What Janeites call sequels, others, such as Elizabeth Paton writing in the June 2009 issue of goodreading, call fan fiction. And, I guess, fan fiction is a little more accurate since what Janeites call sequels is, in fact, "fiction written by the fans, for the fans of a particular book". In her essay titled "Sequels" … Continue reading When is a sequel not a sequel?
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When too much Jane Austen is barely enough
Okay, this is not going to turn into a Jane Austen blog but, nonetheless, you will probably find her the author I talk about the most. Today I read Frank Kermode's review in the London Review of Books of the recent Cambridge edition of the works of Jane Austen, Volume IX: The later manuscripts and Claire … Continue reading When too much Jane Austen is barely enough
Jane Austen’s letters, 1814-1816
By 1814, Jane Austen had published Sense and sensibility (1811) and Pride and prejudice (1813). Mansfield Park (1814) was about to be published, and Northanger Abbey had been written many years previously but was not yet published. She was over half way through her major published oeuvre of 6 books and had less than 4 years to live. … Continue reading Jane Austen’s letters, 1814-1816
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