“The World of Jane Austen”
Celebrate Jane Austen
through her life,
novels, modern
adaptations,
and media
Who is Jane Austen?
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16 December 1775: born in Steventon England, to George
and Cassandra Austen (6 brothers and 1 sister)
1790-1793: writes her juvenalia
1795-1798: writes first versions of Northanger Abbey
(Susan), Sense & Sensibility (Elinor & Marianne), and
Pride and Prejudice (First Impressions)
1801-1805: Father retires, moves to Bath with wife &
daughters
1803: ‘Susan’ (Northanger Abbey) bought by publisher but
never actually published
1803-1805: “Lady Susan” begun
Jane & Family
Steventon Church & Bath
Who is Jane Austen? (cont.)
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1803-1805: “The Watsons” begun
1805: Father dies; women move from house to house
1808: Live in Southampton with brother & Sisterin-law
1809-1817: Lives with mother & Sister at Chawton
House on brother’s estate; Revises P&P and S&S
1811: Sense & Sensibility is published
1813: Pride & Prejudice is published
1814: Mansfield Park is published; begins Emma
Chawton House/Writing Desk
Who is Jane Austen? (cont.)
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1816: Emma published & dedicated to the Prince Regent
(whom she did NOT care for at all)
1817: Begins “Sanditon” before debilitating illness
17 July 1817: dies in Winchester, England; buried in
Winchester Cathedral together by brother
1818: Northanger Abbey and Persuasion published
posthumously
Jane Austen’s Tomb
Jane’s Dedication
Emma by Jane Austen
TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
THE PRINCE REGENT,
THIS WORK IS,
BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS'S PERMISSION,
MOST REPECTFULLY DEDICATED,
BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS'S
DUTIFUL
AND OBEDIENT
HUMBLE SERVANT,
THE AUTHOR
Regency England
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When is the Regency Period?
1811-1820 / 1795 -1837
Technically the period of the Prince Regent of England,
Prince of Wales, later George IV
The Regency Redingote Blog
A Regency Repository Blog
Regency England Blog
Nancy Mayer Regency Researcher
Georgette Heyer Fan Site
The Regency Inkwell
Regency Encyclopedia
Regency Dress
Jane Austen Purist or No?
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Purist: Those who only read Jane Austen’s
works and criticism of her works.
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Non-Purist: The same as above, but also
enjoy modern sequels, mash-ups, graphic
novels and movie adaptations.
Jane Austen Society of North America
(JASNA)
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www.jasna.org
Membership
Chapters/Regions
Perks (JA Tours, Guest Speakers, Publications)
Annual General Meetings (brilliant fun!)
Persuasions Journal
Jane Austen’s Regency World magazine
Jane Austen in Vermont Blog
JASNA South Central Texas
Regional Chapter
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http://jasnatxsc.wordpress.com/
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A Regional Chapter that includes Austin and San
Antonio. There is a Regional Coordinator and 2
Vice-Presidents, one for Austin and one for San
Antonio.
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If you wish to join this chapter, please contact Bill
Lesso at blesso@utexas.edu.
Jane Austen Web Sites
Austenprose Blog
 Austenonly Blog
 Rebublic of Pemberley
 Jane Austen Today Blog
 Jane Austen’s World Blog
 AustenBlog
 Jane Odiwe Jane Austen Sequels Blog
 Jane Austen Film Club Blog
 Lizzie Bennet Diaries (YouTube series)
 Jane Austen’s House Museum, Chawton
 Chawton House Library
 Jane Austen Centre (Bath, England)
 Jane Austen Books
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Film Adaptations
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Sense and Sensibility
(1971, 1981, 1995*, 2008)
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Pride and Prejudice
(1940, 1952, 1958, 1967, 1980, 1995*, 2005)
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Emma
(1960, 1972, 1996, 1996, 2010*)
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Mansfield Park
(1983, 1999*, 2007)
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Northanger Abbey
(1986, 2007*)
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Persuasion
(1961, 1971, 1995*, 2007)
Film Stills
Other Films based on Jane Austen
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Becoming Jane (2008)
Miss Austen Regrets (2008)
Lost in Austen (2009, P&P)
I Have Found It (India, 2003-S&S)
Aisha (India, 2010-Emma)
Bride & Prejudice (India, 2004-P&P)
From Prada to Nada (2011, S&S)
Clueless (Emma, 1995)
The Jane Austen Book Club (2008)
Other Films (cont.)
Other Films (cont.)
Modern Criticism/Appreciation
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Jane’s Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World /
Claire Harman
Why Jane Austen? / Rachel Brownstein
A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About
Love, Friendship, and the Things that Really Matter /
William Deresiewicz
Jane Austen for Dummies / Joan Klingel Ray
Searching for Jane Austen / Emily Auerbach
What Matters in Jane Austen? : Twenty Crucial Puzzles
Solved / John Mullan
Georgette Heyer's Regency World / Jennifer Kloester
Appreciation Books
Criticism/Appreciation (cont.)
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The Real Jane Austen : A Life in Small Things /
Paula Byrne
The Friendly Jane Austen : A Well-Mannered Introduction to a
lady of Sense & Sensibility / Natalie Tyler
Everybody's Jane : Austen in the Popular Imagination / Juliette
Wells
A Truth Universally Acknowledged : 33 Great Writers on
Why We Read Jane Austen / ed. by Susannah Carson
All Roads Lead to Austen: A Year-Long Journey with Jane /
Amy Smith
Jane Austen’s Cults and Cultures / Claudia l. Johnson
Celebrating Pride & Prejudice: 200 Years of Jane Austen’s
Masterpiece / Susannah Fullerton
Modern Sequels-Authors
Carrie Bebris
 Stephanie Barron
 Amanda Grange
 Jane Odiwe
 Rebecca Ann Collins
 Syrie James
 Jill Pitkeathley
 Laurie Viera Rigler
 Beth Patillo
 Shannon Hale
 Tracy Kiely
 Victoria Connelly
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Popular Fiction
Modern Sequels (cont.)
Emma Tennant
 Abigail Reynolds
 P. D. James
 Colleen McCullough
 Michael Thomas Ford
 Sharon Lathan
 Elizabeth Aston
 Linda Berdoll
 Karen Joy Fowler
 Paula Marantz Cohen
 Seth Grahame-Smith
 Joan Aiken
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Fun with Jane!
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Jane Austen Character/Heroine Quizzes…Who are
you?
Jane Austen Quizzes and Trivia site
The Pemberley Shoppe
Bingley’s Teas Unlimited
Jane Austen Action Figure
Jane Austen Gifts @ CafePress.com
Jane Austen’s Fight Club
Jane Austen’s Birthday: 11 of the Weirdest
Adaptations….
My JASNA Poster: How NOT to Write a Jane
Austen-Inspired Novel
A Little Extra Amusement…
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Jane Austen Bobblehead!!
Excessively Diverting Quotes
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Selfishness must always be forgiven you know,
because there is no hope of a cure.
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not
pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me
the trouble of liking them a great deal.
I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.
For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors
and laugh at them in our turn?
Thank You for you Kind
Attention
I do hope you were excessively diverted by this
presentation!
You are now an official Jane Austen Enthusiast!
Inquiries?
Debye Nicholl, Librarian
Brook Hollow Library, 210-207-9030
Deborah.nicholl@sanantonio.gov (wk)
wiccagen@gmail.com (personal)
San Antonio Contact for South Central Texas
Regional Chapter of JASNA