The Austenesque book scout would like to spread the good news about delightful new Austenesque titles, Georgette Heyer novels and other book recommendations which will be published by renowned publishers for the upcoming Autumn-Winter 2011 season. Not to be missed is a new companion book for Downton Abbey lovers.
Publishers' description are taken from their website and Amazon while book covers are from Barnes & Noble and author's and publisher's website. The list is arranged in chronological order with earliest release dates first.
Lauded for her eloquence, observation and wry humour, Jane Austen was a novelist who was highly regarded and greatly celebrated in her own time. However, her appeal is as great as ever and her insights remain as fresh and relevant today as when they were first published. This delightful volume offers thematic extracts from fiction and correspondence; featuring quotes from her celebrated and best-loved novels, alongside extracts from Austen's letters to her sister and confidante, Cassandra. This beautifully packaged book contains a host of quotations displaying Austen's sharp — indeed, often wicked — social observation and satirical wit, which will be enjoyed by fans of the author as well as readers who are new to her writing. It is a charming tribute to a writer whose work will resonate for centuries to come.
ISBN: 9781843175674
Publisher: Michael O'Mara
Format: Hardcover (160 pages)
Publication Date: 1 September 2011
Heather Lynn Rigaud is a debut author coming out of the fandom for Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice. Her novel, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star was Internet phenomenon, inspiring tee shirts, CD's and thousands of loving fans. Available for the first time in print, this sexy, adult romance is ready for a wider audience.
Fast music, powerful beats and wild reputations on stage and off have made Slurry the band of the year — and the media's newest bad boys. Described as temperamental by their kindest critics, they've just lost their latest opening act and their red-hot summer tour is on the fast track to disaster.
Fitzwilliam Darcy, Slurry's tall, dark and enigmatic virtuoso guitarist, knows that this is no time to be picky, but he never expected what was waiting when he, Charles Bingley and Richard Fitzwilliam crashed the Meryton Public House.
Elizabeth Bennet, the fiercely independent and talented lead singer of Long Borne Suffering has serious reservations about joining such a trouble laden tour with the bad boys of Rock and Roll, but the opportunity is just too good to pass up!
On the Slurry tour, the music's hot, but backstage is an inferno.
ISBN: 9781402257810
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (576 pages)
Publication Date: 1 September 2011
A Georgette Heyer Regency romance that takes a close look at the smuggling trade of the period, full of humour and with a scene of family bonding and theatrics that readers will remember forever.
When a Yorkshire cousin becomes heir to the noble Darracott name and fortune, he pretends to be the country bumpkin they're all expecting. Then a family crisis thrusts Hugo into the role of an unlikely saviour and the family farce begins to unravel. But not before Hugo establishes himself as the undisputed head of the family and his beautiful cousin Anthea discovers she's met her match.
ISBN: 9781402238826
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Format: Trade Paperback (400 pages)
Publication Date: 1 September 2011
Jane Austen: A celebration brings together aspects of Austen's life, work and lasting legacy to give a fresh and detailed insight into one of the world's most beloved writers. Coinciding with the 200-year anniversary of the first publication of Sense and Sensibility, this title is a must for anyone has ever enjoyed Jane Austen. The book includes sections in the places and people that inspired her, as well as a carefully chosen selection of her personal correspondence. It also looks at Austen's modern success, with an examination of her recent popularity in film and television.
In addition to being an authoritative and readable text, A Celebration of Jane Austen is filled with beautiful high colour images. It includes many of the elegant illustrations of Hugh Thomson and Charles E. Brock. Thomson rose to fame as the illustrator of Coaching Days and Coaching Ways in 1888 and Brock, a talented artist, was part of the revival of Austen's work towards the end of the Victorian period. Their delicately tinted illustrations capture the romance, classic styles and nuances of the Regency period. The illustrations and photographs on every page of A Celebration bring Austen's world vividly to life.
ISBN: 9781849310246
Publisher: Worth Press Ltd
Format: Hardcover (240 pages)
Publication Date: 5 September 2011
There's no place for pride in this Austen misadventure.
Chloe Parker was born two centuries too late. A thirty-nine-year-old divorced mother, she runs her own antique letterpress business, is a lifelong member of the Jane Austen Society and gushes over everything Regency. But her business is failing, threatening her daughter's future. What's a lady to do?
Why, audition for a Jane Austen-inspired TV show set in England, of course.
What Chloe thinks is a documentary turns out to be a reality dating show set in 1812. Eight women are competing to snare Mr. Wrightman, the heir to a gorgeous estate, along with a $100,000 prize. So Chloe tosses her bonnet into the ring, hoping to transform from stressed-out Midwest mom to genteel American heiress and win the money. With no cell phones, indoor plumbing or deodorant to be found, she must tighten her corset and flash some ankle to beat out women younger, more cutthroat and less clumsy than herself. But the witty and dashing Mr. Wrightman proves to be a prize worth winning, even if it means the gloves are off...
ISBN: 9780425243824
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Format: Trade Paperback (384 pages)
Publication Date: 6 September 2011
Note: Previously released in hardcover format last September
Right before the start of their freshman year, Emma's family unexpectedly moves to England. The book club is stunned, but thanks to videoconferencing, they can keep the club alive. They decide to tackle Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, a particularly fitting choice. In England, Emma deals with a new queen bee, Annabelle, who makes her life miserable. And back home, Annabelle's cousins — who have swapped homes with the Hawthornes — whip the rest of the school into a frenzy. Cassidy clashes with moody Tristan, Concord's own version of Mr. Darcy, and everyone is taken with his younger brother Simon.
Desperate for life to get back to normal, the girls throw a bake sale to raise money and bring Emma home — and suddenly, they have a thriving business, Pies & Prejudice. But when the plan they cook up falls short, will the book club ever all be together again?
ISBN: 9781442420199
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Trade Paperback (400 pages)
Publication Date: 13 September 2011
When do you let your heart rule your head?
As far as men are concerned, Anna Elliot is stuck in the past. No one can compare to Rick Wentworth, the man she was persuaded to give up eight years ago.
Meanwhile, Rick's moved on — and up. He's got a successful career and a carefully controlled love life where his heart doesn't get a look in.
The words 'forgive and forget' aren't in Rick's vocabulary. The word 'regret' is definitely in Anna's. When they meet again, can she persuade him that their lost love is worth a second chance?
ISBN: 9781906931216
Publisher: Choc Lit
Format: Trade Paperback (416 pages)
Publication Date: 15 September 2011
The official companion to series 1 and 2.
Downton Abbey portrays a world of elegance and decadence, a world of duty and obedience and a world of romance and rivalry: this companion book, full of rich historical detail, takes fans deeper into that period than ever before.
Step inside one of the most beautiful houses in Britain, past Carson the butler at the front door and into the grand hallway. Catch a glimpse of the family having drinks in the drawing room before dinner, dressed in their evening finery, whilst Lord Grantham finishes writing a letter in his study. Then climb the grand sweeping staircase to the maze of rooms upstairs and peak through Lady Mary's open door to see Anna, her maid, tidying scent bottles and jewellery on the ornate dressing table. Follow Anna down the servants' stairs and into the kitchens to watch Mrs Patmore frantically preparing dinner. Mrs Hughes keeps a watchful eye from her study and the world of Downton comes alive before you.
Experience the inner workings of the downstairs life and be dazzled by the glamour of upstairs life with profiles of all the major characters, interviews with the actors, behind the scenes insights and in-depth information on costumes and props.
ISBN: 9780007431786 / 9781250006349
Publisher: Collins / St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover (304 pages)
Publication Date: 15 September 2011 (UK) / 6 December 2011 (US)
A Pride and Prejudice "What If?" Story...
This retelling of Pride and Prejudice asks "what if" events prevented Fitzwilliam Darcy from proposing to Elizabeth Bennet that day at Hunsford parsonage? Darcy arrives with marriage on his mind, only to find Elizabeth has just received news her father is critically ill and not expected to live. In the process of offering his help to her in travelling home, Darcy discovers what she really thinks of him — and it's not good. Should Darcy deliver Elizabeth home to be with her family and then disappear from her life, or should he propose another kind of help? Will Elizabeth be willing to sacrifice her future happiness to save her family from financial ruin? Or, does she and Darcy, two very stubborn people, have a chance of finding happiness together?
ISBN: 9780615529721
Publisher: Susan Mason-Milks
Format: Trade Paperback (408 pages)
Publication Date: 22 September 2011
In Jane Austen's Persuasion, the Cobb — Lyme's famous seawall — proved dangerous to a careless young woman. Now it proves deadly.
Following their recent intrigue at Highbury, Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth Darcy visit the seaside village of Lyme on holiday. Family business also draws them there, to receive the personal effects of Mr. Darcy's late cousin, a naval lieutenant who died in action.
Their retreat turns tragic when they come upon a body lying at the base of the Cobb. The victim is Mrs. Clay, a woman with a scandalous past that left her with child — a child whose existence threatened the inheritance of one of her paramours and the reputation of another. Did she lose her balance and fall from the slippery breakwater, or was she pushed?
Mrs. Clay's death is not the only one that commands the Darcys' attention. When Mr. Darcy discovers, among his cousin's possessions, evidence that the young lieutenant's death might have been murder, he allies with Captain Frederick Wentworth (hero of Jane Austen's Persuasion) to probe details of a battle that took place across the sea... but was influenced by a conspiracy much closer to home.
The Deception at Lyme (Or, The Peril of Persuasion) is the delightful sixth instalment in the critically acclaimed and award-winning Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery series by Carrie Bebris.
ISBN: 9780765327970
Publisher: Tor Books
Format: Hardcover (320 pages)
Publication Date: 27 September 2011
Note: Previously released as paperback format in September 2010
Almost Persuaded: In this Regency tale of Robert and Jane, New York Times best-selling author Mary Balogh brings together former lovers who have seen beyond their past mistakes and are determined to be together in this life and forever.
Northanger Castle: Caroline's obsession with Gothic novels serves as good training for a lifetime of destroying the undead with her new found beau in this Regency by Colleen Gleason.
Blood and Prejudice: In fast-paced present-day New York City, Liz Bennett joins Mr. Darcy on his hunt to cure vampirism in New York Times best-selling author Susan Krinard's version of the classic story.
Little to Hex Her: Emma, a witch with a wizard boyfriend, runs a paranormal dating service in modern-day Washington, D.C. in this story from Janet Mullany.
ISBN: 9780373776078
Publisher: HQN Books
Format: Mass Market Paperback (432 pages)
Publication Date: 27 September 2011
Sense and Sensibility, the first of Jane Austen's published novels, started out as Elinor and Marianne, which Jane first wrote when she was only twenty years old. Originally titled after its two heroines, Elinor and Marianne, the novel tells the tale of sensible Elinor Dashwood, the older of the two sisters, who believes in privacy, propriety and logic, and flighty Marianne who follows her heart without so much as a second thought for the consequences. The story unfolds following the death of the sisters' father, and recounts how the two women fall in love, have their hearts broken and finally understand the need for both 'sense and sensibility' in order to find lasting happiness.
Jane Austen made final revisions to her early work in 1809, having re-titled it Sense and Sensibility, and it was published in October 1811. As much a commentary on social etiquette as a story about love and belonging, this timeless favourite illuminates Jane Austen's world.
This beautiful new edition, published to coincide with the bi-centenary of the book's original publication, brings together Jane Austen's complete and unabridged text with original colour plates and silhouettes by Niroot Puttapipat, each capturing the spirit of Regency England.
Sense and Sensibility is the first of six specially produced Bath Bicentenary Editions of Jane Austen, each published to coincide with the bi-centenary of their first publication and suitably to be published by Palazzo Editions of Bath, England.
ISBN: 9780956494245
Publisher: Palazzo Editions Ltd
Format: Hardcover (332 pages)
Publication Date: 28 September 2011 (UK) / 1 January 2012 (US)
Note: Previously self-published as Without Reserve in June 2007
A passionate new Pride and Prejudice variation explores the unthinkable — Elizabeth accepts the proposal of a childhood friend before she meets Darcy again. When their paths cross, the devastated Mr. Darcy must decide how far he'll go to win the woman he loves. How can a man who prides himself on his honour ask the woman he loves to do something scandalous? And how can Elizabeth accept a loveless marriage when Mr. Darcy holds the key to her heart? As they confront family opposition and the ill-will of scandal-mongers, will Elizabeth prove to be Mr. Darcy's undoing?
ISBN: 9781402240942
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (352 pages)
Publication Date: 1 October 2011
International best-selling author of The Pemberley Chronicles series explores the beloved characters of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. Acclaimed for historical accuracy and emulation of Jane Austen's voice as well as the depth of her depictions of the complex and evolving society of the day — especially what life was like for women — Collins imagines three sisters dealing with what happens when a spirited girl grows into a scandal-prone young lady who defies society's rules and must then pay the consequences.
ISBN: 9781402253898
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (352 pages)
Publication Date: 1 October 2011
In the tradition of Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange (35,000 copies sold) this fresh, original paranormal Jane Austen sequel by best-selling author Mary Lydon Simonson explores Mr. Darcy as the leader of a secret world of werewolves threatened with extinction.
Elizabeth comes to realise that she loves him in both his incarnations and all his servants protect his secret. But then Elizabeth must confront a shocking danger to her beloved with every full moon, when Darcy is alone and exposed to those who hate wolves...
ISBN: 9781402250774
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (336 pages)
Publication Date: 1 October 2011
When Charles Bingley and Mr. Darcy made proposals of marriage to the Bennet sisters at the end of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Caroline Bingley was both distressed by her brother's choice of bride and humiliated by Mr. Darcy's rejection of her. And she made her objections known. Now banished from her brother's household, Caroline must return to her mother's home in the north of England until she can make amends with both Bennet sisters. Desperate though Caroline may be to return to polite company, she absolutely refuses to apologise to Miss Elizabeth Bennet and instead, she seeks an alternative route back into society in the form of Mr. William Charlton, heir to a barony. Through her connections with Mr. Charlton's sister Lavinia, Caroline begins to infiltrate the household in the hopes of securing the gentleman and his title for herself. However, she must also contend with her vexing emotions regarding Mr. Patrick Rushton, a once-wealthy landowner and the meddlesome opinions of Mrs. Rosemary Pickersgill, the companion sent by her brother. When all that Caroline has ever dreamed of attaining — an ancient family name, a title and a home of her own — is finally within her reach, will she grasp for it even if it means disregarding the workings of her own heart? Or will she cast off the trappings of society and give herself to true love?
ISBN: 9780615549507
Publisher: Whiteley Press
Format: Trade Paperback (262 pages)
Publication Date: 1 October 2011
What if Elizabeth is promised to another when she meets Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, the one man who captures her heart and imagination like no other? As dire as their chance for "happily ever after" seems, there is a measure of hope by way of a strong and enduring bond between them...
ISBN: 9781466397866
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Trade Paperback (266 pages)
Publication Date: 1 October 2011
Captain John Staple is bored by the constraints of civilian life. To shake things up, he takes an invigorating ride across the countryside. A storm forces him to take shelter at a toll-gate where the gatekeeper has mysteriously disappeared.
The captain stumbles into an adventure more thrilling than his days battling Napoleon. While searching for the missing gatekeeper, he inadvertently uncovers a smuggling operation and his only recourse is to bring the villains to justice and rescue the enigmatically charming young Lady Nell from her unsavory relatives.
ISBN: 9781402238819
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Format: Trade Paperback (336 pages)
Publication Date: 1 October 2011
Note: Second edition
In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet unexpectedly met Mr. Darcy while visiting Pemberley. In this 'what if' story, Elizabeth Bennet and her relatives — Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner — are in London, ready to start their tour to the Lakes in June. During this time, Elizabeth's path crosses with Mr. Darcy's again. However, Mr. Darcy is not alone in London: besides his close family — Georgiana and Colonel Fitzwilliam — an old and dear friend has returned and claimed a well-deserved place in their lives. This is a story about hopes and desires, about losses and fears, about second chances and happiness.
ISBN: 9781936009107
Publisher: Meryton Press
Format: Trade Paperback (432 pages)
Publication Date: 3 October 2011
It is 1810, and just as Jane Austen is penning her greatest masterpieces, old Undead friends become new neighbours and raise hell in her tranquil village. The Damned are out of favour and have been banished from polite society just in time to interrupt Jane's work and her peace of mind. Instead of writing, she has to deal with a niece who flirts dangerously with vampires, a formerly respectable spinster friend who discovers the joys of fornication with the Damned (and borrows Jane's precious silk stockings for her assignations), murderous creatures haunting the village's peaceful lanes, a civil war between the Damned, the return of her vampire characteristics and a former lover who plans to blame her for his broken heart for all eternity. It's measuring up to be a busy year for the productive Jane.
ISBN: 9780061958311
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Trade Paperback (320 pages)
Publication Date: 4 October 2011
Georgette Heyer remains an enduring international best-seller, read and loved by four generations of readers and extolled by today's best-selling authors. Despite her enormous popularity she never gave an interview or appeared in public. Georgette Heyer wrote her first novel, The Black Moth, when she was seventeen in order to amuse her convalescent brother. It was published in 1921 to instant success and ninety years later it has never been out of print. A phenomenon even in her own lifetime, to this day she is the undisputed queen of regency romance.
During ten years of research into Georgette Heyer's life and writing, Jennifer Kloester has had unlimited access to Heyer's notebooks and private papers and the Heyer family records and exclusive access to several untapped archives of Heyer's early letters. Engaging, authoritative and meticulously researched, Georgette Heyer: Biography of a Bestseller offers a comprehensive insight into the life and writing of a remarkable and ferociously private woman.
ISBN: 9780434020713
Publisher: William Heinemann
Format: Hardcover
Publication Date: 6 October 2011 (UK)
Also includes stories by Lauren Willig • Adriana Trigiani • Jo Beverley • Alexandra Potter • Laurie Viera Rigler • Frank Delaney & Diane Meier • Syrie James • Stephanie Barron • Amanda Grange • Pamela Aidan • Elizabeth Aston • Carrie Bebris • Diana Birchall • Monica Fairview • Janet Mullany • Jane Odiwe • Beth Pattillo • Myretta Robens • Jane Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-Bradway • Maya Slater • Margaret C. Sullivan • Brenna Aubrey, the winner of a story contest hosted by the Republic of Pemberley
"My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." If you just heaved a contented sigh at Mr. Darcy's heartfelt words, then you, dear reader, are in good company. Here is a delightful collection of never-before-published stories inspired by Jane Austen — her novels, her life, her wit, her world.
In Lauren Willig's A Night at Northanger, a young woman who doesn't believe in ghosts meets a familiar specter at the infamous abbey; Jane Odiwe's Waiting captures the exquisite uncertainty of Persuasion's Wentworth and Anne as they await her family's approval of their betrothal; Adriana Trigiani's Love and Best Wishes, Aunt Jane imagines a modern-day Austen giving her niece advice upon her engagement; in Diana Birchall's Jane Austen's Cat, our beloved Jane tells her nieces "cat tales" based on her novels; Laurie Viera Rigler's Intolerable Stupidity finds Mr. Darcy bringing charges against all the writers of Pride and Prejudice sequels, spin-offs and retellings; in Janet Mullany's Jane Austen, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah! a teacher at an all-girls school invokes the Beatles to help her students understand Sense and Sensibility; and in Jo Beverley's Jane and the Mistletoe Kiss, a widow doesn't believe she'll have a second chance at love... until a Miss Austen suggests otherwise.
Regency or contemporary, romantic or fantastical, each of these marvellous stories re-affirms the incomparable influence of one of history's most cherished authors.
ISBN: 9780345524966
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Format: Trade Paperback (464 pages)
Publication Date: 11 October 2011
Note: Previously released in US as hardcover format in September 2010
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: 9780375862120
Publisher: Ember
Format: Trade Paperback (352 pages)
Publication Date: 11 October 2011
The timeless appeal of Jane Austen is evidenced not only by perpetual interest in her classic novels but also by countless book clubs, movies, plays, books and sundry products which celebrate her work. Austentatious Crochet presents Austen fans with a unique opportunity to step into the scarf, skirt or chemise of Elizabeth Bennet, Emma Woodhouse and a host of other favourite Austen characters.
The book features thirty-two original crochet projects inspired by Austen novels but fabulously brought up to date and wearable today. The designs focus on women's wear, such as dresses, sweaters, cardigans and capelets, but also encompass accessories such as handbags, scarfs and pillowcases and clothing for children.
Introductions to each project include favourite bits of dialogue from the original novels. Fully illustrated with evocative photos, Regency-style illustrations and step-by-step schematics, Austentatious Crochet is certain to please the devoted Austen lover as well as craft enthusiasts.
ISBN: 9780762441464
Publisher: Running Press
Format: Trade Paperback (208 pages)
Publication Date: 11 October 2011
Marvel continues its best-selling graphic novel adaptations of Jane Austen's classics!
Award-winning author Nancy Butler, adapter of Marvel's best-selling adaptations, Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice brings you another Jane Austen classic! Joined with the beautiful illustrations of Janet Lee, Butler brings to life Austen's most precocious heroine, Emma Woodhouse. Discover what has made this story so enduring, as its re-told in the Mighty Marvel manner!
ISBN: 9780785156857
Publisher: Marvel
Format: Hardcover (120 pages)
Publication Date: 12 October 2011
Join Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth Darcy in this compilation of short stories as they celebrate the holidays and special events in the first year of their marriage. Beginning with Christmas, the decorations are being put up, but it has not been a joyous holiday at Pemberley for many years. Can Elizabeth bring back the Christmas Spirit? There are three other Christmas stories, as well as stories about a New Year's Eve Ball, a Valentine's Day Mystery, an Easter Visit and several others that will entertain you throughout the year.
ISBN: 9781435752290
Publisher: Heartworks Publications
Format: Perfect-bound Paperback (210 pages)
Publication Date: 18 October 2011
Note: First release in 2008 with a different cover
In Jane Austen's classic Pride & Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet never expects to see Mr. Darcy again after his disastrous proposal in Hunsford. But what if family business required him to stay at Rosings after giving her his letter? Coming face to face with Mr. Darcy only days later could give Elizabeth a new chance to understand him... or chance for even more misunderstandings.
ISBN: 9780615540382
Publisher: Intertidal Press
Format: Trade Paperback (254 pages)
Publication Date: 19 October 2011
When Jane Austen dies at the age of just 41, Anne, governess to her brother, Edward Austen, is devastated and begins to suspect that someone might have wanted her out of the way. Now, 20 years on, she hopes that medical science might have progressed sufficiently to assess the one piece of evidence she has — a tainted lock of Jane's hair. Natural causes or murder? Even 20 years down the line, Anne is determined to get to the bottom of the mysterious death of the acclaimed Miss Austen.
ISBN: 9781906784263
Publisher: Honno Welsh Women's Press
Format: Trade Paperback (320 pages)
Publication Date: 20 October 2011
In 1806, Frederick Wentworth returned to the sea in hopes of leaving behind memories of his lost love, Anne Elliot of Kellynch Hall. But after eight years as the captain of the Laconia, he has failed to jettison recollections of the only woman he could ever love, that is, until a shipboard accident robs him of his memory. When he is once again thrown into Anne's company, he knows nothing of their previous engagement. With the slate wiped clean, will Anne Elliot be able to secure the love of Captain Frederick Wentworth or will all opportunities to reclaim a lost love be denied her?
ISBN: 9780615549668
Publisher: Quail Creek Publishing, LLC
Format: Trade Paperback (136 pages)
Publication Date: 24 October 2011
This special hardcover gift edition of Austen's delightful comedy of manners concerning a pair of marriage-minded sisters features a dust jacket and more than 60 charming drawings.
ISBN: 9780143106524
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Format: Trade Paperback (368 pages)
Publication Date: 25 October 2011
With its imperfect but charming heroine and its witty and subtle exploration of relationships, Emma is often seen as Jane Austen's most flawless work, this Penguin Threads edition includes cover art by Jillian Tamaki and deluxe french flaps.
Commissioned by award-winning Penguin art director Paul Buckley, the Penguin Threads series debuts with cover art by Jillian Tamaki for three gift-worthy Penguin Classics. Sketched out in a traditional illustrative manner, then hand stitched using needle and thread, the final covers are sculpt embossed for a tactile, textured and beautiful book design that will appeal to the Etsy-loving world of handmade crafts.
The Penguin Classics Deluxe series has been celebrated for its unique packaging and innovative design. The books of the Penguin Threads series will make truly special gifts and will be welcome additions to any craft or literature lover's collection.
ISBN: 9780143106463
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Format: Trade Paperback (400 pages)
Publication Date: 25 October 2011
Pride and Prejudice meets A Christmas Carol. A Jane Austen/Charles Dickens crossover story, Fitzwilliam Ebenezer Darcy takes the best of both classics and spins them into a delightful holiday treat!
F.E. Darcy has fallen into pitiful self-loathing and sorrowful angst-ridden despair; all of this due to his belief that he has lost forever the chance to marry the only woman he has ever loved — Elizabeth Bennet. Seeing her son in such a state, the Ghost of Anne Darcy reaches out to him; informing him that three ghosts would visit him and give him hope. Will these Spirits provide him with the courage to try again to win the esteem of his one true soul mate?
Barbara Tiller Cole, an Atlanta native and the writer of the popular book White Lies & Other Half Truths, presents this family friendly classic — a delightful combination of the best of her two favorite authors, Jane Austen and Charles Dickens.
ISBN: 9781441436658
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Trade Paperback (150 pages)
Publication Date: 25 October 2011
It's Christmastime at Pemberley and the Darcys and Bennets have gathered to celebrate. With such a mix of eclectic characters under one roof, bitter feuds, old jealousies and intimate secrets come to the surface. Stubborn Lady Catherine seeks forgiveness, shallow Caroline Bingley finds love and immature Kitty pursues a vicar. Forced into playing hostess, Georgiana tries desperately to manage the chaos while wishing Darcy and Elizabeth would return from their trip.
Enroute home, Darcy and Elizabeth are waylaid by a blizzard that forces them to take shelter in a nearby inn. Elizabeth is tormented that they will spend Christmas away from their families, but when a young couple arrives at the inn in need of a place for the night, Elizabeth's concern turns to the pregnant girl. As Elizabeth and Darcy comfort and soothe her through a long and painful labor, they're reminded of the love, family spirit and generosity that lie at the heart of Christmas.
A festive holiday novel in which personal rivalries are resolved, generosity rediscovered and family bonds renewed, Christmas at Pemberley is sure to delight you with its festive setting, ironic humor and iconic romance.
ISBN: 9781569759912
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Format: Trade Paperback (336 pages)
Publication Date: 27 October 2011 (UK) / 8 November 2011 (US)
A follow-up to Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife and Darcy & Elizabeth, the best-selling Jane Austen Pride & Prejudice sequels to date.
ISBN: 9780967481739
Publisher: Well There It Is
Format: Trade Paperback (356 pages)
Publication Date: 30 October 2011
What if Darcy was an immortal? What if Mr. Darcy had certain urges? What if Elizabeth professed her feelings to Mr. Darcy first? What if Elizabeth was rumoured to be in love with Mr. Wickham? What if Mr. Darcy's dead parents intervened?
This collection of over 20 short stories contains sexy, over-the-top "pick-me-up" stories across the historical, fantasy and modern genres. They are not for the faint-hearted. Some may call the stories wild and say that they bear no resemblance to the original, but Wilson finds Miss Austen's characters timeless and inspirational.
ISBN: 9780987186232
Publisher: Steamy D Publishing
Format: Trade Paperback (210 pages)
Publication Date: 30 October 2011
Note: Previously released in UK in July 2008 as hardback format and in July 2009 as paperback version for US market
Now published in paperback, Amanda Grange's sensitive and insightful retelling of Jane Austen's much loved work sheds a dazzling new light on an old classic. Coinciding with the 200th anniversary of the publication of Sense & Sensibility, this instalment of Grange's popular series provides readers with an expertly told supplement to one of the world's great love stories.
At the age of eighteen, James Brandon's life is set fair. He is in love with his father's ward, Eliza, and he is looking forward to a lifetime of happiness with her. But his world is shattered when Eliza is forced to marry his brother and James joins the army in despair. Returning to England, Brandon finds Eliza in a debtor's prison where she has found herself after her divorce and subsequent destitution. He rescues her from her terrible position, but she is dying of consumption and he can do nothing but watch and wait. Heartbroken at her death, he takes some consolation from her illegitimate daughter, whom he raises as his ward. But at the age of fifteen, the young Eliza goes missing...
ISBN: 9780709094746
Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd
Format: Trade Paperback (256 pages)
Publication Date: 31 October 2011
Hugely successful best-selling author of sensual, romantic Pride and Prejudice continuations explores unusual aspects of the Regency world, this time following Mr. Darcy's younger sister into the world of classical music.
Paris is the City of Love! Join Georgiana Darcy as she learns about love and the gift of music. Noble young ladies were expected to play an instrument, but societal restrictions would have chafed for Georgiana Darcy, an accomplished musician. Her tour of Europe draws the reader into the musical life of the day and a riveting love story of a young woman learning to direct her destiny and understand her own heart.
ISBN: 9781402259043
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (304 pages)
Publication Date: 1 November 2011
Adam Deveril, Viscount Lynton, returns home from war to find his family in financial ruin. To help his family, he sacrifices his love for the beautiful Julia and marries plain Jenny Chawleigh, whose father is a wealthy businessman determined to marry his daughter into a title.
Adam chafes under Mr. Chawleigh's generosity and Julia's behavior upon hearing of the betrothal nearly brings them all into a scandal. But Jenny's practicality and quiet love for Adam bring him comfort and eventually happiness. And over time, their arranged marriage blossoms into love and acceptance across the class divide.
ISBN: 9781402238772
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Format: Trade Paperback (432 pages)
Publication Date: 1 November 2011
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.
Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally. During her uncle's absence in Antigua, the Crawford's arrive in the neighbourhood bringing with them the glamour of London life and a reckless taste for flirtation. Mansfield Park is considered Jane Austen's first mature work and, with its quiet heroine and subtle examination of social position and moral integrity, one of her most profound.
ISBN: 9780141197708
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Format: Hardcover (560 pages)
Publication Date: 3 November 2011 (UK) / 24 April 2012 (US)
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.
During an eventful season at Bath, young, naive Catherine Morland experiences the joys of fashionable society for the first time. She is delighted with her new acquaintances: flirtatious Isabella, who shares Catherine's love of Gothic romance and horror and sophisticated Henry and Eleanor Tilney, who invite her to their father's mysterious house, Northanger Abbey. There, her imagination influenced by novels of sensation and intrigue, Catherine imagines terrible crimes committed by General Tilney. With its broad comedy and irrepressible heroine, this is the most youthful and optimistic of Jane Austen's works.
ISBN: 9780141197715
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Format: Hardcover (320 pages)
Publication Date: 3 November 2011 (UK) / 24 April 2012 (US)
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.
At twenty-seven, Anne Elliot is no longer young and has few romantic prospects. Eight years earlier, she had been persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a handsome naval captain with neither fortune nor rank. What happens when they encounter each other again is movingly told in Jane Austen's last completed novel. Set in the fashionable societies of Lyme Regis and Bath, Persuasion is a brilliant satire of vanity and pretension, but, above all, it is a love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities.
ISBN: 9780141197692
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Format: Hardcover (288 pages)
Publication Date: 3 November 2011 (UK) / 24 April 2012 (US)
The year is 1803, and Darcy and Elizabeth have been married for six years. There are now two handsome and healthy sons in the nursery, Elizabeth's beloved sister Jane and her husband Bingley live nearby and the orderly world of Pemberley seems unassailable. But all this is threatened when, on the eve of the annual autumn ball, the guests are preparing to retire for the night when a chaise appears, rocking down the path from Pemberley's wild woodland. As it pulls up, Lydia Wickham — Elizabeth's younger, unreliable sister — stumbles out screaming that her husband has been murdered.
Inspired by a lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen, P.D. James masterfully recreates the world of Pride and Prejudice, and combines it with the excitement and suspense of a brilliantly-crafted crime story. Death Comes to Pemberley is a distinguished work of fiction, from one of the best-loved, most-read writers of our time.
ISBN: 9780571283576 / 9780571283583
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Format: Hardcover / C-Format Paperback (320 pages)
Publication Date: 3 November 2011
Published posthumously with Northanger Abbey in 1817, Persuasion crowns Jane Austen's remarkable career. It is her most passionate and introspective love story. This richly illustrated and annotated edition brings her last completed novel to life with previously unmatched vitality. In the same format that so rewarded readers of Pride and Prejudice: An Annotated Edition, it offers running commentary on the novel (conveniently placed alongside Austen's text) to explain difficult words, allusions and contexts, while bringing together critical observations and scholarship for an enhanced reading experience. The abundance of colour illustrations allows the reader to see the characters, locations, clothing and carriages of the novel, as well as the larger political and historical events that shape its action.
In his Introduction, distinguished scholar Robert Morrison examines the broken engagement between Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth and the ways in which they wander from one another even as their enduring feelings draw them steadily back together. His notes constitute the most sustained critical commentary ever brought to bear on the novel and explicate its central conflicts as well as its relationship to Austen's other works and to those of her major contemporaries, including Lord Byron, Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth.
Specialists, Janeites and first-time readers alike will treasure this annotated and beautifully illustrated edition, which does justice to the elegance and depth of Jane Austen's time-bound and timeless story of loneliness, missed opportunities and abiding love.
ISBN: 9780674049741
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover (360 pages)
Publication Date: 7 October 2011 (UK) / 7 November 2011 (US)
Let the wit and wisdom of Jane Austen guide you through a charming five-year journal. Take a few moments to reflect upon a quote from one of Jane's classic works or personal letters that is provided for each day of the year. Add your own brief thoughts and as the years pass you'll notice how your entries evolve alongside the timeless witticisms of Ms. Austen. The Jane-a-Day journal makes a wonderful gift for birthdays, Mother's Day and graduations — and of course, for any Jane Austen fan
ISBN: 9780307951717
Publisher: Potter Style
Format: Diary (368 pages)
Publication Date: 8 November 2011
Excerpts from Mr. Bennet's personal journals starting with the birth of his favourite daughter Elizabeth. Showing what a happy family they were until Lydia's birth and the loss of their son. After Elizabeth's marriage to Mr. Darcy, Mr. Bennet is in for a big shock, for his life will change and the future holds several surprises for him.
ISBN: 9781467936972
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Trade Paperback (86 pages)
Publication Date: 11 November 2011
In 2010, American Elizabeth Hannigan, suffering from the swine flu, falls into a coma and wakes up in the bed and body of Elizabeth Bennet Darcy. Beth soon realizes that the only way back to her life in the 21st Century is through the Master of Pemberley, Jane Austen's Fitzwilliam Darcy. But first she must uncover the dark secret that brought her to Pemberley in 1826 in the first place.
Becoming Elizabeth Darcy is a story of love, loyalty and loss, where a modern woman is called upon to resolve the problems of Jane Austen's most beloved couple.
If you are a fan of Lost in Austen, you will enjoy the time-travel novel, Becoming Elizabeth Darcy.
ISBN: 9780615568676
Publisher: Quail Creek Publishing, LLC
Format: Trade Paperback (324 pages)
Publication Date: 15 November 2011
It is a truth universally acknowledged that an author as popular as Jane Austen should be imitated, expanded upon and parodied. Now, in the tradition of the Bulwer Lytton Contest and the Bad Hemingway and Bad Faulkner contests comes a new collection of hilarious efforts to write the worst opening paragraph of the novel Jane Austen never wrote. Using entries from BadAusten website, this collection presents the best of the worst entries for the first paragraph of Austen's unwritten classics. From Star Wars meets Elizabeth Bennet to Northanger Abbey translated into a setting for cats and dogs, here are the stories Jane Austen would never have written.
ISBN: 9781440511851
Publisher: Adams Media
Format: Trade Paperback (224 pages)
Publication Date: 15 November 2011
An anthology of the winning entries in Chawton House Library's Jane Austen Short Story Award 2010 competition set up in 2009 to celebrate the bi-centenary of Jane Austen's arrival in Chawton. The Library is a charity with a unique collection of books focusing on women's writing in English from 1600 to 1830. This collection, set in the home and working estate of Jane Austen's brother, provides the opportunity to study and savour the texts in their original setting.
ISBN: 9781906784324
Publisher: Honno Welsh Womens Press
Format: Trade Paperback (280 pages)
Publication Date: 17 November 2011
Danger: Shortly after the Netherfield ball, Elizabeth Bennet begins a journey to visit her relations in London with her travelling companions, Mr. Bingley's sisters and the proud, arrogant Mr. Darcy. Suddenly, their carriage is abruptly stopped and Elizabeth hears the menacing cry, "Stand and deliver!"
Abduction: The leader of a band of highwaymen, Nate Morgan, a handsome, masked rogue, plans to seize Elizabeth for his amusement, but Darcy steps forward and offers himself as a hostage in her place. When his proposal fails to secure Elizabeth's release, Darcy makes a shocking declaration — Elizabeth is his wife!
Romance: At a time when a woman's future could be ruined by the slightest hint of scandal, Elizabeth's reputation will depend not only upon the actions of a hero but a villain as well.
Filled with danger, excitement, daring and passion, The Journey follows Jane Austen's beloved characters from Pride and Prejudice as they embark on a fateful journey that changes their lives forever.
ISBN: 9781936009152
Publisher: Meryton Press
Format: Trade Paperback (264 pages)
Publication Date: 17 November 2011
Note: Previously published in February 2009 as paperback format
Revisit this most classic of love stories, in which a strong-willed, intelligent young woman rejects a haughty suitor, only to come to recognise his worth and regret her ill-informed choice. But this time, experience what is missing from the heroine's story: the thoughts and inner workings of the dashing and elusive hero.
Darcy's Passions presents the real Fitzwilliam Darcy in his own words, from the time he first lays eyes on Elizabeth Bennet... through the many misunderstandings that define their relationship... to their wedding vows and first trials as newlyweds. Finally, readers can examine the reasoning behind his actions and unearth the true roots of his pride, all from Darcy's own point of view. Experience the couple's mutual disdain and attraction, their tumultuous courtship, the early days of their marriage — indeed, all of their troubles and triumphs — through Darcy's eyes, in the familiar settings, with the wise insights and clever dialogue familiar to readers of Jane Austen's original work.
Whether you're an Austen fan who has always wanted to know what makes Darcy tick, or a book love who lives for the "happily ever after" ending, Darcy's Passions will surely amuse, charm and satisfy.
ISBN: 9781606710265
Publisher: MJF Books
Format: Hardcover (386 pages)
Publication Date: 20 November 2011
A lady's reputation is a fragile thing. If anyone ever discovered that Miss Elizabeth Bennet had received a letter from a single gentleman, she could be ruined... or forced to marry a man she detests. In this all-new Pride & Prejudice variation, Elizabeth takes the safer course and refuses to read Mr. Darcy's letter of explanation. Returning home unaware of Wickham's true nature, Elizabeth confesses everything to him, putting both Mr. Darcy and herself in grave danger from Wickham's schemes.
The Pemberley Variation by Abigail Reynolds is a series of novels exploring the roads not taken in Pride & Prejudice.
ISBN: 9780615571416
Publisher: Intertidal Press
Format: Trade Paperback (262 pages)
Publication Date: 21 November 2011
Mr. Darcy Speaks from the Heart: Pride and Prejudice from his Point of View
Though tired of Society's manipulations, Darcy never thought to be enchanted by a country maiden. Yet on a visit to rural Hertfordshire, Elizabeth Bennet captivates him. Lovely and vivacious, she is everything he is not, and everything he longs to have.
Unfortunately, her connections put her decidedly beneath him and the improprieties he observes in her family do not win his favour. Putting her firmly out of his mind, Darcy returns to London, but Elizabeth is not so easily forgotten.
When chance throws them together, Darcy can no longer deny his love, but Elizabeth, put off by his manners, refuses him. To change her mind, he must set aside his proud ways and learn how to please a woman worthy of being pleased. It takes a serious incident for his true character to shine, and for Elizabeth to learn just how valuable is... His Good Opinion.
ISBN: 9780984731206
Publisher: Smokey Rose Press
Format: Trade Paperback (352 pages)
Publication Date: 23 November 2011
R. W. Chapman's ground-breaking edition of the collected letters first appeared in 1932, and a second edition followed twenty years later. A third edition, edited by Deidre Le Faye in 1997, added new material, re-ordered the letters into their correct chronological sequence, and provided discreet and full annotation to each letter, including its provenance, and information on the watermarks, postmarks, and other physical details of the manuscripts. This fourth edition incorporates the findings of new scholarship to enrich our understanding of Austen and give us the fullest and most revealing view yet of her life and family. There is a new preface, the biographical and topographical indexes have been amended and updated, a new subject index has been created and the contents of the notes added to the general index.
Readership: Teachers, students and fans of Jane Austen, at all levels, will find in these letters remarkable insight into one of the most popular novelists ever.
ISBN: 9780199576074
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover (688 pages)
Publication Date: 20 October 2011 (UK) / 1 December 2011 (US)
This edition of Jane Austen's first published novel is annotated by AustenBlog's Margaret C. Sullivan and illustrated by Cassandra Chouinard. First published in 1811, Sense and Sensibility chronicles two sisters' experiences through romance, misunderstandings and heartbreak. Elinor Dashwood with her good sense and well-developed sense of justice forms a foil to her romantic, headstrong sister Marianne. Economics and social standing also play important parts in one of Austen's most endearing stories.
ISBN: 9780615568089
Publisher: LibriFiles Publishing
Format: Trade Paperback (398 pages)
Publication Date: 1 December 2011
Sir Gareth Ludlow is just about ready to settle for marriage with Lady Hester, a plain woman who falls below his standards (according to his sister). Despite her protests, however, Gareth sets out to propose marriage.
Along the way, he encounters young Amanda wandering unattended. Honour-bound to restore her to her family, the gallant Sir Ludlow finds he has more than he bargained for with his young charge and her runaway imagination.
ISBN: 9781402255496
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Format: Trade Paperback (320 pages)
Publication Date: 1 December 2011
The Perfect Visit tells the story of two bibliophiles who go back in time to rescue lost books and manuscripts. Vanessa Horwood decides on Regency England; Ned Marston goes to Shakespeare's.
But Vanessa wants to rewrite history. And Ned wants to meet the Bard himself.
The novel takes its title from Jane Austen's Emma: "it was a delightful visit — perfect, in being much too short." Vanessa and Ned both plan such perfect visits. And both reach their destinations. Then things go wrong and their sojourns become longer and more dangerous than either had ever imagined.
Vanessa falls foul of the law, transported from Jane Austen's genteel world to the dark underbelly of a Regency prison. 1607 London shows an equally black side to Ned when he antagonises one of Shakespeare's rivals, escaping with his life only to find that an accident of time takes him only halfway home.
ISBN: 9780615542706
Publisher: Longbourn Press
Format: Trade Paperback (346 pages)
Publication Date: 2 December 2011
A selection of Jane Austen's erotic stories from a recently discovered cache of her suppressed writings. Jane Austen, always the astute observer of human nature, is at her best here, whether dispensing marital advice, conceiving pre-Freudian theories of repression or concocting fanciful adventure stories. The explicit and detailed anatomical descriptions though surprising, are rendered in the polite language one would expect of Miss Austen. Included in this volume are expurgated tracts from the novel Emma as well as unpublished short stories of Emma Woodhouse and her governess Miss Taylor. Included are:
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Trade Paperback (110 pages)
Publication Date: 5 December 2011
Note: First published in UK as hardcover format in May 2011
A charming retelling of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey — a tale of Gothic misunderstandings through Henry Tilney's eyes...
At the age of four and twenty, Henry is content with his life as a clergyman, leaving his older brother Frederick to inherit Northanger Abbey. But General Tilney is determined to increase the family's means by having all three of his children marry wealthy partners.
During a trip to Bath, Henry meets the delightful Miss Catherine Morland and believes he may have found the woman he's been looking for, although she has no great fortune. When the General takes an unusual liking to Catherine and invites her to visit the Abbey, Henry is thrilled. But just as in the Gothic novels Henry loves, not everything is as it seems...
ISBN: 9780425243923
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Format: Trade Paperback (288 pages)
Publication Date: 6 December 2011
Note: First published in UK as hardcover format in July 2011
The third of five daughters, Miss Mary Bennet is a rather unremarkable girl. With her countenance being somewhere between plain and pretty and in possession of no great accomplishments, few expect the third Bennet daughter to attract a respectable man. But although she is shy and would much prefer to keep her nose stuck in a book, Mary is uncertain she wants to meekly follow the path to spinsterhood set before her.
Determined that Mary should have a chance at happiness, the elder Bennet sisters concoct a plan. Lizzy invites Mary to visit at Pemberley, hoping to give her sister a place to grow and make new acquaintances. But it is only when Mary strikes out independently that she can attempt to become accomplished in her own right. And in a family renowned for its remarkable Misses, Mary Bennet may turn out to be the most wholly unexpected of them all...
ISBN: 9780425244210
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Format: Trade Paperback (304 pages)
Publication Date: 6 December 2011
Note: First released in UK a month earlier with different cover
A rare meeting of literary genius: P.D. James, long among the most admired mystery writers of our time, draws the characters of Jane Austen's beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem.
It is 1803, six years since Elizabeth and Darcy embarked on their life together at Pemberley, Darcy's magnificent estate. Their peaceful, orderly world seems almost unassailable. Elizabeth has found her footing as the chatelaine of the great house. They have two fine sons, Fitzwilliam and Charles. Elizabeth's sister Jane and her husband, Bingley, live nearby; her father visits often; there is optimistic talk about the prospects of marriage for Darcy's sister Georgiana. And preparations are under way for their much-anticipated annual autumn ball.
Then, on the eve of the ball, the patrician idyll is shattered. A coach careens up the drive carrying Lydia, Elizabeth's disgraced sister, who with her husband, the very dubious Wickham, has been banned from Pemberley. She stumbles out of the carriage, hysterical, shrieking that Wickham has been murdered. With shocking suddenness, Pemberley is plunged into a frightening mystery.
Inspired by a lifelong passion for Austen, P. D. James masterfully re-creates the world of Pride and Prejudice, electrifying it with the excitement and suspense of a brilliantly crafted crime story, as only she can write it.
ISBN: 9780307959850
Publisher: Knopf
Format: Hardcover (304 pages)
Publication Date: 6 December 2011
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A tragic plane crash eight years earlier has left Catherine Elizabeth Darcy orphaned and in the custody of her overly protective brother, Bennet. Since then, her life at Pemberley Estate — the Darcy's ancestral home in Derbyshire, England — has been sheltered and lacking adventure of any kind. When 16-year-old Catie arrives home for her school holiday, she is expecting another long, boring summer of daydreaming and whiling away warm afternoons reading the romance novels her brother calls "rubbish". What she discovers, however, is a handsome yet insufferable Irishman named Sean Kelly, her summer riding instructor. Coupled with an intriguing and mysterious WWI-era diary, which she finds hidden in the window seat of her bedroom, Catie Darcy's summer soon proves to be anything but boring.
ISBN: 9781936009190
Publisher: Meryton Press
Format: Trade Paperback (286 pages)
Publication Date: 15 December 2011
What if Mr. Bennet went missing and the Bennet women had to leave Longbourn? In this intriguing re-fashioning of Jane Austen's classic, Mr. Darcy meets a melancholic but spirited Elizabeth Bennet who has vowed to remain a spinster until she finds her father.
A debauchery at a masquerade forces the couple to marry. Will Elizabeth resent Mr. Darcy's arrogance, which forced her to break her vow? Will she find her father, with his help?
This sexy and inventive Pride and Prejudice what-if story, set just after the Napoleonic Wars, takes the perennial favourite in a new direction with captivating plot twists and passionate romance.
ISBN: 9781468132021
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Trade Paperback (300 pages)
Publication Date: 25 December 2011
Six months after his father's passing, Fitzwilliam Darcy still finds solace in his morning reflections at his parents' graves. Only in the quiet solitude of the churchyard does he indulge his grief. None but his unlikely mentor recognise the heartache and insecurity plaguing him as he undertakes the enormous task of assuming the role of Master of Pemberley.
Not all are pleased with his choice of advisor.
The compassionate wisdom Darcy finds in his counselor keeps him returning for guidance, even though it causes him to doubt everything he has been taught.
In the midst of his struggles to reinvent himself, his school chum, Charles Bingley, arrives. Darcy hopes the visit will offer some respite from the uproar in his life. Instead of relief, Darcy learns his father's darkest secret is staring him in the face. Pushed to his limits, Darcy must overcome the issues that ruined his father and with his friends and mentor at his side, restore his tarnished birthright.
ISBN: 9780615582771
Publisher: Good Principles Publishing
Format: Trade Paperback (128 pages)
Publication Date: 29 December 2011
Widowed after six months of marriage, an older Elizabeth is determined to leave her past behind and enjoy life to its fullest, on her own terms. Charming, witty and engaging, she is widely admired by all. However, everything is not as it seems. She harbours a secret. The beautiful widow captivates a younger Mr. Darcy. He knows her better than she knows herself. He struggles to break through her protective barriers, the most daunting being her tightly held conviction that she will never marry again. Follow Darcy and Elizabeth on this path of discovery that leads to true and abiding love.
ISBN: 9781456314057
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Trade Paperback (202 pages)
Publication Date: 30 December 2011
The first book to investigate Jane Austen's popular significance today, Everybody's Jane considers why Austen matters to amateur readers, how they make use of her novels, what they gain from visiting places associated with her and why they create works of fiction and non-fiction inspired by her novels and life. The voices of everyday readers emerge from both published and unpublished sources, including interviews conducted with literary tourists and archival research into the founding of the Jane Austen Society of North America and the exceptional Austen collection of Alberta Hirshheimer Burke of Baltimore. Additional topics include new Austen portraits; portrayals of Austen and of Austen fans, in film and fiction; and hybrid works that infuse Austen's writings with horror, erotica or explicit Christianity. Everybody's Jane will appeal to all those who care about Austen and will change how we think about the importance of literature and reading today.
ISBN: 9781441176547
Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Format: Hardcover (260 pages)
Publication Date: 1 January 2012 (UK) / 22 March 2012 (US)
The first book to investigate Jane Austen's popular significance today, Everybody's Jane considers why Austen matters to amateur readers, how they make use of her novels, what they gain from visiting places associated with her and why they create works of fiction and non-fiction inspired by her novels and life. The voices of everyday readers emerge from both published and unpublished sources, including interviews conducted with literary tourists and archival research into the founding of the Jane Austen Society of North America and the exceptional Austen collection of Alberta Hirshheimer Burke of Baltimore. Additional topics include new Austen portraits; portrayals of Austen and of Austen fans, in film and fiction; and hybrid works that infuse Austen's writings with horror, erotica or explicit Christianity. Everybody's Jane will appeal to all those who care about Austen and will change how we think about the importance of literature and reading today.
ISBN: 9781441145543
Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Format: Trade Paperback (256 pages)
Publication Date: 1 January 2012 (UK) / 22 March 2012 (US)
Note: First published in UK as The Perfect Hero in May 2011
Fledgling illustrator and Darcy fanatic Kay Ashton settles in the seaside town of Lyme to finish her book, The Illustrated Mr. Darcy, when a film company arrives to make a new adaptation of Persuasion. Kay is soon falling for the handsome bad boy actor playing Captain Wentworth, but it's the quiet screenwriter Adam Craig who has more in common with her beloved Mr. Darcy. Though still healing from a broken heart, Adam finds himself unexpectedly in love with Kay, but it will take more than good intentions to convince her that her real happy ending is with him.
ISBN: 9781402251351
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (352 pages)
Publication Date: 1 January 2012
A very young lady marries a man 14 years her senior. Although theirs is a love match, between her reckless brother and his wild young ward, Lord and Lady Cardross's misunderstandings pile up, until he's convinced she only married him for his money and she believes he only married her to produce an heir.
When he fears he's driven her away with his anger, the two finally have an unexpected opportunity to mend their rifts and start afresh...
ISBN: 9781402238789
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Format: Trade Paperback (288 pages)
Publication Date: 1 January 2012
Note: First published as hardcover in January 2009
Reflecting the dynamic and expansive nature of Austen studies, A Companion to Jane Austen provides 42 essays from a distinguished team of literary scholars that examine the full breadth of the English novelist's works and career.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: Trade Paperback (560 pages)
Publication Date: 3 January 2012
The works of Jane Austen can transport a reader to a world that exudes beauty, peace, wisdom, wit and love. Captivating audiences for 200 years, the works of Jane Austen continue to capture today's readers in droves.
This daily devotional includes short excerpts from the Austen classics and a devotional thought and Scripture that meaningfully translates to women's daily lives. Offering temporary transport to a simple and peaceful place, women will love taking a moment to revel in the beauty and truth of a Scripture paired with excerpts from Northanger Abbey, Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Persuasion, Mansfield Park and Emma.
ISBN: 9781400319534
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover (224 pages)
Publication Date: 10 January 2012
What if Lady Catherine had been a nice grandmotherly person. Elizabeth gets some wonderful surprises when she goes to visit her friend Charlotte at Hunsford.
ISBN: 9781469957371
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Trade Paperback (164 pages)
Publication Date: 24 January 2012
In this retelling of the beloved novel on the day of Darcy's proposal at Hunsford, Elizabeth receives tragic news of her father's sudden death. Will this change her mind about accepting Darcy's offer? Will she decide to marry the man whom she dislikes in order to rescue her mother and sisters from destitution?
ISBN: 9781469967677
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Trade Paperback (220 pages)
Publication Date: 26 January 2012
The Personages of Pride & Prejudice Collection contains the novels Charlotte Collins and Caroline Bingley and the short story " Maria Lucas".
Charlotte Collins
When Charlotte Lucas married Mr. Collins in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, she sacrificed love for financial security. After his death, Charlotte and her sister Maria are thrust into a world of country dances and eligible gentlemen. But when an unprincipled suitor compromises Charlotte's reputation, she struggles to extricate herself from her slander, thus revealing the nature of true love.
"Maria Lucas": A Short Story
In Charlotte Collins, Maria Lucas marries Mr. Jonas Card in an attempt to extricate herself and her sister Charlotte from a dire financial situation. Mr. Card loves Maria and has vowed to woo her. Alas, she views him only in friendly terms. But through a series of unexpected events, Mr. Card succeeds in wooing his wife without saying a word.
Caroline Bingley
Banished from her brother's household, Caroline Bingley is forced to return, humiliated and distressed, to her mother's home in the north of England, but she does not intend to remain there long, for nothing will prevent her from taking her rightful place in London society. When all that Caroline has ever dreamed of attaining — an ancient family name, a title and a home of her own — is finally within her reach, will she grasp for it even if it means disregarding the workings of her own heart? Or will she cast off the trappings of society and give herself to true love?
ISBN: 9780615595122
Publisher: Whiteley Press
Format: Trade Paperback (432 pages)
Publication Date: 28 January 2012
Beloved, best-selling author Shannon Hale returns to Austenland, where bonnets are in vogue and gentlemen can dance, where one might still find real love — and real murder!
In Midnight in Austenland, Shannon Hale takes us back to Pembrook Park, the lovely English resort where women can play out their Jane Austen fantasies. But this time things take a turn for the Gothic: a little Northanger Abbey infusing our Mansfield Park.
Charlotte Kinder of Ohio is consummately nice. Maybe too nice. Her teenage kids don't appreciate her and she let's her jerk ex-husband walk all over her. But she's also clever. And when she treats herself to a two-week vacation in Austenland, it turns out that she'll need her wits about her. With everyone at Pembrook Park playing a role, it can sometimes be difficult to discern what's what. Is the brooding Mr. Mallery as sinister as he seems? What is the mysterious ailment from which Miss Gardenside suffers? Could the body Charlotte discovers during a parlor game be an actual corpse? And — perhaps of the most lasting import — could the stirrings in the heart of our crime-solving heroine be a sign of real-life love?
The sequel to reader favourite Austenland provides all the perfectly plotted pleasures of the first book, with a feisty new heroine and plenty of fresh twists. There's romance, there's humour, there's intrigue and at last — just as it always happens in Austen — everything turns out right in the end.
ISBN: 9781608196258
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover (288 pages)
Publication Date: 31 January 2012
What happens when an eighteenth century literary darling magically pops up in the weirdest city in Texas? Magic and weird collide in Austentatious, the story of Nicola James, a left-brainer with a Jane Austen obsession and a carefully finessed life plan. A plan that doesn't include an enchanted journal or an interfering fairy godmother, who just might be the spirit of Jane Austen herself.
When Nicola discovers her journal entries mysteriously whittled down to a cheeky bit of commentary on her life, she's freaked first, skeptical second and finally downright curious. She can't help but keep writing, dueling really, with a two-dimensional fairy godmother she doesn't totally believe in. Soon, the witty little notes start coming true, screwing with her plans, her head and her life, and nudging her towards an impossible — and impossibly seductive-romance with a man who's inarguably wrong for her. Nicola's torn, trapped between a life that makes sense and a man who doesn't, with "Fairy Jane" wedged in the middle, relentlessly rooting for another "Mr. Darcy".
ISBN: 9780758267436
Publisher: Kensington
Format: Trade Paperback (320 pages)
Publication Date: 31 January 2012
Note: Previously published as hardcover version in October 2009
Reading Jane Austen explores Mansfield Park, Pride and Prejudice, Emma and Persuasion against their historical and cultural backdrop to show precisely how Jane Austen sets out the core themes of British morality in her novels. Austen's period was arguably the most socially and politically tumultuous in England's history and by replacing the novels in this remarkable era, Scheuermann sharply defines Austen's view of the social contract.
ISBN: 9780230340190
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Trade Paperback (220 pages)
Publication Date: 31 January 2012
These are some of the earliest information on book releases at this moment. I will endeavour to post more updates when I receive the latest news about Jane Austen-inspired works. A great thank you goes to prominent Austenite blogger, Laurel Ann Nattress of Austenprose for the heads-up on some of the new releases. Happy reading!
Publishers' description are taken from their website and Amazon while book covers are from Barnes & Noble and author's and publisher's website. The list is arranged in chronological order with earliest release dates first.
The Wicked Wit of Jane Austen
by Dominique EnrightLauded for her eloquence, observation and wry humour, Jane Austen was a novelist who was highly regarded and greatly celebrated in her own time. However, her appeal is as great as ever and her insights remain as fresh and relevant today as when they were first published. This delightful volume offers thematic extracts from fiction and correspondence; featuring quotes from her celebrated and best-loved novels, alongside extracts from Austen's letters to her sister and confidante, Cassandra. This beautifully packaged book contains a host of quotations displaying Austen's sharp — indeed, often wicked — social observation and satirical wit, which will be enjoyed by fans of the author as well as readers who are new to her writing. It is a charming tribute to a writer whose work will resonate for centuries to come.
ISBN: 9781843175674
Publisher: Michael O'Mara
Format: Hardcover (160 pages)
Publication Date: 1 September 2011
Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star
by Heather Lynn RigaudHeather Lynn Rigaud is a debut author coming out of the fandom for Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice. Her novel, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star was Internet phenomenon, inspiring tee shirts, CD's and thousands of loving fans. Available for the first time in print, this sexy, adult romance is ready for a wider audience.
Fast music, powerful beats and wild reputations on stage and off have made Slurry the band of the year — and the media's newest bad boys. Described as temperamental by their kindest critics, they've just lost their latest opening act and their red-hot summer tour is on the fast track to disaster.
Fitzwilliam Darcy, Slurry's tall, dark and enigmatic virtuoso guitarist, knows that this is no time to be picky, but he never expected what was waiting when he, Charles Bingley and Richard Fitzwilliam crashed the Meryton Public House.
Elizabeth Bennet, the fiercely independent and talented lead singer of Long Borne Suffering has serious reservations about joining such a trouble laden tour with the bad boys of Rock and Roll, but the opportunity is just too good to pass up!
On the Slurry tour, the music's hot, but backstage is an inferno.
ISBN: 9781402257810
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (576 pages)
Publication Date: 1 September 2011
The Unknown Ajax
by Georgette HeyerA Georgette Heyer Regency romance that takes a close look at the smuggling trade of the period, full of humour and with a scene of family bonding and theatrics that readers will remember forever.
When a Yorkshire cousin becomes heir to the noble Darracott name and fortune, he pretends to be the country bumpkin they're all expecting. Then a family crisis thrusts Hugo into the role of an unlikely saviour and the family farce begins to unravel. But not before Hugo establishes himself as the undisputed head of the family and his beautiful cousin Anthea discovers she's met her match.
ISBN: 9781402238826
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Format: Trade Paperback (400 pages)
Publication Date: 1 September 2011
Jane Austen: A Celebration of Her Life and Work
by Lauren NixonJane Austen: A celebration brings together aspects of Austen's life, work and lasting legacy to give a fresh and detailed insight into one of the world's most beloved writers. Coinciding with the 200-year anniversary of the first publication of Sense and Sensibility, this title is a must for anyone has ever enjoyed Jane Austen. The book includes sections in the places and people that inspired her, as well as a carefully chosen selection of her personal correspondence. It also looks at Austen's modern success, with an examination of her recent popularity in film and television.
In addition to being an authoritative and readable text, A Celebration of Jane Austen is filled with beautiful high colour images. It includes many of the elegant illustrations of Hugh Thomson and Charles E. Brock. Thomson rose to fame as the illustrator of Coaching Days and Coaching Ways in 1888 and Brock, a talented artist, was part of the revival of Austen's work towards the end of the Victorian period. Their delicately tinted illustrations capture the romance, classic styles and nuances of the Regency period. The illustrations and photographs on every page of A Celebration bring Austen's world vividly to life.
ISBN: 9781849310246
Publisher: Worth Press Ltd
Format: Hardcover (240 pages)
Publication Date: 5 September 2011
Definitely Not Mr. Darcy
by Karen DoornebosThere's no place for pride in this Austen misadventure.
Chloe Parker was born two centuries too late. A thirty-nine-year-old divorced mother, she runs her own antique letterpress business, is a lifelong member of the Jane Austen Society and gushes over everything Regency. But her business is failing, threatening her daughter's future. What's a lady to do?
Why, audition for a Jane Austen-inspired TV show set in England, of course.
What Chloe thinks is a documentary turns out to be a reality dating show set in 1812. Eight women are competing to snare Mr. Wrightman, the heir to a gorgeous estate, along with a $100,000 prize. So Chloe tosses her bonnet into the ring, hoping to transform from stressed-out Midwest mom to genteel American heiress and win the money. With no cell phones, indoor plumbing or deodorant to be found, she must tighten her corset and flash some ankle to beat out women younger, more cutthroat and less clumsy than herself. But the witty and dashing Mr. Wrightman proves to be a prize worth winning, even if it means the gloves are off...
ISBN: 9780425243824
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Format: Trade Paperback (384 pages)
Publication Date: 6 September 2011
Pies & Prejudice
by Heather Vogel FrederickNote: Previously released in hardcover format last September
Right before the start of their freshman year, Emma's family unexpectedly moves to England. The book club is stunned, but thanks to videoconferencing, they can keep the club alive. They decide to tackle Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, a particularly fitting choice. In England, Emma deals with a new queen bee, Annabelle, who makes her life miserable. And back home, Annabelle's cousins — who have swapped homes with the Hawthornes — whip the rest of the school into a frenzy. Cassidy clashes with moody Tristan, Concord's own version of Mr. Darcy, and everyone is taken with his younger brother Simon.
Desperate for life to get back to normal, the girls throw a bake sale to raise money and bring Emma home — and suddenly, they have a thriving business, Pies & Prejudice. But when the plan they cook up falls short, will the book club ever all be together again?
ISBN: 9781442420199
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Trade Paperback (400 pages)
Publication Date: 13 September 2011
Persuade Me
by Juliet ArcherWhen do you let your heart rule your head?
As far as men are concerned, Anna Elliot is stuck in the past. No one can compare to Rick Wentworth, the man she was persuaded to give up eight years ago.
Meanwhile, Rick's moved on — and up. He's got a successful career and a carefully controlled love life where his heart doesn't get a look in.
The words 'forgive and forget' aren't in Rick's vocabulary. The word 'regret' is definitely in Anna's. When they meet again, can she persuade him that their lost love is worth a second chance?
ISBN: 9781906931216
Publisher: Choc Lit
Format: Trade Paperback (416 pages)
Publication Date: 15 September 2011
The World of Downton Abbey
by Jessica FellowesThe official companion to series 1 and 2.
Downton Abbey portrays a world of elegance and decadence, a world of duty and obedience and a world of romance and rivalry: this companion book, full of rich historical detail, takes fans deeper into that period than ever before.
Step inside one of the most beautiful houses in Britain, past Carson the butler at the front door and into the grand hallway. Catch a glimpse of the family having drinks in the drawing room before dinner, dressed in their evening finery, whilst Lord Grantham finishes writing a letter in his study. Then climb the grand sweeping staircase to the maze of rooms upstairs and peak through Lady Mary's open door to see Anna, her maid, tidying scent bottles and jewellery on the ornate dressing table. Follow Anna down the servants' stairs and into the kitchens to watch Mrs Patmore frantically preparing dinner. Mrs Hughes keeps a watchful eye from her study and the world of Downton comes alive before you.
Experience the inner workings of the downstairs life and be dazzled by the glamour of upstairs life with profiles of all the major characters, interviews with the actors, behind the scenes insights and in-depth information on costumes and props.
ISBN: 9780007431786 / 9781250006349
Publisher: Collins / St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover (304 pages)
Publication Date: 15 September 2011 (UK) / 6 December 2011 (US)
Mr. Darcy's Proposal
by Susan Mason-MilksA Pride and Prejudice "What If?" Story...
This retelling of Pride and Prejudice asks "what if" events prevented Fitzwilliam Darcy from proposing to Elizabeth Bennet that day at Hunsford parsonage? Darcy arrives with marriage on his mind, only to find Elizabeth has just received news her father is critically ill and not expected to live. In the process of offering his help to her in travelling home, Darcy discovers what she really thinks of him — and it's not good. Should Darcy deliver Elizabeth home to be with her family and then disappear from her life, or should he propose another kind of help? Will Elizabeth be willing to sacrifice her future happiness to save her family from financial ruin? Or, does she and Darcy, two very stubborn people, have a chance of finding happiness together?
ISBN: 9780615529721
Publisher: Susan Mason-Milks
Format: Trade Paperback (408 pages)
Publication Date: 22 September 2011
The Deception at Lyme (Or, The Peril of Persuasion)
by Carrie BebrisIn Jane Austen's Persuasion, the Cobb — Lyme's famous seawall — proved dangerous to a careless young woman. Now it proves deadly.
Following their recent intrigue at Highbury, Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth Darcy visit the seaside village of Lyme on holiday. Family business also draws them there, to receive the personal effects of Mr. Darcy's late cousin, a naval lieutenant who died in action.
Their retreat turns tragic when they come upon a body lying at the base of the Cobb. The victim is Mrs. Clay, a woman with a scandalous past that left her with child — a child whose existence threatened the inheritance of one of her paramours and the reputation of another. Did she lose her balance and fall from the slippery breakwater, or was she pushed?
Mrs. Clay's death is not the only one that commands the Darcys' attention. When Mr. Darcy discovers, among his cousin's possessions, evidence that the young lieutenant's death might have been murder, he allies with Captain Frederick Wentworth (hero of Jane Austen's Persuasion) to probe details of a battle that took place across the sea... but was influenced by a conspiracy much closer to home.
The Deception at Lyme (Or, The Peril of Persuasion) is the delightful sixth instalment in the critically acclaimed and award-winning Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery series by Carrie Bebris.
ISBN: 9780765327970
Publisher: Tor Books
Format: Hardcover (320 pages)
Publication Date: 27 September 2011
Bespelling Jane Austen
by Mary Balogh, Colleen Gleason, Susan Krinard and Janet MullanyNote: Previously released as paperback format in September 2010
Almost Persuaded: In this Regency tale of Robert and Jane, New York Times best-selling author Mary Balogh brings together former lovers who have seen beyond their past mistakes and are determined to be together in this life and forever.
Northanger Castle: Caroline's obsession with Gothic novels serves as good training for a lifetime of destroying the undead with her new found beau in this Regency by Colleen Gleason.
Blood and Prejudice: In fast-paced present-day New York City, Liz Bennett joins Mr. Darcy on his hunt to cure vampirism in New York Times best-selling author Susan Krinard's version of the classic story.
Little to Hex Her: Emma, a witch with a wizard boyfriend, runs a paranormal dating service in modern-day Washington, D.C. in this story from Janet Mullany.
ISBN: 9780373776078
Publisher: HQN Books
Format: Mass Market Paperback (432 pages)
Publication Date: 27 September 2011
Sense and Sensibility (The Bath Bicentenary Editions)
by Jane Austen (author) and Niroot Puttapipat (illustrator)Sense and Sensibility, the first of Jane Austen's published novels, started out as Elinor and Marianne, which Jane first wrote when she was only twenty years old. Originally titled after its two heroines, Elinor and Marianne, the novel tells the tale of sensible Elinor Dashwood, the older of the two sisters, who believes in privacy, propriety and logic, and flighty Marianne who follows her heart without so much as a second thought for the consequences. The story unfolds following the death of the sisters' father, and recounts how the two women fall in love, have their hearts broken and finally understand the need for both 'sense and sensibility' in order to find lasting happiness.
Jane Austen made final revisions to her early work in 1809, having re-titled it Sense and Sensibility, and it was published in October 1811. As much a commentary on social etiquette as a story about love and belonging, this timeless favourite illuminates Jane Austen's world.
This beautiful new edition, published to coincide with the bi-centenary of the book's original publication, brings together Jane Austen's complete and unabridged text with original colour plates and silhouettes by Niroot Puttapipat, each capturing the spirit of Regency England.
Sense and Sensibility is the first of six specially produced Bath Bicentenary Editions of Jane Austen, each published to coincide with the bi-centenary of their first publication and suitably to be published by Palazzo Editions of Bath, England.
ISBN: 9780956494245
Publisher: Palazzo Editions Ltd
Format: Hardcover (332 pages)
Publication Date: 28 September 2011 (UK) / 1 January 2012 (US)
Mr. Darcy's Undoing
by Abigail ReynoldsNote: Previously self-published as Without Reserve in June 2007
A passionate new Pride and Prejudice variation explores the unthinkable — Elizabeth accepts the proposal of a childhood friend before she meets Darcy again. When their paths cross, the devastated Mr. Darcy must decide how far he'll go to win the woman he loves. How can a man who prides himself on his honour ask the woman he loves to do something scandalous? And how can Elizabeth accept a loveless marriage when Mr. Darcy holds the key to her heart? As they confront family opposition and the ill-will of scandal-mongers, will Elizabeth prove to be Mr. Darcy's undoing?
ISBN: 9781402240942
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (352 pages)
Publication Date: 1 October 2011
Expectations of Happiness
by Rebecca Ann CollinsInternational best-selling author of The Pemberley Chronicles series explores the beloved characters of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. Acclaimed for historical accuracy and emulation of Jane Austen's voice as well as the depth of her depictions of the complex and evolving society of the day — especially what life was like for women — Collins imagines three sisters dealing with what happens when a spirited girl grows into a scandal-prone young lady who defies society's rules and must then pay the consequences.
ISBN: 9781402253898
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (352 pages)
Publication Date: 1 October 2011
Mr. Darcy's Bite
by Mary Lydon SimonsenIn the tradition of Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange (35,000 copies sold) this fresh, original paranormal Jane Austen sequel by best-selling author Mary Lydon Simonson explores Mr. Darcy as the leader of a secret world of werewolves threatened with extinction.
Elizabeth comes to realise that she loves him in both his incarnations and all his servants protect his secret. But then Elizabeth must confront a shocking danger to her beloved with every full moon, when Darcy is alone and exposed to those who hate wolves...
ISBN: 9781402250774
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (336 pages)
Publication Date: 1 October 2011
Caroline Bingley
by Jennifer BectonWhen Charles Bingley and Mr. Darcy made proposals of marriage to the Bennet sisters at the end of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Caroline Bingley was both distressed by her brother's choice of bride and humiliated by Mr. Darcy's rejection of her. And she made her objections known. Now banished from her brother's household, Caroline must return to her mother's home in the north of England until she can make amends with both Bennet sisters. Desperate though Caroline may be to return to polite company, she absolutely refuses to apologise to Miss Elizabeth Bennet and instead, she seeks an alternative route back into society in the form of Mr. William Charlton, heir to a barony. Through her connections with Mr. Charlton's sister Lavinia, Caroline begins to infiltrate the household in the hopes of securing the gentleman and his title for herself. However, she must also contend with her vexing emotions regarding Mr. Patrick Rushton, a once-wealthy landowner and the meddlesome opinions of Mrs. Rosemary Pickersgill, the companion sent by her brother. When all that Caroline has ever dreamed of attaining — an ancient family name, a title and a home of her own — is finally within her reach, will she grasp for it even if it means disregarding the workings of her own heart? Or will she cast off the trappings of society and give herself to true love?
ISBN: 9780615549507
Publisher: Whiteley Press
Format: Trade Paperback (262 pages)
Publication Date: 1 October 2011
Darcy and the Young Knight's Quest
Volume 1: He Taught Me to Hope
by P O DixonVolume 1: He Taught Me to Hope
What if Elizabeth is promised to another when she meets Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, the one man who captures her heart and imagination like no other? As dire as their chance for "happily ever after" seems, there is a measure of hope by way of a strong and enduring bond between them...
ISBN: 9781466397866
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Trade Paperback (266 pages)
Publication Date: 1 October 2011
The Toll-Gate
by Georgette HeyerCaptain John Staple is bored by the constraints of civilian life. To shake things up, he takes an invigorating ride across the countryside. A storm forces him to take shelter at a toll-gate where the gatekeeper has mysteriously disappeared.
The captain stumbles into an adventure more thrilling than his days battling Napoleon. While searching for the missing gatekeeper, he inadvertently uncovers a smuggling operation and his only recourse is to bring the villains to justice and rescue the enigmatically charming young Lady Nell from her unsavory relatives.
ISBN: 9781402238819
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Format: Trade Paperback (336 pages)
Publication Date: 1 October 2011
Remembrance of the Past
by Lory LilianNote: Second edition
In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet unexpectedly met Mr. Darcy while visiting Pemberley. In this 'what if' story, Elizabeth Bennet and her relatives — Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner — are in London, ready to start their tour to the Lakes in June. During this time, Elizabeth's path crosses with Mr. Darcy's again. However, Mr. Darcy is not alone in London: besides his close family — Georgiana and Colonel Fitzwilliam — an old and dear friend has returned and claimed a well-deserved place in their lives. This is a story about hopes and desires, about losses and fears, about second chances and happiness.
ISBN: 9781936009107
Publisher: Meryton Press
Format: Trade Paperback (432 pages)
Publication Date: 3 October 2011
Jane Austen: Blood Persuasion
by Janet MullanyIt is 1810, and just as Jane Austen is penning her greatest masterpieces, old Undead friends become new neighbours and raise hell in her tranquil village. The Damned are out of favour and have been banished from polite society just in time to interrupt Jane's work and her peace of mind. Instead of writing, she has to deal with a niece who flirts dangerously with vampires, a formerly respectable spinster friend who discovers the joys of fornication with the Damned (and borrows Jane's precious silk stockings for her assignations), murderous creatures haunting the village's peaceful lanes, a civil war between the Damned, the return of her vampire characteristics and a former lover who plans to blame her for his broken heart for all eternity. It's measuring up to be a busy year for the productive Jane.
ISBN: 9780061958311
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Trade Paperback (320 pages)
Publication Date: 4 October 2011
Georgette Heyer: Biography of a Bestseller
by Jennifer KloesterGeorgette Heyer remains an enduring international best-seller, read and loved by four generations of readers and extolled by today's best-selling authors. Despite her enormous popularity she never gave an interview or appeared in public. Georgette Heyer wrote her first novel, The Black Moth, when she was seventeen in order to amuse her convalescent brother. It was published in 1921 to instant success and ninety years later it has never been out of print. A phenomenon even in her own lifetime, to this day she is the undisputed queen of regency romance.
During ten years of research into Georgette Heyer's life and writing, Jennifer Kloester has had unlimited access to Heyer's notebooks and private papers and the Heyer family records and exclusive access to several untapped archives of Heyer's early letters. Engaging, authoritative and meticulously researched, Georgette Heyer: Biography of a Bestseller offers a comprehensive insight into the life and writing of a remarkable and ferociously private woman.
ISBN: 9780434020713
Publisher: William Heinemann
Format: Hardcover
Publication Date: 6 October 2011 (UK)
Jane Austen Made Me Do It: Original Stories Inspired by Literature's Most Astute Observer of the Human Heart
by Laurel Ann Nattress (editor)Also includes stories by Lauren Willig • Adriana Trigiani • Jo Beverley • Alexandra Potter • Laurie Viera Rigler • Frank Delaney & Diane Meier • Syrie James • Stephanie Barron • Amanda Grange • Pamela Aidan • Elizabeth Aston • Carrie Bebris • Diana Birchall • Monica Fairview • Janet Mullany • Jane Odiwe • Beth Pattillo • Myretta Robens • Jane Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-Bradway • Maya Slater • Margaret C. Sullivan • Brenna Aubrey, the winner of a story contest hosted by the Republic of Pemberley
"My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." If you just heaved a contented sigh at Mr. Darcy's heartfelt words, then you, dear reader, are in good company. Here is a delightful collection of never-before-published stories inspired by Jane Austen — her novels, her life, her wit, her world.
In Lauren Willig's A Night at Northanger, a young woman who doesn't believe in ghosts meets a familiar specter at the infamous abbey; Jane Odiwe's Waiting captures the exquisite uncertainty of Persuasion's Wentworth and Anne as they await her family's approval of their betrothal; Adriana Trigiani's Love and Best Wishes, Aunt Jane imagines a modern-day Austen giving her niece advice upon her engagement; in Diana Birchall's Jane Austen's Cat, our beloved Jane tells her nieces "cat tales" based on her novels; Laurie Viera Rigler's Intolerable Stupidity finds Mr. Darcy bringing charges against all the writers of Pride and Prejudice sequels, spin-offs and retellings; in Janet Mullany's Jane Austen, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah! a teacher at an all-girls school invokes the Beatles to help her students understand Sense and Sensibility; and in Jo Beverley's Jane and the Mistletoe Kiss, a widow doesn't believe she'll have a second chance at love... until a Miss Austen suggests otherwise.
Regency or contemporary, romantic or fantastical, each of these marvellous stories re-affirms the incomparable influence of one of history's most cherished authors.
ISBN: 9780345524966
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Format: Trade Paperback (464 pages)
Publication Date: 11 October 2011
I Was Jane Austen's Best Friend
by Cora HarrisonNote: Previously released in US as hardcover format in September 2010
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: 9780375862120
Publisher: Ember
Format: Trade Paperback (352 pages)
Publication Date: 11 October 2011
Austentatious Crochet: 36 Contemporary Designs from the World of Jane Austen
by Melissa HorozewskiThe timeless appeal of Jane Austen is evidenced not only by perpetual interest in her classic novels but also by countless book clubs, movies, plays, books and sundry products which celebrate her work. Austentatious Crochet presents Austen fans with a unique opportunity to step into the scarf, skirt or chemise of Elizabeth Bennet, Emma Woodhouse and a host of other favourite Austen characters.
The book features thirty-two original crochet projects inspired by Austen novels but fabulously brought up to date and wearable today. The designs focus on women's wear, such as dresses, sweaters, cardigans and capelets, but also encompass accessories such as handbags, scarfs and pillowcases and clothing for children.
Introductions to each project include favourite bits of dialogue from the original novels. Fully illustrated with evocative photos, Regency-style illustrations and step-by-step schematics, Austentatious Crochet is certain to please the devoted Austen lover as well as craft enthusiasts.
ISBN: 9780762441464
Publisher: Running Press
Format: Trade Paperback (208 pages)
Publication Date: 11 October 2011
Emma (Marvel Illustrated Classics)
by Nancy Butler (author) and Janet Lee (illustrator)Marvel continues its best-selling graphic novel adaptations of Jane Austen's classics!
Award-winning author Nancy Butler, adapter of Marvel's best-selling adaptations, Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice brings you another Jane Austen classic! Joined with the beautiful illustrations of Janet Lee, Butler brings to life Austen's most precocious heroine, Emma Woodhouse. Discover what has made this story so enduring, as its re-told in the Mighty Marvel manner!
ISBN: 9780785156857
Publisher: Marvel
Format: Hardcover (120 pages)
Publication Date: 12 October 2011
Pemberley Celebrations: The First Year
by Kara LouiseJoin Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth Darcy in this compilation of short stories as they celebrate the holidays and special events in the first year of their marriage. Beginning with Christmas, the decorations are being put up, but it has not been a joyous holiday at Pemberley for many years. Can Elizabeth bring back the Christmas Spirit? There are three other Christmas stories, as well as stories about a New Year's Eve Ball, a Valentine's Day Mystery, an Easter Visit and several others that will entertain you throughout the year.
ISBN: 9781435752290
Publisher: Heartworks Publications
Format: Perfect-bound Paperback (210 pages)
Publication Date: 18 October 2011
By Force of Instinct
by Abigail ReynoldsNote: First release in 2008 with a different cover
In Jane Austen's classic Pride & Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet never expects to see Mr. Darcy again after his disastrous proposal in Hunsford. But what if family business required him to stay at Rosings after giving her his letter? Coming face to face with Mr. Darcy only days later could give Elizabeth a new chance to understand him... or chance for even more misunderstandings.
ISBN: 9780615540382
Publisher: Intertidal Press
Format: Trade Paperback (254 pages)
Publication Date: 19 October 2011
The Mysterious Death of Miss Austen
by Lindsay AshfordWhen Jane Austen dies at the age of just 41, Anne, governess to her brother, Edward Austen, is devastated and begins to suspect that someone might have wanted her out of the way. Now, 20 years on, she hopes that medical science might have progressed sufficiently to assess the one piece of evidence she has — a tainted lock of Jane's hair. Natural causes or murder? Even 20 years down the line, Anne is determined to get to the bottom of the mysterious death of the acclaimed Miss Austen.
ISBN: 9781906784263
Publisher: Honno Welsh Women's Press
Format: Trade Paperback (320 pages)
Publication Date: 20 October 2011
Captain Wentworth: Home from the Sea
by Mary Lydon SimonsenIn 1806, Frederick Wentworth returned to the sea in hopes of leaving behind memories of his lost love, Anne Elliot of Kellynch Hall. But after eight years as the captain of the Laconia, he has failed to jettison recollections of the only woman he could ever love, that is, until a shipboard accident robs him of his memory. When he is once again thrown into Anne's company, he knows nothing of their previous engagement. With the slate wiped clean, will Anne Elliot be able to secure the love of Captain Frederick Wentworth or will all opportunities to reclaim a lost love be denied her?
ISBN: 9780615549668
Publisher: Quail Creek Publishing, LLC
Format: Trade Paperback (136 pages)
Publication Date: 24 October 2011
Sense and Sensibility (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
by Jane Austen (author), Audrey Niffenegger (illustrator) and Cathleen Schine (foreword)This special hardcover gift edition of Austen's delightful comedy of manners concerning a pair of marriage-minded sisters features a dust jacket and more than 60 charming drawings.
ISBN: 9780143106524
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Format: Trade Paperback (368 pages)
Publication Date: 25 October 2011
Emma (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
by Jane Austen (author) and Jillian Tamaki (illustrator)With its imperfect but charming heroine and its witty and subtle exploration of relationships, Emma is often seen as Jane Austen's most flawless work, this Penguin Threads edition includes cover art by Jillian Tamaki and deluxe french flaps.
Commissioned by award-winning Penguin art director Paul Buckley, the Penguin Threads series debuts with cover art by Jillian Tamaki for three gift-worthy Penguin Classics. Sketched out in a traditional illustrative manner, then hand stitched using needle and thread, the final covers are sculpt embossed for a tactile, textured and beautiful book design that will appeal to the Etsy-loving world of handmade crafts.
The Penguin Classics Deluxe series has been celebrated for its unique packaging and innovative design. The books of the Penguin Threads series will make truly special gifts and will be welcome additions to any craft or literature lover's collection.
ISBN: 9780143106463
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Format: Trade Paperback (400 pages)
Publication Date: 25 October 2011
Fitzwilliam Ebenezer Darcy
by Barbara Tiller ColePride and Prejudice meets A Christmas Carol. A Jane Austen/Charles Dickens crossover story, Fitzwilliam Ebenezer Darcy takes the best of both classics and spins them into a delightful holiday treat!
F.E. Darcy has fallen into pitiful self-loathing and sorrowful angst-ridden despair; all of this due to his belief that he has lost forever the chance to marry the only woman he has ever loved — Elizabeth Bennet. Seeing her son in such a state, the Ghost of Anne Darcy reaches out to him; informing him that three ghosts would visit him and give him hope. Will these Spirits provide him with the courage to try again to win the esteem of his one true soul mate?
Barbara Tiller Cole, an Atlanta native and the writer of the popular book White Lies & Other Half Truths, presents this family friendly classic — a delightful combination of the best of her two favorite authors, Jane Austen and Charles Dickens.
ISBN: 9781441436658
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Trade Paperback (150 pages)
Publication Date: 25 October 2011
Christmas at Pemberley
by Regina JeffersIt's Christmastime at Pemberley and the Darcys and Bennets have gathered to celebrate. With such a mix of eclectic characters under one roof, bitter feuds, old jealousies and intimate secrets come to the surface. Stubborn Lady Catherine seeks forgiveness, shallow Caroline Bingley finds love and immature Kitty pursues a vicar. Forced into playing hostess, Georgiana tries desperately to manage the chaos while wishing Darcy and Elizabeth would return from their trip.
Enroute home, Darcy and Elizabeth are waylaid by a blizzard that forces them to take shelter in a nearby inn. Elizabeth is tormented that they will spend Christmas away from their families, but when a young couple arrives at the inn in need of a place for the night, Elizabeth's concern turns to the pregnant girl. As Elizabeth and Darcy comfort and soothe her through a long and painful labor, they're reminded of the love, family spirit and generosity that lie at the heart of Christmas.
A festive holiday novel in which personal rivalries are resolved, generosity rediscovered and family bonds renewed, Christmas at Pemberley is sure to delight you with its festive setting, ironic humor and iconic romance.
ISBN: 9781569759912
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Format: Trade Paperback (336 pages)
Publication Date: 27 October 2011 (UK) / 8 November 2011 (US)
The Darcys: The Ruling Passion
by Linda BerdollA follow-up to Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife and Darcy & Elizabeth, the best-selling Jane Austen Pride & Prejudice sequels to date.
ISBN: 9780967481739
Publisher: Well There It Is
Format: Trade Paperback (356 pages)
Publication Date: 30 October 2011
My Darcy Vibrates...
by Enid WilsonWhat if Darcy was an immortal? What if Mr. Darcy had certain urges? What if Elizabeth professed her feelings to Mr. Darcy first? What if Elizabeth was rumoured to be in love with Mr. Wickham? What if Mr. Darcy's dead parents intervened?
This collection of over 20 short stories contains sexy, over-the-top "pick-me-up" stories across the historical, fantasy and modern genres. They are not for the faint-hearted. Some may call the stories wild and say that they bear no resemblance to the original, but Wilson finds Miss Austen's characters timeless and inspirational.
ISBN: 9780987186232
Publisher: Steamy D Publishing
Format: Trade Paperback (210 pages)
Publication Date: 30 October 2011
Colonel Brandon's Diary
by Amanda GrangeNote: Previously released in UK in July 2008 as hardback format and in July 2009 as paperback version for US market
Now published in paperback, Amanda Grange's sensitive and insightful retelling of Jane Austen's much loved work sheds a dazzling new light on an old classic. Coinciding with the 200th anniversary of the publication of Sense & Sensibility, this instalment of Grange's popular series provides readers with an expertly told supplement to one of the world's great love stories.
At the age of eighteen, James Brandon's life is set fair. He is in love with his father's ward, Eliza, and he is looking forward to a lifetime of happiness with her. But his world is shattered when Eliza is forced to marry his brother and James joins the army in despair. Returning to England, Brandon finds Eliza in a debtor's prison where she has found herself after her divorce and subsequent destitution. He rescues her from her terrible position, but she is dying of consumption and he can do nothing but watch and wait. Heartbroken at her death, he takes some consolation from her illegitimate daughter, whom he raises as his ward. But at the age of fifteen, the young Eliza goes missing...
ISBN: 9780709094746
Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd
Format: Trade Paperback (256 pages)
Publication Date: 31 October 2011
The Darcy Saga
Book 6: Miss Darcy Falls in Love
by Sharon LathanBook 6: Miss Darcy Falls in Love
Hugely successful best-selling author of sensual, romantic Pride and Prejudice continuations explores unusual aspects of the Regency world, this time following Mr. Darcy's younger sister into the world of classical music.
Paris is the City of Love! Join Georgiana Darcy as she learns about love and the gift of music. Noble young ladies were expected to play an instrument, but societal restrictions would have chafed for Georgiana Darcy, an accomplished musician. Her tour of Europe draws the reader into the musical life of the day and a riveting love story of a young woman learning to direct her destiny and understand her own heart.
ISBN: 9781402259043
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (304 pages)
Publication Date: 1 November 2011
A Civil Contract
by Georgette HeyerAdam Deveril, Viscount Lynton, returns home from war to find his family in financial ruin. To help his family, he sacrifices his love for the beautiful Julia and marries plain Jenny Chawleigh, whose father is a wealthy businessman determined to marry his daughter into a title.
Adam chafes under Mr. Chawleigh's generosity and Julia's behavior upon hearing of the betrothal nearly brings them all into a scandal. But Jenny's practicality and quiet love for Adam bring him comfort and eventually happiness. And over time, their arranged marriage blossoms into love and acceptance across the class divide.
ISBN: 9781402238772
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Format: Trade Paperback (432 pages)
Publication Date: 1 November 2011
Mansfield Park (Penguin Hardback Classics)
by Jane Austen (author), Kathryn Sutherland (editor, contributor), Coralie Bickford-Smith (illustrator) and Tony Tanner (introduction)Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.
Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally. During her uncle's absence in Antigua, the Crawford's arrive in the neighbourhood bringing with them the glamour of London life and a reckless taste for flirtation. Mansfield Park is considered Jane Austen's first mature work and, with its quiet heroine and subtle examination of social position and moral integrity, one of her most profound.
ISBN: 9780141197708
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Format: Hardcover (560 pages)
Publication Date: 3 November 2011 (UK) / 24 April 2012 (US)
Northanger Abbey (Penguin Hardback Classics)
by Jane Austen (author), Marilyn Butler (editor, introduction) and Coralie Bickford-Smith (illustrator)Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.
During an eventful season at Bath, young, naive Catherine Morland experiences the joys of fashionable society for the first time. She is delighted with her new acquaintances: flirtatious Isabella, who shares Catherine's love of Gothic romance and horror and sophisticated Henry and Eleanor Tilney, who invite her to their father's mysterious house, Northanger Abbey. There, her imagination influenced by novels of sensation and intrigue, Catherine imagines terrible crimes committed by General Tilney. With its broad comedy and irrepressible heroine, this is the most youthful and optimistic of Jane Austen's works.
ISBN: 9780141197715
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Format: Hardcover (320 pages)
Publication Date: 3 November 2011 (UK) / 24 April 2012 (US)
Persuasion (Penguin Hardback Classics)
by Jane Austen (author), Gillian Beer (editor) and Coralie Bickford-Smith (illustrator)Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.
At twenty-seven, Anne Elliot is no longer young and has few romantic prospects. Eight years earlier, she had been persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a handsome naval captain with neither fortune nor rank. What happens when they encounter each other again is movingly told in Jane Austen's last completed novel. Set in the fashionable societies of Lyme Regis and Bath, Persuasion is a brilliant satire of vanity and pretension, but, above all, it is a love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities.
ISBN: 9780141197692
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Format: Hardcover (288 pages)
Publication Date: 3 November 2011 (UK) / 24 April 2012 (US)
Death Comes to Pemberley
by Baroness P.D. JamesThe year is 1803, and Darcy and Elizabeth have been married for six years. There are now two handsome and healthy sons in the nursery, Elizabeth's beloved sister Jane and her husband Bingley live nearby and the orderly world of Pemberley seems unassailable. But all this is threatened when, on the eve of the annual autumn ball, the guests are preparing to retire for the night when a chaise appears, rocking down the path from Pemberley's wild woodland. As it pulls up, Lydia Wickham — Elizabeth's younger, unreliable sister — stumbles out screaming that her husband has been murdered.
Inspired by a lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen, P.D. James masterfully recreates the world of Pride and Prejudice, and combines it with the excitement and suspense of a brilliantly-crafted crime story. Death Comes to Pemberley is a distinguished work of fiction, from one of the best-loved, most-read writers of our time.
ISBN: 9780571283576 / 9780571283583
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Format: Hardcover / C-Format Paperback (320 pages)
Publication Date: 3 November 2011
Persuasion: An Annotated Edition
by Jane Austen and Robert Morrison (editor)Published posthumously with Northanger Abbey in 1817, Persuasion crowns Jane Austen's remarkable career. It is her most passionate and introspective love story. This richly illustrated and annotated edition brings her last completed novel to life with previously unmatched vitality. In the same format that so rewarded readers of Pride and Prejudice: An Annotated Edition, it offers running commentary on the novel (conveniently placed alongside Austen's text) to explain difficult words, allusions and contexts, while bringing together critical observations and scholarship for an enhanced reading experience. The abundance of colour illustrations allows the reader to see the characters, locations, clothing and carriages of the novel, as well as the larger political and historical events that shape its action.
In his Introduction, distinguished scholar Robert Morrison examines the broken engagement between Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth and the ways in which they wander from one another even as their enduring feelings draw them steadily back together. His notes constitute the most sustained critical commentary ever brought to bear on the novel and explicate its central conflicts as well as its relationship to Austen's other works and to those of her major contemporaries, including Lord Byron, Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth.
Specialists, Janeites and first-time readers alike will treasure this annotated and beautifully illustrated edition, which does justice to the elegance and depth of Jane Austen's time-bound and timeless story of loneliness, missed opportunities and abiding love.
ISBN: 9780674049741
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover (360 pages)
Publication Date: 7 October 2011 (UK) / 7 November 2011 (US)
Jane-a-Day: 5-Year Journal with 365 Witticisms by Jane Austen
by Potter StyleLet the wit and wisdom of Jane Austen guide you through a charming five-year journal. Take a few moments to reflect upon a quote from one of Jane's classic works or personal letters that is provided for each day of the year. Add your own brief thoughts and as the years pass you'll notice how your entries evolve alongside the timeless witticisms of Ms. Austen. The Jane-a-Day journal makes a wonderful gift for birthdays, Mother's Day and graduations — and of course, for any Jane Austen fan
ISBN: 9780307951717
Publisher: Potter Style
Format: Diary (368 pages)
Publication Date: 8 November 2011
The Journals of Thomas Bennet
by Lynne RobsonExcerpts from Mr. Bennet's personal journals starting with the birth of his favourite daughter Elizabeth. Showing what a happy family they were until Lydia's birth and the loss of their son. After Elizabeth's marriage to Mr. Darcy, Mr. Bennet is in for a big shock, for his life will change and the future holds several surprises for him.
ISBN: 9781467936972
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Trade Paperback (86 pages)
Publication Date: 11 November 2011
Becoming Elizabeth Darcy
by Mary Lydon SimonsenIn 2010, American Elizabeth Hannigan, suffering from the swine flu, falls into a coma and wakes up in the bed and body of Elizabeth Bennet Darcy. Beth soon realizes that the only way back to her life in the 21st Century is through the Master of Pemberley, Jane Austen's Fitzwilliam Darcy. But first she must uncover the dark secret that brought her to Pemberley in 1826 in the first place.
Becoming Elizabeth Darcy is a story of love, loyalty and loss, where a modern woman is called upon to resolve the problems of Jane Austen's most beloved couple.
If you are a fan of Lost in Austen, you will enjoy the time-travel novel, Becoming Elizabeth Darcy.
ISBN: 9780615568676
Publisher: Quail Creek Publishing, LLC
Format: Trade Paperback (324 pages)
Publication Date: 15 November 2011
Bad Austen: The Worst Stories Jane Never Wrote
Peter Archer and Jennifer Lawler (editors)It is a truth universally acknowledged that an author as popular as Jane Austen should be imitated, expanded upon and parodied. Now, in the tradition of the Bulwer Lytton Contest and the Bad Hemingway and Bad Faulkner contests comes a new collection of hilarious efforts to write the worst opening paragraph of the novel Jane Austen never wrote. Using entries from BadAusten website, this collection presents the best of the worst entries for the first paragraph of Austen's unwritten classics. From Star Wars meets Elizabeth Bennet to Northanger Abbey translated into a setting for cats and dogs, here are the stories Jane Austen would never have written.
ISBN: 9781440511851
Publisher: Adams Media
Format: Trade Paperback (224 pages)
Publication Date: 15 November 2011
Wooing Mr Wickham: Inspired by Jane Austen's heroes and villains
introduced by Michèle RobertsAn anthology of the winning entries in Chawton House Library's Jane Austen Short Story Award 2010 competition set up in 2009 to celebrate the bi-centenary of Jane Austen's arrival in Chawton. The Library is a charity with a unique collection of books focusing on women's writing in English from 1600 to 1830. This collection, set in the home and working estate of Jane Austen's brother, provides the opportunity to study and savour the texts in their original setting.
ISBN: 9781906784324
Publisher: Honno Welsh Womens Press
Format: Trade Paperback (280 pages)
Publication Date: 17 November 2011
The Journey
by Jan HahnDanger: Shortly after the Netherfield ball, Elizabeth Bennet begins a journey to visit her relations in London with her travelling companions, Mr. Bingley's sisters and the proud, arrogant Mr. Darcy. Suddenly, their carriage is abruptly stopped and Elizabeth hears the menacing cry, "Stand and deliver!"
Abduction: The leader of a band of highwaymen, Nate Morgan, a handsome, masked rogue, plans to seize Elizabeth for his amusement, but Darcy steps forward and offers himself as a hostage in her place. When his proposal fails to secure Elizabeth's release, Darcy makes a shocking declaration — Elizabeth is his wife!
Romance: At a time when a woman's future could be ruined by the slightest hint of scandal, Elizabeth's reputation will depend not only upon the actions of a hero but a villain as well.
Filled with danger, excitement, daring and passion, The Journey follows Jane Austen's beloved characters from Pride and Prejudice as they embark on a fateful journey that changes their lives forever.
ISBN: 9781936009152
Publisher: Meryton Press
Format: Trade Paperback (264 pages)
Publication Date: 17 November 2011
Darcy's Passions
by Regina JeffersNote: Previously published in February 2009 as paperback format
Revisit this most classic of love stories, in which a strong-willed, intelligent young woman rejects a haughty suitor, only to come to recognise his worth and regret her ill-informed choice. But this time, experience what is missing from the heroine's story: the thoughts and inner workings of the dashing and elusive hero.
Darcy's Passions presents the real Fitzwilliam Darcy in his own words, from the time he first lays eyes on Elizabeth Bennet... through the many misunderstandings that define their relationship... to their wedding vows and first trials as newlyweds. Finally, readers can examine the reasoning behind his actions and unearth the true roots of his pride, all from Darcy's own point of view. Experience the couple's mutual disdain and attraction, their tumultuous courtship, the early days of their marriage — indeed, all of their troubles and triumphs — through Darcy's eyes, in the familiar settings, with the wise insights and clever dialogue familiar to readers of Jane Austen's original work.
Whether you're an Austen fan who has always wanted to know what makes Darcy tick, or a book love who lives for the "happily ever after" ending, Darcy's Passions will surely amuse, charm and satisfy.
ISBN: 9781606710265
Publisher: MJF Books
Format: Hardcover (386 pages)
Publication Date: 20 November 2011
Mr. Darcy's Letter
by Abigail ReynoldsA lady's reputation is a fragile thing. If anyone ever discovered that Miss Elizabeth Bennet had received a letter from a single gentleman, she could be ruined... or forced to marry a man she detests. In this all-new Pride & Prejudice variation, Elizabeth takes the safer course and refuses to read Mr. Darcy's letter of explanation. Returning home unaware of Wickham's true nature, Elizabeth confesses everything to him, putting both Mr. Darcy and herself in grave danger from Wickham's schemes.
The Pemberley Variation by Abigail Reynolds is a series of novels exploring the roads not taken in Pride & Prejudice.
ISBN: 9780615571416
Publisher: Intertidal Press
Format: Trade Paperback (262 pages)
Publication Date: 21 November 2011
His Good Opinion: A Mr. Darcy Novel
by Nancy KelleyMr. Darcy Speaks from the Heart: Pride and Prejudice from his Point of View
Though tired of Society's manipulations, Darcy never thought to be enchanted by a country maiden. Yet on a visit to rural Hertfordshire, Elizabeth Bennet captivates him. Lovely and vivacious, she is everything he is not, and everything he longs to have.
Unfortunately, her connections put her decidedly beneath him and the improprieties he observes in her family do not win his favour. Putting her firmly out of his mind, Darcy returns to London, but Elizabeth is not so easily forgotten.
When chance throws them together, Darcy can no longer deny his love, but Elizabeth, put off by his manners, refuses him. To change her mind, he must set aside his proud ways and learn how to please a woman worthy of being pleased. It takes a serious incident for his true character to shine, and for Elizabeth to learn just how valuable is... His Good Opinion.
ISBN: 9780984731206
Publisher: Smokey Rose Press
Format: Trade Paperback (352 pages)
Publication Date: 23 November 2011
Jane Austen's Letters (Fourth Edition)
by Deirdre Le Faye (editor)- An unparalleled and irresistible insight into the life of Jane Austen
- A complete and accurate transcript of all Austen's letters as known to date
- Integrates the discoveries of recent Austen scholarship to reveal more about her life and family
- New preface
- New subject index
- Updated biographical and topographical indexes
R. W. Chapman's ground-breaking edition of the collected letters first appeared in 1932, and a second edition followed twenty years later. A third edition, edited by Deidre Le Faye in 1997, added new material, re-ordered the letters into their correct chronological sequence, and provided discreet and full annotation to each letter, including its provenance, and information on the watermarks, postmarks, and other physical details of the manuscripts. This fourth edition incorporates the findings of new scholarship to enrich our understanding of Austen and give us the fullest and most revealing view yet of her life and family. There is a new preface, the biographical and topographical indexes have been amended and updated, a new subject index has been created and the contents of the notes added to the general index.
Readership: Teachers, students and fans of Jane Austen, at all levels, will find in these letters remarkable insight into one of the most popular novelists ever.
ISBN: 9780199576074
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover (688 pages)
Publication Date: 20 October 2011 (UK) / 1 December 2011 (US)
Sense and Sensibility (The Jane Austen Bicentenary Library)
by Jane Austen (author), Cassandra Chouinard (illustrator) and Margaret C. Sullivan (introduction)This edition of Jane Austen's first published novel is annotated by AustenBlog's Margaret C. Sullivan and illustrated by Cassandra Chouinard. First published in 1811, Sense and Sensibility chronicles two sisters' experiences through romance, misunderstandings and heartbreak. Elinor Dashwood with her good sense and well-developed sense of justice forms a foil to her romantic, headstrong sister Marianne. Economics and social standing also play important parts in one of Austen's most endearing stories.
ISBN: 9780615568089
Publisher: LibriFiles Publishing
Format: Trade Paperback (398 pages)
Publication Date: 1 December 2011
Sprig Muslin
by Georgette HeyerSir Gareth Ludlow is just about ready to settle for marriage with Lady Hester, a plain woman who falls below his standards (according to his sister). Despite her protests, however, Gareth sets out to propose marriage.
Along the way, he encounters young Amanda wandering unattended. Honour-bound to restore her to her family, the gallant Sir Ludlow finds he has more than he bargained for with his young charge and her runaway imagination.
ISBN: 9781402255496
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Format: Trade Paperback (320 pages)
Publication Date: 1 December 2011
The Perfect Visit
by Stuart BennettThe Perfect Visit tells the story of two bibliophiles who go back in time to rescue lost books and manuscripts. Vanessa Horwood decides on Regency England; Ned Marston goes to Shakespeare's.
But Vanessa wants to rewrite history. And Ned wants to meet the Bard himself.
The novel takes its title from Jane Austen's Emma: "it was a delightful visit — perfect, in being much too short." Vanessa and Ned both plan such perfect visits. And both reach their destinations. Then things go wrong and their sojourns become longer and more dangerous than either had ever imagined.
Vanessa falls foul of the law, transported from Jane Austen's genteel world to the dark underbelly of a Regency prison. 1607 London shows an equally black side to Ned when he antagonises one of Shakespeare's rivals, escaping with his life only to find that an accident of time takes him only halfway home.
ISBN: 9780615542706
Publisher: Longbourn Press
Format: Trade Paperback (346 pages)
Publication Date: 2 December 2011
The Impurgated Austen
by Nivlem DarcyA selection of Jane Austen's erotic stories from a recently discovered cache of her suppressed writings. Jane Austen, always the astute observer of human nature, is at her best here, whether dispensing marital advice, conceiving pre-Freudian theories of repression or concocting fanciful adventure stories. The explicit and detailed anatomical descriptions though surprising, are rendered in the polite language one would expect of Miss Austen. Included in this volume are expurgated tracts from the novel Emma as well as unpublished short stories of Emma Woodhouse and her governess Miss Taylor. Included are:
- A liaison with a famous composer
- A detective story
- A precursor to Jules Verne
- Culinary uses of sheep intestines
- A cure for artistic behaviour
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Trade Paperback (110 pages)
Publication Date: 5 December 2011
Henry Tilney's Diary
by Amanda GrangeNote: First published in UK as hardcover format in May 2011
A charming retelling of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey — a tale of Gothic misunderstandings through Henry Tilney's eyes...
At the age of four and twenty, Henry is content with his life as a clergyman, leaving his older brother Frederick to inherit Northanger Abbey. But General Tilney is determined to increase the family's means by having all three of his children marry wealthy partners.
During a trip to Bath, Henry meets the delightful Miss Catherine Morland and believes he may have found the woman he's been looking for, although she has no great fortune. When the General takes an unusual liking to Catherine and invites her to visit the Abbey, Henry is thrilled. But just as in the Gothic novels Henry loves, not everything is as it seems...
ISBN: 9780425243923
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Format: Trade Paperback (288 pages)
Publication Date: 6 December 2011
The Unexpected Miss Bennet
by Patrice SarathNote: First published in UK as hardcover format in July 2011
The third of five daughters, Miss Mary Bennet is a rather unremarkable girl. With her countenance being somewhere between plain and pretty and in possession of no great accomplishments, few expect the third Bennet daughter to attract a respectable man. But although she is shy and would much prefer to keep her nose stuck in a book, Mary is uncertain she wants to meekly follow the path to spinsterhood set before her.
Determined that Mary should have a chance at happiness, the elder Bennet sisters concoct a plan. Lizzy invites Mary to visit at Pemberley, hoping to give her sister a place to grow and make new acquaintances. But it is only when Mary strikes out independently that she can attempt to become accomplished in her own right. And in a family renowned for its remarkable Misses, Mary Bennet may turn out to be the most wholly unexpected of them all...
ISBN: 9780425244210
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Format: Trade Paperback (304 pages)
Publication Date: 6 December 2011
Death Comes to Pemberley
by P.D. JamesNote: First released in UK a month earlier with different cover
A rare meeting of literary genius: P.D. James, long among the most admired mystery writers of our time, draws the characters of Jane Austen's beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem.
It is 1803, six years since Elizabeth and Darcy embarked on their life together at Pemberley, Darcy's magnificent estate. Their peaceful, orderly world seems almost unassailable. Elizabeth has found her footing as the chatelaine of the great house. They have two fine sons, Fitzwilliam and Charles. Elizabeth's sister Jane and her husband, Bingley, live nearby; her father visits often; there is optimistic talk about the prospects of marriage for Darcy's sister Georgiana. And preparations are under way for their much-anticipated annual autumn ball.
Then, on the eve of the ball, the patrician idyll is shattered. A coach careens up the drive carrying Lydia, Elizabeth's disgraced sister, who with her husband, the very dubious Wickham, has been banned from Pemberley. She stumbles out of the carriage, hysterical, shrieking that Wickham has been murdered. With shocking suddenness, Pemberley is plunged into a frightening mystery.
Inspired by a lifelong passion for Austen, P. D. James masterfully re-creates the world of Pride and Prejudice, electrifying it with the excitement and suspense of a brilliantly crafted crime story, as only she can write it.
ISBN: 9780307959850
Publisher: Knopf
Format: Hardcover (304 pages)
Publication Date: 6 December 2011
Echoes of Pemberley
by Cynthia Ingram HensleyA tragic plane crash eight years earlier has left Catherine Elizabeth Darcy orphaned and in the custody of her overly protective brother, Bennet. Since then, her life at Pemberley Estate — the Darcy's ancestral home in Derbyshire, England — has been sheltered and lacking adventure of any kind. When 16-year-old Catie arrives home for her school holiday, she is expecting another long, boring summer of daydreaming and whiling away warm afternoons reading the romance novels her brother calls "rubbish". What she discovers, however, is a handsome yet insufferable Irishman named Sean Kelly, her summer riding instructor. Coupled with an intriguing and mysterious WWI-era diary, which she finds hidden in the window seat of her bedroom, Catie Darcy's summer soon proves to be anything but boring.
ISBN: 9781936009190
Publisher: Meryton Press
Format: Trade Paperback (286 pages)
Publication Date: 15 December 2011
The Spinster's Vow
by Enid WilsonWhat if Mr. Bennet went missing and the Bennet women had to leave Longbourn? In this intriguing re-fashioning of Jane Austen's classic, Mr. Darcy meets a melancholic but spirited Elizabeth Bennet who has vowed to remain a spinster until she finds her father.
A debauchery at a masquerade forces the couple to marry. Will Elizabeth resent Mr. Darcy's arrogance, which forced her to break her vow? Will she find her father, with his help?
This sexy and inventive Pride and Prejudice what-if story, set just after the Napoleonic Wars, takes the perennial favourite in a new direction with captivating plot twists and passionate romance.
ISBN: 9781468132021
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Trade Paperback (300 pages)
Publication Date: 25 December 2011
Given Good Principles
Volume I: Darcy's Decision
by Maria GraceVolume I: Darcy's Decision
Six months after his father's passing, Fitzwilliam Darcy still finds solace in his morning reflections at his parents' graves. Only in the quiet solitude of the churchyard does he indulge his grief. None but his unlikely mentor recognise the heartache and insecurity plaguing him as he undertakes the enormous task of assuming the role of Master of Pemberley.
Not all are pleased with his choice of advisor.
The compassionate wisdom Darcy finds in his counselor keeps him returning for guidance, even though it causes him to doubt everything he has been taught.
In the midst of his struggles to reinvent himself, his school chum, Charles Bingley, arrives. Darcy hopes the visit will offer some respite from the uproar in his life. Instead of relief, Darcy learns his father's darkest secret is staring him in the face. Pushed to his limits, Darcy must overcome the issues that ruined his father and with his friends and mentor at his side, restore his tarnished birthright.
ISBN: 9780615582771
Publisher: Good Principles Publishing
Format: Trade Paperback (128 pages)
Publication Date: 29 December 2011
Still a Young Man: Darcy is in Love
by P O DixonWidowed after six months of marriage, an older Elizabeth is determined to leave her past behind and enjoy life to its fullest, on her own terms. Charming, witty and engaging, she is widely admired by all. However, everything is not as it seems. She harbours a secret. The beautiful widow captivates a younger Mr. Darcy. He knows her better than she knows herself. He struggles to break through her protective barriers, the most daunting being her tightly held conviction that she will never marry again. Follow Darcy and Elizabeth on this path of discovery that leads to true and abiding love.
ISBN: 9781456314057
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Trade Paperback (202 pages)
Publication Date: 30 December 2011
Everybody's Jane: Austen in the Popular Imagination
by Juliette WellsThe first book to investigate Jane Austen's popular significance today, Everybody's Jane considers why Austen matters to amateur readers, how they make use of her novels, what they gain from visiting places associated with her and why they create works of fiction and non-fiction inspired by her novels and life. The voices of everyday readers emerge from both published and unpublished sources, including interviews conducted with literary tourists and archival research into the founding of the Jane Austen Society of North America and the exceptional Austen collection of Alberta Hirshheimer Burke of Baltimore. Additional topics include new Austen portraits; portrayals of Austen and of Austen fans, in film and fiction; and hybrid works that infuse Austen's writings with horror, erotica or explicit Christianity. Everybody's Jane will appeal to all those who care about Austen and will change how we think about the importance of literature and reading today.
ISBN: 9781441176547
Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Format: Hardcover (260 pages)
Publication Date: 1 January 2012 (UK) / 22 March 2012 (US)
Everybody's Jane: Austen in the Popular Imagination
by Juliette WellsThe first book to investigate Jane Austen's popular significance today, Everybody's Jane considers why Austen matters to amateur readers, how they make use of her novels, what they gain from visiting places associated with her and why they create works of fiction and non-fiction inspired by her novels and life. The voices of everyday readers emerge from both published and unpublished sources, including interviews conducted with literary tourists and archival research into the founding of the Jane Austen Society of North America and the exceptional Austen collection of Alberta Hirshheimer Burke of Baltimore. Additional topics include new Austen portraits; portrayals of Austen and of Austen fans, in film and fiction; and hybrid works that infuse Austen's writings with horror, erotica or explicit Christianity. Everybody's Jane will appeal to all those who care about Austen and will change how we think about the importance of literature and reading today.
ISBN: 9781441145543
Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Format: Trade Paperback (256 pages)
Publication Date: 1 January 2012 (UK) / 22 March 2012 (US)
Austen Addicts
Book 2: Dreaming of Mr. Darcy
by Victoria ConnellyBook 2: Dreaming of Mr. Darcy
Note: First published in UK as The Perfect Hero in May 2011
Fledgling illustrator and Darcy fanatic Kay Ashton settles in the seaside town of Lyme to finish her book, The Illustrated Mr. Darcy, when a film company arrives to make a new adaptation of Persuasion. Kay is soon falling for the handsome bad boy actor playing Captain Wentworth, but it's the quiet screenwriter Adam Craig who has more in common with her beloved Mr. Darcy. Though still healing from a broken heart, Adam finds himself unexpectedly in love with Kay, but it will take more than good intentions to convince her that her real happy ending is with him.
ISBN: 9781402251351
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Trade Paperback (352 pages)
Publication Date: 1 January 2012
April Lady
by Georgette HeyerA very young lady marries a man 14 years her senior. Although theirs is a love match, between her reckless brother and his wild young ward, Lord and Lady Cardross's misunderstandings pile up, until he's convinced she only married him for his money and she believes he only married her to produce an heir.
When he fears he's driven her away with his anger, the two finally have an unexpected opportunity to mend their rifts and start afresh...
ISBN: 9781402238789
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Format: Trade Paperback (288 pages)
Publication Date: 1 January 2012
A Companion to Jane Austen
by Claudia L. Johnson (editor) and Clara Tuite (editor)Note: First published as hardcover in January 2009
Reflecting the dynamic and expansive nature of Austen studies, A Companion to Jane Austen provides 42 essays from a distinguished team of literary scholars that examine the full breadth of the English novelist's works and career.
- Provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date array of Austen scholarship
- Functions both as a scholarly reference and as a survey of the most innovative speculative developments in the field of Austen studies
- Engages at length with changing contexts and cultures of reception from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: Trade Paperback (560 pages)
Publication Date: 3 January 2012
A Jane Austen Devotional
by Thomas NelsonThe works of Jane Austen can transport a reader to a world that exudes beauty, peace, wisdom, wit and love. Captivating audiences for 200 years, the works of Jane Austen continue to capture today's readers in droves.
This daily devotional includes short excerpts from the Austen classics and a devotional thought and Scripture that meaningfully translates to women's daily lives. Offering temporary transport to a simple and peaceful place, women will love taking a moment to revel in the beauty and truth of a Scripture paired with excerpts from Northanger Abbey, Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Persuasion, Mansfield Park and Emma.
ISBN: 9781400319534
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover (224 pages)
Publication Date: 10 January 2012
Surprises at Rosings
by Lynne RobsonWhat if Lady Catherine had been a nice grandmotherly person. Elizabeth gets some wonderful surprises when she goes to visit her friend Charlotte at Hunsford.
ISBN: 9781469957371
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Trade Paperback (164 pages)
Publication Date: 24 January 2012
No Other Way
by Ola WegnerIn this retelling of the beloved novel on the day of Darcy's proposal at Hunsford, Elizabeth receives tragic news of her father's sudden death. Will this change her mind about accepting Darcy's offer? Will she decide to marry the man whom she dislikes in order to rescue her mother and sisters from destitution?
ISBN: 9781469967677
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Trade Paperback (220 pages)
Publication Date: 26 January 2012
The Personages of Pride & Prejudice Collection: Charlotte Collins, "Maria Lucas" & Caroline Bingley
by Jennifer BectonThe Personages of Pride & Prejudice Collection contains the novels Charlotte Collins and Caroline Bingley and the short story " Maria Lucas".
Charlotte Collins
When Charlotte Lucas married Mr. Collins in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, she sacrificed love for financial security. After his death, Charlotte and her sister Maria are thrust into a world of country dances and eligible gentlemen. But when an unprincipled suitor compromises Charlotte's reputation, she struggles to extricate herself from her slander, thus revealing the nature of true love.
"Maria Lucas": A Short Story
In Charlotte Collins, Maria Lucas marries Mr. Jonas Card in an attempt to extricate herself and her sister Charlotte from a dire financial situation. Mr. Card loves Maria and has vowed to woo her. Alas, she views him only in friendly terms. But through a series of unexpected events, Mr. Card succeeds in wooing his wife without saying a word.
Caroline Bingley
Banished from her brother's household, Caroline Bingley is forced to return, humiliated and distressed, to her mother's home in the north of England, but she does not intend to remain there long, for nothing will prevent her from taking her rightful place in London society. When all that Caroline has ever dreamed of attaining — an ancient family name, a title and a home of her own — is finally within her reach, will she grasp for it even if it means disregarding the workings of her own heart? Or will she cast off the trappings of society and give herself to true love?
ISBN: 9780615595122
Publisher: Whiteley Press
Format: Trade Paperback (432 pages)
Publication Date: 28 January 2012
Midnight in Austenland
by Shannon HaleBeloved, best-selling author Shannon Hale returns to Austenland, where bonnets are in vogue and gentlemen can dance, where one might still find real love — and real murder!
In Midnight in Austenland, Shannon Hale takes us back to Pembrook Park, the lovely English resort where women can play out their Jane Austen fantasies. But this time things take a turn for the Gothic: a little Northanger Abbey infusing our Mansfield Park.
Charlotte Kinder of Ohio is consummately nice. Maybe too nice. Her teenage kids don't appreciate her and she let's her jerk ex-husband walk all over her. But she's also clever. And when she treats herself to a two-week vacation in Austenland, it turns out that she'll need her wits about her. With everyone at Pembrook Park playing a role, it can sometimes be difficult to discern what's what. Is the brooding Mr. Mallery as sinister as he seems? What is the mysterious ailment from which Miss Gardenside suffers? Could the body Charlotte discovers during a parlor game be an actual corpse? And — perhaps of the most lasting import — could the stirrings in the heart of our crime-solving heroine be a sign of real-life love?
The sequel to reader favourite Austenland provides all the perfectly plotted pleasures of the first book, with a feisty new heroine and plenty of fresh twists. There's romance, there's humour, there's intrigue and at last — just as it always happens in Austen — everything turns out right in the end.
ISBN: 9781608196258
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover (288 pages)
Publication Date: 31 January 2012
Austentatious
by Alyssa GoodnightWhat happens when an eighteenth century literary darling magically pops up in the weirdest city in Texas? Magic and weird collide in Austentatious, the story of Nicola James, a left-brainer with a Jane Austen obsession and a carefully finessed life plan. A plan that doesn't include an enchanted journal or an interfering fairy godmother, who just might be the spirit of Jane Austen herself.
When Nicola discovers her journal entries mysteriously whittled down to a cheeky bit of commentary on her life, she's freaked first, skeptical second and finally downright curious. She can't help but keep writing, dueling really, with a two-dimensional fairy godmother she doesn't totally believe in. Soon, the witty little notes start coming true, screwing with her plans, her head and her life, and nudging her towards an impossible — and impossibly seductive-romance with a man who's inarguably wrong for her. Nicola's torn, trapped between a life that makes sense and a man who doesn't, with "Fairy Jane" wedged in the middle, relentlessly rooting for another "Mr. Darcy".
ISBN: 9780758267436
Publisher: Kensington
Format: Trade Paperback (320 pages)
Publication Date: 31 January 2012
Reading Jane Austen
by Mona ScheuermannNote: Previously published as hardcover version in October 2009
Reading Jane Austen explores Mansfield Park, Pride and Prejudice, Emma and Persuasion against their historical and cultural backdrop to show precisely how Jane Austen sets out the core themes of British morality in her novels. Austen's period was arguably the most socially and politically tumultuous in England's history and by replacing the novels in this remarkable era, Scheuermann sharply defines Austen's view of the social contract.
ISBN: 9780230340190
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Trade Paperback (220 pages)
Publication Date: 31 January 2012
These are some of the earliest information on book releases at this moment. I will endeavour to post more updates when I receive the latest news about Jane Austen-inspired works. A great thank you goes to prominent Austenite blogger, Laurel Ann Nattress of Austenprose for the heads-up on some of the new releases. Happy reading!
Hi Luthien. Thank you for the mention of Mr. Darcy's Bite. Do you have a Twitter account? I've tweeted your blog address. Hope that draws people to this lovely blog.
ReplyDeleteSorry, I don't have Twitter account. Thanks for mentioning it though. I really appreciate it.
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