1775-1817

"Male literary friendships are the stuff of legend, but the world's most celebrated female authors are usually mythologized as solitary eccentrics or isolated geniuses. Friends Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney prove this wrong, thanks to their investigations into a wealth of surprising collaborations, such as the friendships between George Eliot and Harriet Beecher Stowe or Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield. Drawing on letters and diaries, some of which have never been published before, A Secret Sisterhood resurrects these stories of female friendships and literary collaborations."--OCLC.

Jane Austen is one of Britain's most infamous female authors with most of this fame being acquired posthumously. With six novels in her repertoire, Austen's works have been adapted for both film and television and have been critiqued by scholars and studied by students for decades. Most recently, Austen has been a source of spin-offs and commercialization, a relevant author despite more two hundred years separating her life from the present. This book features correspondence between Austen and her family as well as the musings of Austen scholars about the authors life and work.

Jane Austen is one of the most beloved novelists of all time, yet there still remains a certain mystique about the woman herself.

Biography of the English author whose novels were a reflection of the social life and conventions of her time.

"... retells Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice in a world where creatures are dragons, hobgoblins, lamias, and gryphons are commonplace ... "--Provided by publisher.

A comprehensive guide to the works of author Jane Austen, along with a chronology and essays on the religion, politics, and society of her day.

Contains plot summaries and character lists for five novels by Jane Austen, including "Sense and Sensibility," "Pride and Prejudice," "Mansfield Park," "Emma," and "Persuasion," each with a selection of critical essays; and includes biographical information about the author.

Presents Jane Austen's first published novel about two sisters of different temperaments whose bad luck in love brings them to a closer understanding of each other, and includes other writings from Austen's time, providing context; modern essays on topics related to the novel; and works of early and modern criticism.

The young Jane Austen is not particularly interested in getting married, although she does find the mysterious Mr. Lefroy an intriguing possibility - but first she has to deal with the accusation that her cousin Eliza is a French spy, and solve a murder.