The fascination and love for Jane Austen's novels has seen them revisited and rewritten countless times by various authors. But is this practice acceptable?

May 26, 2010 - Angela Gorton

For an avid reader who enjoys Romantic or Victorian fiction, Northanger Abbey is a novel that represents life in Jane Austen's lifetime and remains well loved today.

Mar 23, 2010 - Michelle Wright

Six novels with six different stories and several heroines, but do you remember who's who and what's what?

Nov 25, 2009 - Elizabeth Fredericks

Three of Jane Austen's novels were published only after she died.

Sep 14, 2008 - Tel Asiado

Looking for Jane Austen inspired novels? Check out these great Austen-inspired works!

May 25, 2010 - Kristyn Hammond

Jane Austen's works are celebrated for their timeless love stories, yet there are many characters in her books who must settle for loss and a broken heart.

Jan 12, 2010 - Pamela Mooman

Jane Austen writes villains into her works; sometimes, though, they are hard to spot because they are so genteel with their villainy that they blend into fictional life.

Oct 5, 2009 - Pamela Mooman

Jane Austen is known for her strong, independent heroines, but she also created enduring male characters who exhibited patience, loyalty, and deep feelings.

Sep 27, 2009 - Pamela Mooman

The most well-known women in Jane Austen's novels change, as Austen's life changes and she grows both as a person and a writer.

Jun 24, 2009 - Pamela Mooman

Popular tours in the UK are those to the villages and stately homes where Jane Austen's novels were filmed. Her personal associations, however, are below.

Nov 12, 2011 - Mari Nicholson

Barbara Pym, like Jane Austen, wrote about her times and surroundings with dry wit and gentle, loving sarcasm.

Aug 11, 2009 - Pamela Mooman

Fear is present in every human's life, to some degree or another, and Jane Austen was skilled at getting to the heart of those fears in her precise character sketches.

Oct 19, 2009 - Pamela Mooman

Jane Austen, the author of well-known classics about marriage and finding a proper suitor never married, but drew inspiration from her own life and experiences.

Sep 13, 2009 - Vickie Britton

English novelist Jane Austen's short life spanned the end of the 18th century and early 19th century amid the simplicity of a quietly chivalrous and fairy tale society.

Mar 13, 2009 - Marie Thomas

Writer Jane Austen uses her novels to often explore the plight of women (and men without money) in her time, and describe the confinement that society placed on them.

Jul 1, 2009 - Pamela Mooman

Jane Austen, the queen of the courtship novel and the pioneer of the Regency romance, was a keen observer of her world.

May 20, 2012 - Tanja Batista

Love him or hate him, wicked Mr Wickham is an important character within Pride and Prejudice. This article considers his role in the novel as a whole.

Nov 4, 2010 - Harriet Simpson

Love was a serious matter in Jane Austen's day. In Regency England, especially for women, an offer of marriage was not just about feeling - it was necessary to survive.

Jul 11, 2009 - Pamela Mooman

Writer Juliette Shapiro decided to finish the novel Jane Austen was working on just months before she died in 1817.

Jun 26, 2009 - Pamela Mooman

An exploration of conservative and radical ideologies in Northanger Abbey and how Jane Austen's novel engages with eighteenth century Gothic fiction.

Mar 28, 2011 - Ben Harry Wright