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Find online e-texts of Jane’s novels, as well as visual materials from YouTube. Most of the audio materials sit in Podcasts.
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E-texts of Jane Austen’s Novels
- Jane Austen’s Fiction Manuscripts
- Download her six novels at The Literature Page
- Molland’s: Electronic Texts (also includes scans of early illustrations of the novels)
- Republic of Pemberley: Jane’s Writings with annotations and links
- Austen.com provides E-texts of Jane’s novels in a beautiful and readable format.
- The Literacy Network: Pride and Prejudice
- The Works of Jane Austen
- Book Rags: Jane Austen (Synopsis, annotations, e-texts)
Google Search Texts of Jane’s Six Novels
- Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen, Introduction and Notes by Carol Howard, and End Notes
- Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen, With a New Introduction by Margaret Drabble
- Mansfield Park, Jane Austen, Introduction by Tony Tanner
- Emma, Jane Austen, With a New Introduction by Margaret Drabble
- Persuasion, Jane Austen, With a New Introduction by Margaret Drabble
- Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen, Edited and With an Introduction by Marilyn Butler
Jane’s Other Works – Etexts
- Lady Susan, The Literature Network
- Sanditon, Electronic library, University of Virginia
- The Watsons, Fragment, The Republic of Pemberley
- Love and Freindship
- The History of England, “Turning the pages,” British Library
Letters
- Letters of Jane Austen, Brabourne edition, Republic of Pemberley
- Jane Austen’s Letters to her Sister Cassandra and others, University of Virginia
- The Letters of Jane Austen,Sarah Chauncy Woolsey, 1892, Google book, with images
E-Texts About Jane
- A Memoir of Jane Austen by James Edward Austen-Leigh, Project Gutenberg.
- Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters: A Family Record, by William Austen-Leigh and Arthur Austen-Leigh, A Preface, 1870. Project Gutenberg, Etext.
- La Brocca: Click on links to Mary Brunton’s novels (cited by Jane) and the Memoir of Jane Austen by her nephew.
- Jane Austen and Her Times, G.E. Milton, 1905, Internet Archive
Jane’s Contemporaries: E-Texts
Plays
- Francis Burney: Evelina or the History of a Young Lady’s Entrance into the World, 1778
- British Women Playwrights: Around 1800, University of Oxford
Books
- The Mysteries of Udolpho, Anne Radcliffe
- Cecelia, Fanny Burney
- Diary and letters of Madame D’Arblay (1778-1840) Fanny Burney
- Evelina, Fanny Burney
- Belinda, Maria Edgeworth
- Castle Rackrent, Maria Edgeworth
- The Vicar of Wakefield, Oliver Goldsmith, illustrated by Rowlandson
Free Online Audio Books & Podcasts
- Persuasion, Nikolle Doolin (Professional voice actress)
- Complete Audio Books of Jane Austen (Librivox)
- Pride and Prejudice Podcast of Jane’s Novel, read by Catherine Byers
Videos about Jane Austen, London and/or the Regency Era
- Jane Austen: The Life and Times of Jane Austen, 2:30 min
- Jane Austen Class and Marriage, British Library Videos
- Jane Austen: Gender and Morality, British Library Videos
- Jane Austen’s Life, 57 min
- Jane Austen Country: Great British Channel, YouTube
- Jane Austen’s House Museum, You Tube
- Jane Austen, the House and Drawing Room, YouTube
- Jane Austen: Public and Private Spaces, British Library Videos
- Jane Austen: The Novel and Social Realism, British Library Videos
- Jane Austen’s Manuscript, British Library Videos
- Lucy Worsley Introduces Jane Austen at Home, video 1:21 min
- Walking Tour from Green Park to Leicester Square
- London Video Tour: The West End
- London Video Tour: Kensington and Chelsea
- London Video Tour: The City
- Hatchard’s Book Shop, Picadilly
- The Secret History of the English Garden, !9th c. #3, Monty Don, 59:08 min
- Bath Video: Visit Bath
- Fanny Burney, Engines of Our Ingenuity. Click to hear the audio version.
- Humphrey Repton, the 18/19th century landscape gardener
- Robert Adam Interior: Video from the Victoria and Albert Museum
- Putting on a Regency Dress in 1805
- Dressing in a 1790s Round Gown
- How to Wear 18th Century Women’s Clothing
- Dressing Mr. Darcy, funny but you get the gist
- A Haberdashery Shop on London Bridge: Journal of a Georgian Gentleman – Mike Rendell, 50 min.
Online Movies & Trailers – updated Spring 2017
- Please Note: Jane Austen YouTube movies have been blocked in many instances.
- Mr Palmer, Sense & Sensibility (1995) (Hugh Laurie in a 2:28 min clip)
- Trailer to Clueless (1995), absolutely spot on
- Still Available: Northanger Abbey, ITV 2007, Part I, YouTube
- Northanger Abbey, ITV 2007, Part II, YouTube
- Jane Austen, Persuasion, 2007, full movie (2017)
About Jane Austen
- Jane Austen’s Family in Tonbridge
- The Real Jane Austen, 8 videos
- Video of Chawton Cottage
- Jane Austen Festival, Bath, 2007
- Jane Festival Regency Promenade, 20016
- Mr. Darcy for Dummies: The Guardian and Visit England, 7 min
- Jane Austen Exhibit at the Morgan Library, 2009-2010, videos and images about her life and work
- Video, Jane Austen Conference at the British Library, June 2010
- Jane Austen — an 18th century woman for the 21st century | JoAnne Podis | TEDxUrsulineCollege Film Adaptations, 2014
- Becoming Jane: Production Notes
- Pride and Prejudice, DVD Extra, 2005 adaptation
- Jane Austen in Film and Television: A Critical Study, Sue Parrill, 2002
About Jane
- Jane Austen in Hollywood, Linda Troost, Sayre Greenfield, 2001, partial Google book
- Jane Austen on Film and Television, Sue Parrill, 2002, partial Google book
- Jane Austen on Screen, Gina McDonald, Andrew McDonald, 2003, partial Google book
Music from Jane Austen Movies
- Weep You No More Sad Fountains, Sense & Sensibility (1995),Marianne Dashwood (Kate Winslet)
- Sense and Sensibility Soundtrack, 1995
- Music from ITV’s Jane Austen Season, 2007
Music for Purchase
- Jane Austen’s Songbook
- Pride and Prejudice, the Musical: Rita Abrams and Josie Brown
- Pride and Prejudice : Dorothy Lees Blakely
Order Jane’s Books
- Illustrated Jane Austen, Complete set with Hugh Thompson illustrations
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These information are really valuable and thank you for taking time to find them and put them here.
Love your blog Vic! I look forward to seeing it in my e-mail and am always impressed by how much information you impart. Thank you. Keep up the good work. Linda
I am attempting my first novel in the style of Jane Austen and I have a question that perhaps you can answer. I should like to know how a rich widow with no family would obtain a piece of property. I suspect that she might hire someone to negotiate on her behalf. Is this a possibility? Would it be through a real estate broker or was there such a profession at that time? Any information you can give me would be appreciated.
You might find this sentence in Wikipedia fascinating:
“In contrast to wives, women who never married or who were widowed maintained control over their property and inheritance, owned land and controlled property disposal, since by law any unmarried adult female was considered to be a feme sole. Once married, the only way that women could reclaim property was through widowhood.”
The link will steer you to other resources. Thank you for your compliment! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Married_Women's_Property_Act_1882
This JStor article discusses property brokers in 18th Century Aleppo. You might have to purchase the article if you are not affiliated with a university.
http://www.jstor.org/pss/3631799
Here’s the link to and 18th century British land agent named Nathaniel Kent. I hope you can access it. If not, you might want to google the search terms. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:JVgR3o7e9gwJ:www.bahs.org.uk/30n1a1.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShaE5L9MVwusjgLvrTGlmiInBxYG8mS0lSajInHUdeycxyrnpVDS2GB287M-dDeBzNCxHAniB5StzW_o7Evi3bmD9XTAmMKPJ8E3gok-qlj0HDuLYKHXZyiX9asXmSdFckKIIPu&sig=AHIEtbT67z2oPBImPrxRmhSxiNtPiwFCJw&pli=1
Good luck!