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Revisited Austen in “Pride and Preston Lin”

Christina Hwang Dudley’s fun new novel Pride and Preston Lin takes inspiration from the Jane Austen classic, Pride and Prejudice, without…

11 months ago

The Meyersons of Meryton

One of my reading goals this year is to find more Jewish fiction that's not about the Shoah. Of course…

3 years ago

Shadows of Swanford Abbey

Shadows of Swanford Abbey by Julie Klassen was described as Jane Austen meets Agatha Christie, so of course I was…

3 years ago

Unmarriageable: Pride and Prejudice in Pakistan

Soniah Kamal's Unmarriageable is an warm story about sisterhood and friendship, as well as a love letter to Pride and Prejudice. The five…

4 years ago

NorthFanger: A Gothic Austen Mash-up

NorthFanger: A Gothic Austen Mash-up by Jayne Bamber brings all our favorite Jane Austen characters together, with vampires. This book…

4 years ago

Ladies Of The House

Ladies of The House by Lauren Edmondson is a modern retelling of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility.

4 years ago

Recipe for Persuasion

Recipe for Persuasion, by Sonali Dev, returns to the Raje family from Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors, this time in…

4 years ago

Jane In Love

You know I just love a good Jane Austen variation, so I couldn't resist Jane in Love by Rachel Givney.…

5 years ago

Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors

Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors blends themes from Jane Austen, with delicious Indian food and family loyalty. When brain surgeon…

5 years ago

Longbourn

Jo Baker's Longbourn promises to be Pride and Prejudice told from the servants' perspective, but this isn't the cute Austen-inspired…

5 years ago

Disenchanted by Kara Pleasants

The beginning of Disenchanted, by Kara Pleasants, is a beat-for-beat Regency retelling, with magic. The second part of the story…

5 years ago

The Other Bennet Sister

I love a good Pride and Prejudice spinoff, or a modernized Austen in general, so of course I wanted to…

5 years ago

The Watsons

Rose Servitova's new novel The Watsons continues Jane Austen's unfinished work. Austen's draft was just a few chapters, introducing the…

5 years ago

The Bride of Northanger: An Austen Variation

The very beginning of The Bride of Northanger, by Diana Birchell, has Henry Tilney admitting to his bride that actually, yes,…

5 years ago

Pride and Prejudice and Passports

Not gonna lie, I love Pride and Prej, and I'll read pretty much any Jane Austen retelling. In the latest…

5 years ago

Eligible

You guys. I read another Pride and Prejudice reinvention. I like these, a little too much maybe, and they’re either…

6 years ago

Ayesha At Last

Ayesha At Last is described as a modern Muslim Pride and Prejudice, which is really all it takes to make…

6 years ago

Janeite Reinventions Reading Project

Grad school hasn't left me a lot of time for my side project, where I read and review Pride and…

7 years ago

The Bad Miss Bennett Abroad

I feel like I'd be remiss in my Austen-spinoff reading if I skip this one, but honestly, I wish I'd…

7 years ago

Unleashing Mr. Darcy

I wasn’t sure if I was going to like Teri Wilson’s Unleashing Mr. Darcy. On one hand, I can't read…

9 years ago

The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet

I have mixed feelings about Colleen McCullough. On one hand, she wrote the well-researched and racy Caesar’s Women and other…

9 years ago

The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet

The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet by Bernie Su and Kate Rorick is a novelization of the video series, but…

9 years ago