the final time to the halls of Pemberley and into the lives of Pride and Prejudice's most beloved characters. Darcy and Elizabeth, after fifty happy years of marriage, find their love for each other as strong as ever, but all is not well at Pemberley and Netherfield. When a crisis requires Elizabeth, Darcy, Jane and Bingley to leave for Italy, they’ll see just how well the next generation steps up to carry on and prove that the bonds of love and family are strong enough to weather any challenge.
ISBN: 9781402224522
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (352 pages)
Publication Date: 1 November 2010
A pun-filled tale featuring Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice characters with some added or addled, missing or missish, modified or mortified, healthier, wealthier, or wiser. Impeccable comportment is mandatory in Regency England, a society governed by strict rules of conduct. Perfectionist Fitzwilliam Darcy, heir to an august ancestral estate, is the epitome of an unimpeachable gentleman, at least until...
Our hero's immaculate image is somewhat tarnished when he and his traveling companions arrive, hot and sweaty, at Pemberley and decide to take a fateful plunge into a scummy pond. An embarrassing encounter on the estate's lawn leaves a long-lasting impression on Jane and Elizabeth Bennet, who are new acquaintances of Georgiana and Anna Darcy.
With both families in London for the Little Season, Darcy finds himself thrown again into the path of perky Elizabeth Bennet; but a handsome army officer just might blockade further advances.
This romantic comedy is a lighthearted adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, featuring a softer, sweeter, sillier side of Austen's beloved characters.
This "PUN-filled" tale will certainly not be a PUN-ishment to read.
ISBN: 9780982743706
Publisher: Rhemalda Publishing
Format: Perfect Paperback (344 pages)
Publication Date: 1 November 2010
Note: Previously released in hardcover format last October
Inspired by Jane Austen's novella Lady Susan, this biting social comedy from mother-daughter duo Rubino (the veteran author) and Rubino-Bradway (the first-timer) is a delightful, worthy homage to Austen. In 19th century England, Lady Susan Vernon is left nearly penniless after her honourable, wealthy husband dies and his unscrupulous little brother, Charles, bilks Susan and her daughter, Frederica, of their share of his fortune. Forced to rely upon the kindness of friends, the two spend several months bouncing from home to home. Subjected to the two-faced machinations of her social circle (particularly from Charles's wife, Catherine), Susan cleverly (and believably) turns several of her enemies against each other, using their own words. As in Austen's novels, securing a generous dowry and a good marriage (that is, one with money and status) is the all-important goal of every woman, but Susan is a dynamic character more than capable of delivering a shocking surprise.
ISBN: 9780307461674
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Format: Trade Paperback (336 pages)
Publication Date: 2 November 2010
Note: Previously published in hardcover format with a different cover and subtitle (A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Reasons Why We Can't Stop Reading Jane Austen) in June 2010
Why are we so fascinated with Jane Austen's novels? Why is Austen so universally beloved? The essayists in this volume offer their thoughts on the delightful puzzle of Austen's popularity. Classic and contemporary writers — novelists, essayists, journalists, scholars and a filmmaker — discuss the tricks and treasures of Austen's novels, from her witty dialogue, to the arc and sweep of her story lines, to her prescriptions for life and love.
Virginia Woolf examines Austen's maturation as an artist and speculates on how her writing would have changed had she lived another twenty years, while Anna Quindlen examines the enduring issues of social pressure and gender politics that make Pride and Prejudice as vital today as ever. From Harold Bloom to Martin Amis, Somerset Maugham to Jay McInerney, Eudora Welty to Amy Bloom, each writer reflects on Austen's place in both the literary canon and our cultural imagination.
ISBN: 9780812980011
Publisher: Random House
Format: Trade Paperback (320 pages)
Publication Date: 9 November 2010
Award-winning writer Nancy Butler, adapter of Marvel's best-selling adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, returns to Marvel with another Jane Austen classic: Sense and Sensibility! Alongside incredible artist Sonny Liew (My Faith in Frankie, Wonderland), Butler brings to life the world of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, two daughters without parents or means, forced to experience hardship, romance and heartbreak, all in the hopes of achieving love and lasting happiness.
ISBN: 9780785148197
Publisher: Marvel
Format: Hardcover (128 pages)
Publication Date: 22 November 2010
Pride and Prejudice time travel story. A contemporary student switches places with original Elizabeth Darcy. Liz Bennet is a hard working, contemporary girl. Between her studies and work she has little time for romance. Her sister, Jane, convinces her to take a short break and spend a weekend with their friends in a country house. To Liz's displeasure among the group there is William Darcy, a man she doesn't hold in high regard. Darcy tries to ask her out, but she rejects him. The very next day, during her morning run, she gets hit by a car. She doesn't regain her consciousness in a hospital as she expects to, but in the unfamiliar room, in the year 1813. She wakes up as a wife of a wealthy landlord, Master of Pemberley, Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy. Liz realizes that she somehow managed to travel back in time, taking place of William Darcy's great-grandmother. Will she manage to return to her own time?
ISBN: 9781453865583
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback (270 pages)
Publication Date: 25 November 2010
In the aftermath of the Civil War, the Bennet family has just moved from Ohio to the town of Rosings, Texas, set on creating a fresh start. But their daughter Beth still prefers the familiarity of Ohio to the plains of Texas — that is, until she encounters Will Darcy, the reclusive owner of Pemberley Ranch. Will and Beth are instantly smitten, but pride, prejudice and a gang of villains determined to take over Rosings threaten to keep them apart. This fresh idea in the world of Jane Austen retellings brings together the world of Pride and Prejudice with the struggles of the antebellum South.
ISBN: 9781402241284
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (384 pages)
Publication Date: 1 December 2010
It is Christmas, 1797 and thirteen year-old Master Fitzwilliam Darcy is returning from his first term at Eton in full anticipation of the holidays. Soon, he and his family will leave their fashionable London home for Pemberley, their Derbyshire estate, to prepare for the arrival of his irrepressible cousin Richard and the rest of his Matlock relations. But when Darcy arrives in London, he learns that his mother is ill. Her doctor's prognosis is dire — Lady Anne cannot survive another year! As Christmas approaches, Darcy is torn between his parents' struggles to carry on and the attraction of an unusual company of players in Lambton for the holidays. With the arrival of Richard and his family, he must try to satisfy the expectations of all and, in doing so, learn what it means to be a Darcy.
Pamela Aidan has created a touching coming-of-age novella based on characters from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. A Lesson in Honour explores love, duty and family honour — principles that a young Fitzwilliam Darcy learns from both of his parents as they confront a family crisis — as well as a lesson derived from youthful indiscretion and adolescent romance that helps defiine the man Elizabeth Bennet will encounter at the Meryton assembly many years later.
ISBN: 9780983103103
Publisher: Wytherngate Press
Format: Trade Paperback (122 pages)
Publication Date: 1 December 2010
The combination of a lethal blaze and a garnet cross have ensured that ever since he was a boy, Fitzwilliam Darcy's future is promised to an unknown lady. With danger looming from a suspected spy and with murder close at hand, will Mr. Darcy cross paths with Elizabeth Bennet and win her affections?
Mr. Darcy's journey to overcome his pride and find eternal love in Pride and Prejudice takes on a mysterious twist. This sexy what-if story, told from Darcy's viewpoint, explores the demands of amily members and other involved parties. Fire and Cross takes this perennial favorite in another direction, bursting with overpowering emotion and surprising plot twists. Warning: The book contains explicit adult content.
ISBN: 9780980610574
Publisher: Steamy D Publishing
Format: Trade Paperback (224 pages)
Publication Date: 1 December 2010
Henry and Catherine Tilney are content with their married life: a comfortable parsonage, their dogs and one another. The idea of returning to Bath a year after they first met there seems like it can only add to their happiness; but Catherine finds that Bath still carries social dangers that she must learn to navigate. What is the nature of Henry's past relationship with a beautiful young woman? Why is a rakish baronet paying Catherine such particular attention? Is General Tilney going to marry the woman known in Bath as The Merry Widow — and what did she have to do with her husband's death? And will Henry ever be able to keep his Newfoundland out of the river? Revisit the winter pleasures of Georgian Bath with your favourite characters from Jane Austen's hilarious Northanger Abbey, and prepare for a bit of romance, a bit of mystery and a very nice story indeed!
ISBN: 9780615425870
Publisher: LibriFiles Publishing
Format: Trade Paperback (118 pages)
Publication Date: 4 December 2010
Dragons in the skies of Regency England!
Gothic horrors collide with high satire in this elegant, hilarious, witty, insane and unexpectedly romantic supernatural parody of Jane Austen's classic novel.
Young and naive Catherine Morland is constantly surrounded by angels only she alone can see. Leaving her country home for the first time, to embark on a grand adventure that begins in fashionable Bath, our romantic heroine must not only decrypt the mystery of the Udolpho Code but win her true love Henry Tilney.
Meanwhile she is beset by all the Gothic horrors known to Impressionable Young Ladies — odious demons, Regency balls, elusive ghosts, pleasure excursions, temperature-changing nephilim, secret clues, ogre suitors and a terrifying ancient Dragon who has very likely hidden a secret treasure hoard somewhere in the depths of Northanger Abbey.
ISBN: 9781607620587
Publisher: Curiosities
Format: Trade Paperback (346 pages)
Publication Date: 5 December 2010
Note: US release in February 2011
Jane Austen's stock in the popular marketplace has never been higher, while academic studies continue to uncover new aspects of her engagement with her world. This fully updated edition of the acclaimed Cambridge Companion offers clear, accessible coverage of the intricacies of Austen's works in their historical context, with biographical information and suggestions for further reading. Major scholars address Austen's six novels, the letters and other works, in terms accessible to students and the many general readers, as well as to academics. With seven new essays, the Companion now covers topics that have become central to recent Austen studies, for example, gender, sociability, economics and the increasing number of screen adaptations of the novels.
ISBN: 9780521763080 / 9780521746502
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardcover / Trade Paperback (300 / 302 pages)
Publication Date: 23 December 2010
Convinced that the lovely Elizabeth Bennet is her brother's soul mate, Georgiana Darcy enlists her clever and not at all snobbish cousin Anne de Bourgh in ensuring that pride and prejudice aren't able to keep these two hearts apart. All is going according to plan until Lydia Bennet brings scandal on the family by eloping with George Wickham and Darcy is called away from Elizabeth's side before he has a chance to propose. It will take all Georgiana and Anne's considerable matchmaking talents to ensure that Elizabeth and Darcy are reunited in time to claim their happily ever after.
ISBN: 9781402240256
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (400 pages)
Publication Date: 1 January 2011
After winter break, the girls at the very prestigious Longbourn Academy become obsessed with the prom. Lizzie Bennet, who attends Longbourn on a scholarship, isn't interested in designer dresses and expensive shoes, but her best friend, Jane, might be — especially now that Charles Bingley is back from a semester in London.
Lizzie is happy about her friend's burgeoning romance but less than impressed by Charles's friend, Will Darcy, who's snobby and pretentious. Darcy doesn't seem to like Lizzie either, but she assumes it's because her family doesn't have money. Clearly, Will Darcy is a pompous jerk — so why does Lizzie find herself drawn to him anyway?
Will Lizzie's pride and Will's prejudice keep them apart? Or are they a prom couple in the making? Whatever the result, Elizabeth Eulberg, author of The Lonely Hearts Club, has concocted a very funny, completely stylish delight for any season — prom or otherwise.
ISBN: 9780545240772
Publisher: Point
Format: Hardcover (288 pages)
Publication Date: 1 January 2011
Note: Previously published in UK as hardcover format with a different cover in March 2011
I Was Jane Austen's Best Friend is the secret diary of Jenny Cooper, Jane Austen's teenage friend and confidante. Their evenings are a blur of beautiful dresses, balls, gossip and romance; their days are spent writing about them — Jenny in her diary, Jane in her first attempts at fiction. When Jenny falls utterly in love with a handsome naval officer, obstacles stand in their way. Who better to help her than Jane herself, who already considers herself an expert in love and relationships?
ISBN: 9780330509534
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Format: Trade Paperback (352 pages)
Publication Date: 7 January 2011
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife... in bed. Unfortunately, we've never been able to see Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam in flagrante delicto — until now.
In this deliciously naughty updating of the beloved classic, you can peek behind the closed doors of Pemberley's sexiest master bedroom — and revel in the sexual delights of your favourite couple.
From first kiss to orgasmic finish, this book is every Austen fan's dream come true — the story you love, with the heat turned up to high. It will come as no surprise that the dashing Mr. Darcy is as passionate and intense with his knickers off as he is with them on. And admit it, we've all wanted to see him sans knickers!
ISBN: 9781440506604
Publisher: Adams Media
Format: Trade Paperback (480 pages)
Publication Date: 14 January 2011
A twist on a classic favorite finds Pride and Prejudice's Mr. Bennet recently deceased and Jane doing her best to manage the Longbourn estate. While traveling to his new home, Charles Bingley, accompanied by his friend, Fitzwilliam Darcy, come across an injured young woman who has fallen against a rock and is unconscious. As the men work to discover her identity and reunite her with her family, they learn what it is to love. For one couple, the path is clear. For the other, it appears at first that love may not be enough. However, after a painful separation, they learn that nothing else is required but love to bring happiness and joy to their lives.
ISBN: 9781936009060
Publisher: Meryton Press
Format: Trade Paperback (292 pages)
Publication Date: 18 January 2011
That's all from me. I will continue to update if there are more news from the publishing world.
Publishers' description of each book is included and books are arranged chronologically base on release date. All information is from Sourcebooks trade catalogue for Fall 2010 downloadable from their website and also from Amazon website. Images courtesy of Barnes & Noble website.
Mr. Darcy's Little Sister
by C. Allyn PiersonNote: Previously self-published with the title Chronicles of the Darcy Family, Book 1: And This Our Life with major revisions in this new novel
Wait until you see how generous, protective, and altogether incredible Mr. Darcy is as a big brother — if only he weren't quite so overbearing as to scare away all Georgiana's suitors. Darcy and Elizabeth have found their happily ever after and now, much to her big brother's dismay, it's Georgiana's turn! Joining her brother and his new bride in London is a dream come true for the shy, sweet Georgiana Darcy. Under the guidance of her graceful sister-in-law and watchful eye of her over-protective brother, Georgiana will enter into the matchmaking and intrigue-filled ballrooms of London. Making her way through the sea of rogues and fortune hunters, Georgiana will have to make the transition to a confident young woman with her own engaging story to tell instead of being, simply, Mr. Darcy's little sister...
ISBN: 9781402240386
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (448 pages)
Publication Date: 1 September 2010
Darcy's Voyage: A Tale of Uncharted Love on the Open Seas
by Kara LouiseOriginally self-published with the title Pemberley's Promise and over 1500 copies sold, Darcy's Voyage gives readers a chance to experience this timeless love story in a brand new setting. When Darcy and Elizabeth meet on a ship bound for New York, neither can deny the sparks of attraction that fly between them. And when Elizabeth falls ill during their journey, Darcy will do whatever it takes to save her life, including proposing a shipboard marriage. Once the ship docks in New York, Elizabeth and Darcy will have to overcome an entirely new set of obstacles if they want to save their legendary love…
ISBN: 9781402241024
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (512 pages)
Publication Date: 1 September 2010
Jane Austen and Children
by David Selwyn Note: First released in UK in May this year and now available for US market
This title explores the surprisingly important part that children play in the novels of Jane Austen and the contribution they make to understanding her adult characters. Jane Austen is not usually associated with children — especially since she had none of her own. But there are in fact more children in her novels than one might at first think. She herself was from a sizeable family, with numerous nephews and nieces. She was, by all accounts, good with children and popular with them. It was therefore natural for her to include them in her novels, even if sometimes off-stage. This book, by one of the world's leading authorities on Austen, looks at both the real and the literary children in her life — children seen and unseen (and dead); children as models of behaviour, good and bad; as objects of affection, amusement, usefulness, pity, regret, jealousy, resentment; children in the way; children as excuses; and children as heirs. In the process, it casts fascinating light on a hitherto largely ignored aspect of her work and the age in which she lived.
ISBN: 9781847250414
Publisher: Continuum
Format: Hardcover (256 pages)
Publication Date: 1 September 2010
Jane Austen on Love & Romance
by Constance Moore"There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them." "How little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought together because their passions were stronger than their virtue."
If you want to be like Elizabeth Bennet and live happily ever after with a man who owns half of Derbyshire, then arm yourself with this Austen-tatious guide to flirting and courtship.
ISBN: 9781849531054
Publisher: Summersdale
Format: Trade Paperback (128 pages)
Publication Date: 6 September 2010
The Phantom of Pemberley
by Regina JeffersHappily married for over a year and more in love than ever, Darcy and Elizabeth can't imagine anything interrupting their bliss-filled days. Then an intense snowstorm strands a group of travelers at Pemberley, and terrifying accidents and mysterious deaths begin to plague the manor. Everyone seems convinced that it is the work of a phantom — a Shadow Man, a spirit haunting the manor who is haunting the Darcy family's grand estate.
Darcy and Elizabeth believe the truth is much more menacing and that someone is targeting them, someone who seeks revenge on the Darcy family. But Pemberley is filled with family guests as well as the unexpected travelers — any one of whom could be the culprit — so unraveling the mystery of the murderer's identity forces the newlyweds to trust each other's strengths and work together.
Written in the style of the era and including Austen's romantic playfulness and sardonic humour, this suspense-packed sequel to Pride and Prejudice recasts Darcy and Elizabeth as a husband-and-wife detective team who must solve the mystery at Pemberley and catch the murderer — before it's too late.
ISBN: 9781569758458
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Format: Trade Paperback (336 pages)
Publication Date: 14 September 2010
Pies & Prejudice
by Heather Vogel FrederickRight before the start of freshman year, Emma's family unexpectedly moves to England. The book club members are stunned — but thanks to videoconferencing, they can still keep the club alive and they decide to tackle Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. And when the girls try to bring Emma home by starting a bake sale, it becomes a thriving business: Pies & Prejudice. But when the plan they cook up falls short, they are left wondering if their club will ever all be together again... .
ISBN: 9781416974314
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover (384 pages)
Publication Date: 14 September 2010
Austen Addicts
Book 1: A Weekend with Mr Darcy
by Victoria ConnellyBook 1: A Weekend with Mr Darcy
Note: First released in UK, will be available in US next July by Sourcebooks
Dr Katherine Roberts is a lecturer at Oxford University and an expert on all things Austen. But she has a guilty secret; a love of racy Regency novels by Lorna Warwick. She's even struck up a long-distance friendship with the novelist and the two of them have been sharing their closest confidences.
When Katherine gets her yearly invite to a Jane Austen Conference at the magnificent Purley Hall in Hampshire, she sincerely hopes that Lorna will be in attendance as well. She can hardly wait to meet her new friend, but it seems that Lorna may not have been completely honest with her...
Meanwhile, hopeless romantic Robyn Love is at her happiest when her head is stuck in one of Jane Austen's novels — if only her boyfriend Jace Collins could be more like Colin Firth.
The weekend retreat is the perfect opportunity for Robyn to escape from reality for a few days — especially when she meets handsome stablehand Dan. But Jace isn't going to be so easy to shrug off.
With misunderstandings, muddles and a few shocking revelations, the weekend proves to be even more than they bargained for. Like all true Jane Austen heroines, Katherine and Robyn will discover that finding their own Mr Darcy is far from easy...
ISBN: 9781847562258
Publisher: Avon
Format: Paperback (384 pages)
Publication Date: 16 September 2010
Trifle Bearings
by Angela Traubel (editor)Not just another Jane Austen quote book. Trifle Bearings gives, for the first time, a comprehensive compilation of thoughts and sayings from all the writings of Jane Austen's major and minor works, unfinished narratives, Juvenilia and personal letters. Jane Austen's wit, astuteness and genius as an unsurpassed wordsmith comes alive in this charming volume that cleverly classifies these sayings into nineteen different categories and themes of life touched on by Jane Austen in her writings. The reader is also treated to additional supplements of a chronology of Jane Austen's writings, lists of recommended reading and websites, and quotes by many famous people from all era's and walks of life on their opinions of Jane Austen and her work. Sure to gratify and charm the newest to the most advanced Jane Austen enthusiast.
ISBN: 9781608446247
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback (164 pages)
Publication Date: 21 September 2010
Pride & Prejudice (Marvel Illustrated Classics)
by Nancy Butler (author) and Hugo Petrus (illustrator)Note: Previously released last October in hardcover format
Tailored from the adored Jane Austen classic, Marvel Comics is proud to present Pride and Prejudice! Two-time Rita Award-Winner Nancy Butler and fan favourite Hugo Petrus faithfully adapt the whimsical tale of Lizzy Bennet and her loveable-if-eccentric family, as they navigate through tricky British social circles. Will Lizzy's father manage to marry off his five daughters, despite his wife's incessant nagging? And will Lizzy's beautiful sister Jane marry the handsome, wealthy Mr. Bingley, or will his brooding friend Mr. Darcy stand between their happiness?
ISBN: 9780785139164
Publisher: Marvel
Format: Paperback (120 pages)
Publication Date: 22 September 2010
Jane and the Damned
by Janet MullanyIn 1797, when aspiring novelist Jane Austen becomes one of the Damned, the beautiful, fashionable, sexy vampires of Georgian England, her family insists she takes the waters at Bath, the only known cure. But the city becomes a blood bath when the French invade and the Damned are the only ones who can overthrow the French and save England. Jane now regards her creation as a vampire as a gift. She rejects the cure and discovers a world of freedom, love and adventure as a vampire. But as an immortal, she loses her ability to write and must sever ties with her beloved sister Cassandra and the rest of her family. Under the shadow of the guillotine, Jane will have to decide whether eternal life and love are too high a price to pay for the loss of what means most to her as a mortal.
ISBN: 9780061958304
Publisher: Avon A
Format: Trade Paperback (304 pages)
Publication Date: 28 September 2010
Bespelling Jane Austen
by Mary Balogh, Coleen Gleason, Susan Krinard and Janet MullanyBut even if the whole world was against them, it would not matter. They were together — again. And this time they would remain together. Until death do them part and, of course, long after that.
What if Austen had believed in reincarnation and vampires? Join four bestselling romance authors as they channel the wit and wisdom of Jane Austen.
Almost Persuaded: In this Regency tale, Jane Everett and Captain Robert Mitford realise they're reincarnated soul mates. New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh brings together former lovers who have seen beyond the veil of forgetfulness to their past mistakes and are determined to be together in this life and forever.
Northanger Castle: Coleen Gleason makes reference to her Gardella Vampire series in this novella, in which pert Caroline Merrill, lover of vampire novels, suspects handsome Mr. Blanchard of being a bloodsucker. Her obsession with Gothic novels winds up being good training for a lifetime of destroying the undead with her newfound beau.
Blood and Prejudice: Set in contemporary New York where bookstore staffer Elizabeth Bennet encounters pharmaceutical CEO Charles Bingley and an unusual variety of vampires in the hunt for a vampire cure in this version of the classic tale by Susan Krinard.
Little to Hex Her: Janet Mullany gives us a witchy Emma Woodhouse with a wizard boyfriend and running a dating service for Washington D.C.'s supernaturals.
ISBN: 9780373775019
Publisher: HQN
Format: Trade Paperback (384 pages)
Publication Date: 28 September 2010
Being a Jane Austen Mystery
Book 10: Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron
by Stephanie BarronBook 10: Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron
The restorative power of the ocean brings Jane Austen and her beloved brother Henry, to Brighton after Henry's wife is lost to a long illness. But the crowded, glittering resort is far from peaceful, especially when the lifeless body of a beautiful young society miss is discovered in the bedchamber of none other than George Gordon — otherwise known as Lord Byron. As a poet and a seducer of women, Byron has carved out a shocking reputation for himself — but no one would ever accuse him of being capable of murder. Now it falls to Jane to pursue this puzzling investigation and discover just how "mad, bad and dangerous to know" Byron truly is. And she must do so without falling victim to the charming versifier's legendary charisma, lest she, too, become a cautionary example for the ages.
ISBN: 9780553386707
Publisher: Bantam
Format: Trade Paperback (352 pages)
Publication Date: 28 September 2010
I Was Jane Austen's Best Friend
by Cora HarrisonNote: Previously released in UK with a different cover in last March
When shy Jenny Cooper goes to stay with her cousin Jane Austen, she knows nothing of the world of beautiful dresses, dances, secrets, gossip and romance that Jane inhabits. But Jane is already a sharp observer of the customs of courtship. And when Jenny falls utterly in love with Captain Thomas Williams, who better than Jane to help her win the heart of this dashing man?
But is that even possible? After all, Jenny's been harbouring a most desperate secret. Should it become known, it would bring scandal to her and the wonderful Austen family. What's a poor orphan girl to do?
ISBN: 9780385739405
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover (352 pages)
Publication Date: 28 September 2010
Murder at Mansfield Park
by Lynn ShepherdNote: Previously released as paperback format in July 2010
"Nobody, I believe, has ever found it possible to like the heroine of Mansfield Park." — Lionel Trilling
In this ingenious new twist on Mansfield Park, the famously meek Fanny Price — whom Jane Austen's own mother called "insipid" — has been utterly transformed; she is now a rich heiress who is spoiled, condescending and generally hated throughout the county. Mary Crawford, on the other hand, is now as good as Fanny is bad, and suffers great indignities at the hands of her vindictive neighbour. It's only after Fanny is murdered on the grounds of Mansfield Park that Mary comes into her own, teaming-up with a thief-taker from London to solve the crime.
Featuring genuine Austen characters — the same characters and the same episodes, but each with a new twist — Murder at Mansfield Park is a brilliantly entertaining novel that offers Jane Austen fans an engaging new heroine and story to read again and again.
ISBN: 9780312577162
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover (368 pages)
Publication Date: 28 September 2010
Mr. Darcy's Obsession
by Abigail ReynoldsIn this Pride and Prejudice variation, Elizabeth is called away before Darcy proposes for the first time and Darcy decides to find a more suitable wife. But when Darcy encounters Elizabeth living in London after the death of her father, he can't fight his desire to see and speak with her again… and again and again. But now that her circumstances have made her even more unsuitable, will Darcy be able to let go of all his long held pride to marry a woman who, though she is beneath his station, is the only woman capable of winning his heart?
ISBN: 9781402240928
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (368 pages)
Publication Date: 1 October 2010
The Darcy Saga
Book 4: In the Arms of Mr. Darcy
by Sharon LathanBook 4: In the Arms of Mr. Darcy
This lushly romantic and historically fascinating story is filled with lavish details of Regency customs and social events including Elizabeth's presentation to the Prince Regent, Georgiana's debut at the exclusive Almack's Assembly and the Darcys' travels through the dramatic Peak District of Derbyshire. Romance finds nearly everyone as confirmed bachelor Richard Fitzwilliam sets his sights on the seemingly unattainable Lady Fotherby, Georgiana Darcy learns to flirt, the very serious Kitty Bennet develops her first crush and Caroline Bingley meets her match. Through it all, Elizabeth and Darcy are kept busy helping friends and family navigate true love's inevitably rocky course.
ISBN: 9781402236990
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (384 pages)
Publication Date: 1 October 2010
Pride and Prejudice: An Annotated Edition
by Jane Austen (author) and Patricia Meyer Spacks (editor)Along with the plays of William Shakespeare and the works of Charles Dickens, Jane Austen's novels are among the most beloved books of Western literature. Pride and Prejudice (1813) was in Austen's lifetime her most popular novel, and it was the author's personal favourite. Adapted many times to the screen and stage, and the inspiration for numerous imitations, it remains today her most widely read book. Now, in this beautifully illustrated and annotated edition, distinguished scholar Patricia Meyer Spacks instructs the reader in a larger appreciation of the novel's enduring pleasures and provides analysis of Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet, Lady Catherine and all the characters who inhabit the world of Pride and Prejudice.
This edition will be treasured by specialists and first-time readers, and especially by devoted Austen fans who think of themselves as Friends of Jane. In her Introduction, Spacks considers Austen's life and career, the continuing appeal of Pride and Prejudice, and its power as a stimulus for fantasy (Maureen Dowd, writing in The New York Times, can hold forth at length on Obama as a Darcy-figure, knowing full well her readers will "understand that she wished to suggest glamour and sexiness"). Her Introduction also explores the value and art of literary annotation. In her running commentary on the novel, she provides notes on literary and historical contexts, allusions and language likely to cause difficulty to modern readers. She offers interpretation and analysis, always with the wisdom, humor and light touch of an experienced and sensitive teacher.
ISBN: 9780674049161
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover (464 pages)
Publication Date: 1 October 2010
A Darcy Christmas
by Amanda Grange, Sharon Lathan and Carolyn EberhartFrom Amanda Grange, the best-selling author of Mr. Darcy's Diary and Mr. Darcy, Vampyre, comes a novella entitled Christmas Present. Christmas finds the Darcys' celebrating the holiday with preparations for a ball, but the festivities are interrupted by the arrival of a very special gift...
Ever sensual and romantic, Sharon Lathan highlights everything that's best and most precious in the celebrations of the holiday season. After a quarter of a century together, Darcy and Elizabeth reminisce... in A Darcy Christmas.
Jane Austen meets Charles Dickens! Carolyn Eberhart's Mr. Darcy's Christmas Carol finds Darcy encountering ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, who show him his life if pride keeps him from his one true love.
ISBN: 9781402243394
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (304 pages)
Publication Date: 1 October 2010
The Annotated Persuasion
by Jane Austen (author) and David M. Shapard (editor)From the editor of the popular The Annotated Pride and Prejudice comes an annotated edition of Jane Austen's Persuasion that makes the beloved novel an even more satisfying and fulfilling read. Here is the complete text of Persuasion with hundreds of annotations on facing pages, including:
- Explanations of historical context
- Citations from Austen's life, letters and other writings
- Definitions and clarifications
- Literary comments and analysis
- Plentiful maps and illustrations
- An introduction, a bibliography and a detailed chronology of events
ISBN: 9780307390783
Publisher: Anchor
Format: Trade Paperback (544 pages)
Publication Date: 5 October 2010
Expectations
by Samantha Jayne Adkins"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a married man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a son." So begins Expectations... a sequel to the timeless romance of Pride and Prejudice. Many have wondered if Darcy and Elizabeth would find a way to a happily ever after with a traditional family as well. The answer here comes in an unexpected way, along a circuitous route that leaves the reader guessing... and turning pages. Expectations begins six months after Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice ends. As a newly married woman, Elizabeth Darcy agrees to throw her first ball as mistress of a large and prosperous household. At the same time, she receives a letter from her father encouraging her to produce an heir for her husband, welcomes several visitors to her home and tries to mend broken family relationships via letter. Georgiana Darcy remains unmarried, but feels the pressure to find a suitable mate. Georgiana fights off several marriage proposals while she tries not to fall in love with an old friend.
ISBN: 9781453873816
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Trade Paperback (348 pages)
Publication Date: 5 October 2010
To Have His Cake (and Eat It Too)
by P O DixonIn Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Bennet had this to say about Mr. Darcy, "We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man..." Elizabeth Bennet, herself, spoke of his arrogance, his conceit and his selfish disdain of the feelings of others — the last man in the world whom she could ever be prevailed on to marry. Mr. Darcy's housekeeper, Mrs. Reynolds, described him as the best landlord and master who ever lived. Such varying accounts as these are exceedingly puzzling, indeed. This amorous, provocative and at times tumultuous tale, illustrates Mr. Darcy as a wealthy young man of sense and education, as well as considerable worldly experience — not at all uncommon for Regency era gentlemen of his social standing. He is his own master. He enjoys his lifestyle and has no particular desire to marry at all. That is, until he renews his acquaintance with Miss Elizabeth Bennet — her own circumstances greatly diminished pursuant to the sudden and tragic death of her father. To Have His Cake (and Eat It Too) tells of Darcy's journey from a man who, indeed, is proud and haughty, to one who seeks to please a woman worthy of being pleased.
ISBN: 9781453704769
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Trade Paperback (240 pages)
Publication Date: 9 October 2010
Dancing with Mr. Darcy: Stories Inspired by Jane Austen and Chawton House
by Sarah WatersNote: Previously released last October with a different cover for UK market
An anthology of the 20 entries for the Jane Austen Short Story Award 2009.
Two hundred years ago, Jane Austen — traumatized by her parents' decision to give up the rectory in Hampshire where she grew up, and unable to write for a decade — accepted her brother Edward's offer of a permanent home in his Chawton House estate. It was there that she picked up her pen once again... and gave the world some of the most beloved and enduring novels ever written.
The Jane Austen Short Story Competition celebrates the immortal author and her works, and the blessed home that afforded her the peace and security to create them. Judged and chosen by Sarah Waters, bestselling author of Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith, Dancing with Mr. Darcy includes the winning selection and nineteen runners-up, as well as introductions from Waters and Rebecca Smith, the great-great-great-great-great niece of Jane Austen.
ISBN: 9780061999062
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Format: Trade Paperback (256 pages)
Publication Date: 19 October 2010
Rifts and Restorations: Margaret Dashwood's Story
by Sister M. Eucharista WardHaving seen her sisters' trials, Margaret Dashwood of Sense and Sensibility wonders whether she really desires marriage.
ISBN: 9781432762445
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Format: Trade Paperback (280 pages)
Publication Date: 20 October 2010
The Lord & Lady Baugham Stories
Book 2: Love Then Begins
by Gail McEwen and Tina MonctonBook 2: Love Then Begins
A romance in a tiny Scottish border village at last gives way to a wedding just as the old year gives over to the new. This short story, the second in The Lord & Lady Baugham Stories, bridges Twixt Two Equal Armies and its sequel, The West Yet Glimmers, by chronicling a most rewarding honeymoon at Clyne Cottage and how, afterwards, the newly-weds successfully managed to postpone further domestic obligations by turning east instead of west at a crucial crossroads, ending up on the doorstep of Pemberley House in Derbyshire! This is the story of how Love Then Begins.
ISBN: 9781936009077
Publisher: Meryton Press
Format: Trade Paperback (118 pages)
Publication Date: 26 October 2010
The Pemberley Chronicles
Book 10: The Legacy of Pemberley
by Rebecca Ann CollinsBook 10: The Legacy of Pemberley
In the final instalment of The Pemberley Chronicles, Rebecca Ann Collins transports readers for the final time to the halls of Pemberley and into the lives of Pride and Prejudice's most beloved characters. Darcy and Elizabeth, after fifty happy years of marriage, find their love for each other as strong as ever, but all is not well at Pemberley and Netherfield. When a crisis requires Elizabeth, Darcy, Jane and Bingley to leave for Italy, they’ll see just how well the next generation steps up to carry on and prove that the bonds of love and family are strong enough to weather any challenge.
ISBN: 9781402224522
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (352 pages)
Publication Date: 1 November 2010
Mr. Darcy Takes the Plunge
by J. Marie CroftA pun-filled tale featuring Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice characters with some added or addled, missing or missish, modified or mortified, healthier, wealthier, or wiser. Impeccable comportment is mandatory in Regency England, a society governed by strict rules of conduct. Perfectionist Fitzwilliam Darcy, heir to an august ancestral estate, is the epitome of an unimpeachable gentleman, at least until...
Our hero's immaculate image is somewhat tarnished when he and his traveling companions arrive, hot and sweaty, at Pemberley and decide to take a fateful plunge into a scummy pond. An embarrassing encounter on the estate's lawn leaves a long-lasting impression on Jane and Elizabeth Bennet, who are new acquaintances of Georgiana and Anna Darcy.
With both families in London for the Little Season, Darcy finds himself thrown again into the path of perky Elizabeth Bennet; but a handsome army officer just might blockade further advances.
This romantic comedy is a lighthearted adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, featuring a softer, sweeter, sillier side of Austen's beloved characters.
This "PUN-filled" tale will certainly not be a PUN-ishment to read.
ISBN: 9780982743706
Publisher: Rhemalda Publishing
Format: Perfect Paperback (344 pages)
Publication Date: 1 November 2010
Lady Vernon and Her Daughter
by Jane Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-BradleyNote: Previously released in hardcover format last October
Inspired by Jane Austen's novella Lady Susan, this biting social comedy from mother-daughter duo Rubino (the veteran author) and Rubino-Bradway (the first-timer) is a delightful, worthy homage to Austen. In 19th century England, Lady Susan Vernon is left nearly penniless after her honourable, wealthy husband dies and his unscrupulous little brother, Charles, bilks Susan and her daughter, Frederica, of their share of his fortune. Forced to rely upon the kindness of friends, the two spend several months bouncing from home to home. Subjected to the two-faced machinations of her social circle (particularly from Charles's wife, Catherine), Susan cleverly (and believably) turns several of her enemies against each other, using their own words. As in Austen's novels, securing a generous dowry and a good marriage (that is, one with money and status) is the all-important goal of every woman, but Susan is a dynamic character more than capable of delivering a shocking surprise.
ISBN: 9780307461674
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Format: Trade Paperback (336 pages)
Publication Date: 2 November 2010
A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen
by Susannah Carson (editor) and Harold Bloom (foreword)Note: Previously published in hardcover format with a different cover and subtitle (A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Reasons Why We Can't Stop Reading Jane Austen) in June 2010
Why are we so fascinated with Jane Austen's novels? Why is Austen so universally beloved? The essayists in this volume offer their thoughts on the delightful puzzle of Austen's popularity. Classic and contemporary writers — novelists, essayists, journalists, scholars and a filmmaker — discuss the tricks and treasures of Austen's novels, from her witty dialogue, to the arc and sweep of her story lines, to her prescriptions for life and love.
Virginia Woolf examines Austen's maturation as an artist and speculates on how her writing would have changed had she lived another twenty years, while Anna Quindlen examines the enduring issues of social pressure and gender politics that make Pride and Prejudice as vital today as ever. From Harold Bloom to Martin Amis, Somerset Maugham to Jay McInerney, Eudora Welty to Amy Bloom, each writer reflects on Austen's place in both the literary canon and our cultural imagination.
ISBN: 9780812980011
Publisher: Random House
Format: Trade Paperback (320 pages)
Publication Date: 9 November 2010
Sense & Sensibility (Marvel Illustrated Classics)
by Nancy Butler (author) and Sonny Liew (illustrator)Award-winning writer Nancy Butler, adapter of Marvel's best-selling adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, returns to Marvel with another Jane Austen classic: Sense and Sensibility! Alongside incredible artist Sonny Liew (My Faith in Frankie, Wonderland), Butler brings to life the world of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, two daughters without parents or means, forced to experience hardship, romance and heartbreak, all in the hopes of achieving love and lasting happiness.
ISBN: 9780785148197
Publisher: Marvel
Format: Hardcover (128 pages)
Publication Date: 22 November 2010
Realisations
by Ola WegnerPride and Prejudice time travel story. A contemporary student switches places with original Elizabeth Darcy. Liz Bennet is a hard working, contemporary girl. Between her studies and work she has little time for romance. Her sister, Jane, convinces her to take a short break and spend a weekend with their friends in a country house. To Liz's displeasure among the group there is William Darcy, a man she doesn't hold in high regard. Darcy tries to ask her out, but she rejects him. The very next day, during her morning run, she gets hit by a car. She doesn't regain her consciousness in a hospital as she expects to, but in the unfamiliar room, in the year 1813. She wakes up as a wife of a wealthy landlord, Master of Pemberley, Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy. Liz realizes that she somehow managed to travel back in time, taking place of William Darcy's great-grandmother. Will she manage to return to her own time?
ISBN: 9781453865583
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback (270 pages)
Publication Date: 25 November 2010
Pemberley Ranch
by Jack CaldwellIn the aftermath of the Civil War, the Bennet family has just moved from Ohio to the town of Rosings, Texas, set on creating a fresh start. But their daughter Beth still prefers the familiarity of Ohio to the plains of Texas — that is, until she encounters Will Darcy, the reclusive owner of Pemberley Ranch. Will and Beth are instantly smitten, but pride, prejudice and a gang of villains determined to take over Rosings threaten to keep them apart. This fresh idea in the world of Jane Austen retellings brings together the world of Pride and Prejudice with the struggles of the antebellum South.
ISBN: 9781402241284
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (384 pages)
Publication Date: 1 December 2010
Young Master Darcy: A Lesson in Honour
by Pamela AidanIt is Christmas, 1797 and thirteen year-old Master Fitzwilliam Darcy is returning from his first term at Eton in full anticipation of the holidays. Soon, he and his family will leave their fashionable London home for Pemberley, their Derbyshire estate, to prepare for the arrival of his irrepressible cousin Richard and the rest of his Matlock relations. But when Darcy arrives in London, he learns that his mother is ill. Her doctor's prognosis is dire — Lady Anne cannot survive another year! As Christmas approaches, Darcy is torn between his parents' struggles to carry on and the attraction of an unusual company of players in Lambton for the holidays. With the arrival of Richard and his family, he must try to satisfy the expectations of all and, in doing so, learn what it means to be a Darcy.
Pamela Aidan has created a touching coming-of-age novella based on characters from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. A Lesson in Honour explores love, duty and family honour — principles that a young Fitzwilliam Darcy learns from both of his parents as they confront a family crisis — as well as a lesson derived from youthful indiscretion and adolescent romance that helps defiine the man Elizabeth Bennet will encounter at the Meryton assembly many years later.
ISBN: 9780983103103
Publisher: Wytherngate Press
Format: Trade Paperback (122 pages)
Publication Date: 1 December 2010
Fire and Cross
by Enid WilsonThe combination of a lethal blaze and a garnet cross have ensured that ever since he was a boy, Fitzwilliam Darcy's future is promised to an unknown lady. With danger looming from a suspected spy and with murder close at hand, will Mr. Darcy cross paths with Elizabeth Bennet and win her affections?
Mr. Darcy's journey to overcome his pride and find eternal love in Pride and Prejudice takes on a mysterious twist. This sexy what-if story, told from Darcy's viewpoint, explores the demands of amily members and other involved parties. Fire and Cross takes this perennial favorite in another direction, bursting with overpowering emotion and surprising plot twists. Warning: The book contains explicit adult content.
ISBN: 9780980610574
Publisher: Steamy D Publishing
Format: Trade Paperback (224 pages)
Publication Date: 1 December 2010
There Must be Murder
by Margaret C. Sullivan (author) and Cassandra Chouinard (illustrator)Henry and Catherine Tilney are content with their married life: a comfortable parsonage, their dogs and one another. The idea of returning to Bath a year after they first met there seems like it can only add to their happiness; but Catherine finds that Bath still carries social dangers that she must learn to navigate. What is the nature of Henry's past relationship with a beautiful young woman? Why is a rakish baronet paying Catherine such particular attention? Is General Tilney going to marry the woman known in Bath as The Merry Widow — and what did she have to do with her husband's death? And will Henry ever be able to keep his Newfoundland out of the river? Revisit the winter pleasures of Georgian Bath with your favourite characters from Jane Austen's hilarious Northanger Abbey, and prepare for a bit of romance, a bit of mystery and a very nice story indeed!
ISBN: 9780615425870
Publisher: LibriFiles Publishing
Format: Trade Paperback (118 pages)
Publication Date: 4 December 2010
Northanger Abbey and Angels and Dragons
by Vera NazarianDragons in the skies of Regency England!
Gothic horrors collide with high satire in this elegant, hilarious, witty, insane and unexpectedly romantic supernatural parody of Jane Austen's classic novel.
Young and naive Catherine Morland is constantly surrounded by angels only she alone can see. Leaving her country home for the first time, to embark on a grand adventure that begins in fashionable Bath, our romantic heroine must not only decrypt the mystery of the Udolpho Code but win her true love Henry Tilney.
Meanwhile she is beset by all the Gothic horrors known to Impressionable Young Ladies — odious demons, Regency balls, elusive ghosts, pleasure excursions, temperature-changing nephilim, secret clues, ogre suitors and a terrifying ancient Dragon who has very likely hidden a secret treasure hoard somewhere in the depths of Northanger Abbey.
ISBN: 9781607620587
Publisher: Curiosities
Format: Trade Paperback (346 pages)
Publication Date: 5 December 2010
The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen
by Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster (editors)Note: US release in February 2011
Jane Austen's stock in the popular marketplace has never been higher, while academic studies continue to uncover new aspects of her engagement with her world. This fully updated edition of the acclaimed Cambridge Companion offers clear, accessible coverage of the intricacies of Austen's works in their historical context, with biographical information and suggestions for further reading. Major scholars address Austen's six novels, the letters and other works, in terms accessible to students and the many general readers, as well as to academics. With seven new essays, the Companion now covers topics that have become central to recent Austen studies, for example, gender, sociability, economics and the increasing number of screen adaptations of the novels.
ISBN: 9780521763080 / 9780521746502
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardcover / Trade Paperback (300 / 302 pages)
Publication Date: 23 December 2010
The Perfect Bride for Mr. Darcy
by Mary Lydon SimonsenConvinced that the lovely Elizabeth Bennet is her brother's soul mate, Georgiana Darcy enlists her clever and not at all snobbish cousin Anne de Bourgh in ensuring that pride and prejudice aren't able to keep these two hearts apart. All is going according to plan until Lydia Bennet brings scandal on the family by eloping with George Wickham and Darcy is called away from Elizabeth's side before he has a chance to propose. It will take all Georgiana and Anne's considerable matchmaking talents to ensure that Elizabeth and Darcy are reunited in time to claim their happily ever after.
ISBN: 9781402240256
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (400 pages)
Publication Date: 1 January 2011
Prom & Prejudice
by Elizabeth EulbergAfter winter break, the girls at the very prestigious Longbourn Academy become obsessed with the prom. Lizzie Bennet, who attends Longbourn on a scholarship, isn't interested in designer dresses and expensive shoes, but her best friend, Jane, might be — especially now that Charles Bingley is back from a semester in London.
Lizzie is happy about her friend's burgeoning romance but less than impressed by Charles's friend, Will Darcy, who's snobby and pretentious. Darcy doesn't seem to like Lizzie either, but she assumes it's because her family doesn't have money. Clearly, Will Darcy is a pompous jerk — so why does Lizzie find herself drawn to him anyway?
Will Lizzie's pride and Will's prejudice keep them apart? Or are they a prom couple in the making? Whatever the result, Elizabeth Eulberg, author of The Lonely Hearts Club, has concocted a very funny, completely stylish delight for any season — prom or otherwise.
ISBN: 9780545240772
Publisher: Point
Format: Hardcover (288 pages)
Publication Date: 1 January 2011
I Was Jane Austen's Best Friend
by Cora HarrisonNote: Previously published in UK as hardcover format with a different cover in March 2011
I Was Jane Austen's Best Friend is the secret diary of Jenny Cooper, Jane Austen's teenage friend and confidante. Their evenings are a blur of beautiful dresses, balls, gossip and romance; their days are spent writing about them — Jenny in her diary, Jane in her first attempts at fiction. When Jenny falls utterly in love with a handsome naval officer, obstacles stand in their way. Who better to help her than Jane herself, who already considers herself an expert in love and relationships?
ISBN: 9780330509534
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Format: Trade Paperback (352 pages)
Publication Date: 7 January 2011
Pride and Prejudice: The Wild & Wanton Edition
by Jane Austen and Michelle PillowIt is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife... in bed. Unfortunately, we've never been able to see Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam in flagrante delicto — until now.
In this deliciously naughty updating of the beloved classic, you can peek behind the closed doors of Pemberley's sexiest master bedroom — and revel in the sexual delights of your favourite couple.
From first kiss to orgasmic finish, this book is every Austen fan's dream come true — the story you love, with the heat turned up to high. It will come as no surprise that the dashing Mr. Darcy is as passionate and intense with his knickers off as he is with them on. And admit it, we've all wanted to see him sans knickers!
ISBN: 9781440506604
Publisher: Adams Media
Format: Trade Paperback (480 pages)
Publication Date: 14 January 2011
Rocks in the Stream
by Lewis WhelchelA twist on a classic favorite finds Pride and Prejudice's Mr. Bennet recently deceased and Jane doing her best to manage the Longbourn estate. While traveling to his new home, Charles Bingley, accompanied by his friend, Fitzwilliam Darcy, come across an injured young woman who has fallen against a rock and is unconscious. As the men work to discover her identity and reunite her with her family, they learn what it is to love. For one couple, the path is clear. For the other, it appears at first that love may not be enough. However, after a painful separation, they learn that nothing else is required but love to bring happiness and joy to their lives.
ISBN: 9781936009060
Publisher: Meryton Press
Format: Trade Paperback (292 pages)
Publication Date: 18 January 2011
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