Our Favorites
The Republic of Pemberley
Originally launched on Austen.com, this wide-ranging site includes the acclaimed Jane Austen Information Page — texts of the novels, letters, juvenilia, biographical and historical material, and lively discussion boards. (Site policy: they don't help with homework.)
Jane Austen Fanfiction Index
Victoria Cl's wonderful meta-database of Jane Austen fan fiction across many sites. Search by thematic category — "Forced/Arranged marriage," "Amnesia suffered by hero or heroine," "Vampires," and much more. Login: DWGReader / Password: Dwiggie.
AustenBlog
Mags blogs about Jane Austen in popular culture: news, gossip, upcoming adaptations, events, lectures, tours, and plays from around the world. Always something new, interesting, and often very funny.
Texts & Discussion
Janeites Discussion List
An active Yahoo discussion group conducting collective reads of Austen's novels, discussing themes, adaptations, and much more. Quick and easy to register.
Austen-L Archives
One of the most scholarly Janeite forums on the internet — an ongoing email discussion list engaged in careful readings of the novels. Archives and subscription information available online.
Molland's
Beautifully presented e-texts of Jane Austen's works, illustrated with the famous C.E. and H.M. Brock illustrations.
A Memoir of Jane Austen by Her Nephew
The original, first biography of Jane Austen, written by James Edward Austen-Leigh in 1870.
Cambridge History of English and American Literature
A long scholarly section on Jane Austen. As the article states: "working rigidly within the limits of what she recognised as the proper field of her talents, she produced novels that came nearer to artistic perfection than any others in the English language."
Hartfield
A site dedicated to the Miramax film production of Emma — the Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeremy Northam version.
Compiled by Ann Haker, updated by Margaret D. Last update 12/29/10. To suggest a link, email Crysty.
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