Jane Austen Information Page

"After long thought and much perplexity, to be very brief was all that she could determine on with any confidence of safety."
-- Northanger Abbey, Chapter 29

The English author Jane Austen lived from 1775 to 1817. Her novels are highly prized not only for their light irony, humor, and depiction of contemporary English country life, but also for their underlying serious qualities.

Jane Austen Info Page -- Short Table of Contents

(A short listing of the main categories of information on this site, and all e-texts; for a thorough listing, see the longer table of contents below.)

• Her writings: the six novels, and the minor works.
  The following HTML e-texts are available here:

  Annotated and illustrated hypertext of Pride and Prejudice.

  E-texts from her Juvenilia:

  Annotated hypertext of Love and Freindship [satiric-humorous]

  Annotated text of The Three Sisters [more serious]

  Annotated text of Frederic & Elfrida [satiric-humorous]

  E-text of Jack & Alice [unrestrained Juvenilia]

  E-text of Henry and Eliza [early humorous]

  E-text of Lesley Castle (excerpts) [satiric-humorous]

  Some further fragments of splendid nonsense from the Juvenilia

  E-text of Lady Susan [Jane Austen's wickedest tale]

  E-text of The Watsons [uncompleted novel]

  Miscellaneous excerpts from Northanger Abbey:

  E-text of Henry Tilney's gothic parody

  E-text of Henry Tilney and Catherine Morland on marriage vs. dancing

  E-text of The walk to Beechen Cliff (Henry and Eleanor Tilney with Catherine Morland)

  Sir Edward Denham's sense and literary taste (or lack thereof), from Sanditon

  E-text of the Plan of a Novel according to Hints from Various Quarters [satiric-humorous]

  Opinions of Mansfield Park, collected by Jane Austen

  E-texts of selected light verse by Jane Austen.

  E-texts of some poems on Jane Austen.

  Jane Austen jokes:

  The "Jane Austen top ten song list".

  The "Jane Austen punishments list".

  "Photograph" of Jane Austen lounging at a Hollywood poolside <JPEG> (as seen in Entertainment Weekly).

  Some failed pick-up lines from Jane Austen

  E-text of Jane Austen's Letters (Brabourne edition)

  Famous quotes from the letters (or quotes that should be famous)

• Biography: Life (1775-1817) and Family.
  • Picture of Jane Austen <JPEG>; Other pictures of JAne Austen and her family.
  • The Austen family Coat of Arms. ["Blazon" and Translation of Latin motto.]
  • Other pictures from Jane Austen's period:
    • Illustrations of Regency women's clothing styles
    • General illustrations from the (extended) Regency period
• Jane Austen's Art and her Literary Reputation.
  • On-line academic articles
• Selective bibliography.
  • Index of allusions to books and authors in Jane Austen's writings
  • Bibliography of Jane Austen Sequels
  • Full Bibliography of Books by Author.
  • Full Bibliography of Books -- Subject Index.
  • Bibliography of Articles and Dissertations: (A-G), (H-M), (N-?).
• Raw non-hierarchical menu of all HTML Files in this directory
  • Other (off-site) Austen-pages.
• How to use this document.

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Jane Austen Info Page -- Longer Table of Contents

• Writings.
  Links on titles in the list below point towards brief discussions of each work (without intentional plot spoilers); other links point toward e-texts and miscellaneous available on-line resources.
  • Northanger Abbey (published 1817).

    Pemberley e-text of Northanger Abbey (in chapters).

    Plain ASCII e-text of Northanger Abbey (available in uncompressed and compressed single-file versions from various Project Gutenberg sites).

    Henry Tilney's gothic parody

    E-text of Henry Tilney and Catherine Morland on marriage vs. dancing

    E-text of The walk to Beechen Cliff (Henry and Eleanor Tilney with Catherine Morland)

    C. E. Brock illustrations for Northanger Abbey.

    Summary of Northanger Abbey (with *spoilers*)

    Chronology of Northanger Abbey (Ellen Moody)

    Silly cover of a printing of Northanger Abbey which was marketed as a gothic novel (USA, 1965) <JPEG>; Equally silly inside blurb; compare the puffed-up cover blurb with the original quote

  • Sense and Sensibility (published 1811).

    Pemberley e-text of Sense and Sensibility (divided into chapters).

    Plain ASCII e-text of Sense and Sensibility (available in uncompressed and compressed single-file versions from various Project Gutenberg sites).

    Genealogy charts for the characters in Sense and Sensibility.

    Notes on Sense and Sensibility.

    C. E. Brock illustrations for Sense and Sensibility.

    Penguin's Reader's Guide to Sense and Sensibility

    Sense and Sensibility, the movie (official site); (other site)

  • Pride and Prejudice (published 1813).

    Annotated HTML Hypertext of Pride and Prejudice.

    1. Chronology.
    2. List of characters.
       • ...including Genealogical Charts
    3. List of passages illustrating the motifs of "pride" and "prejudice".
    4. Notes on random topics, including the society of Jane Austen's day.
    5. List of important places in Pride and Prejudice (and in Jane Austen's life), with map.
    6. 1895 Charles E. Brock illustrations for Pride and Prejudice [JPEG images] (includes notes on Regency clothing styles)

    Latest version of my plain ASCII e-text of Pride and Prejudice, compressed in binary .zip format <260577 bytes> [See explanation of ".zip" here.]

    Pemberley e-text of Pride and Prejudice (in chapters).

    The 1995 BBC/A&E TV version of Pride and Prejudice

    Penguin's Reader's Guide to Pride and Prejudice

  • Mansfield Park (published 1814).

    Pemberley e-text of Mansfield Park (in chapters).

    Plain ASCII e-text of Mansfield Park (available in uncompressed and compressed single-file versions from various Project Gutenberg sites).

    Opinions of Mansfield Park, collected by Jane Austen

    E-texts of Lovers' Vows by Kotzebue, translated by Inchbald:

    • Lovers' Vows as it appeared in Chapman's edition of Mansfield Park
    • Scholarly-edited text (with ponderous academic introduction)

    A dialogue on the custom of girls' coming "Out"

    Passages from Mansfield Park that detail Fanny Price's endearing imperfections

    Program of a recent conference on Mansfield Park

    Genealogical Charts for Mansfield Park

    A chronology for Mansfield Park

    A comparison between the characters Henry Crawford of Mansfield Park and Darcy of Pride and Prejudice

    C. E. Brock illustrations for Mansfield Park (in color)

    Funny cover illustration for a Spanish translation [.gif at Goucher College]

    The definitive Fanny-bashing (if you can't top this, don't even bother trying to insult Fanny Price!)

    What Fanny Price would have to do for some people not to find her "insipid"!

    A concept illustration for a possible alternative ending to Mansfield Park (one that many people may find just as believable as Fanny getting together with Henry C.! )

  • Emma (published 1815).

    Pemberley e-text of Emma (divided into chapters).

    Plain ASCII e-text of Emma (available in uncompressed and compressed single-file versions from various Project Gutenberg sites).

    A sensual scene from Emma

    The charades and riddle in Emma (with answers)

    Genealogy charts for the characters in Emma

    Chronology of Emma (Ellen Moody)

    Kali's Emma page

    The new TV version of Emma

    Clueless, the Movie.

  • Persuasion (published 1817).

    Pemberley e-text of Persuasion (in chapters).

    Plain ASCII e-text of Persuasion (available in uncompressed and compressed single-file versions from various Project Gutenberg sites).

    The "cancelled chapters" of Persuasion

    A list of all the occurences of the words "persuade"/"persuasion" in the novel

    Advertisement for Gowlands' Lotion, from Ackermann's Repository 1809 (for ladies who want to carry away their freckles)

    Genealogy charts for the characters in Persuasion

    Chronology of Persuasion (Ellen Moody)

    Penguin's Reader's Guide to Perusasion

    C. E. Brock illustrations for Persuasion.

    Persuasion, the movie

  • BBC and other Film/Video adaptations of Jane Austen's novels.
    An article on the current wave of "Austenmania", including an interview with the producer of the new Sense and Sensibility film.
  • The Project Gutenberg e-texts of the novels are also available from various mirror sites; for more information (or in case you should, unaccountably, want e-texts of books not by Jane Austen), the best place to start is The On-line Books Page.
  • Minor Writings.
    • Her Juvenilia,
      • Including Love and Freindship.
        Annotated hypertext of Love and Freindship
      • Annotated text of The Three Sisters
      • Annotated text of Frederic & Elfrida
      • E-text of Jack & Alice
      • E-text of Lesley Castle (excerpts)
      • E-text of Henry and Eliza
      • Some further fragments of splendid nonsense from the Juvenilia
        (Includes: The Beautifull Cassandra,
        Amelia Webster,
        The Visit: A Comedy in 2 Acts, [Eugène Ionesco, eat your heart out!]
        The Adventures of Mr. Harley,
        A Beautiful Description of the Different Effects of Sensibility on Different Minds,
        The History of England (excerpts), Letter From A Mother to her freind,
        Letter from a Young lady crossed in Love to her freind,
        The female philosopher -- A Letter,
        A Letter from a Young Lady, whose feeling being too Strong for her Judgement, led her into the commission of Errors which her Heart disapproved,
        A Tour through Wales in a Letter from a young Lady, and
        The sad story of the beautiful Rose.)
        Also: Sir William Mountague.
      • See also another site with e-texts of some of the Juvenilia.
    • Lady Susan
      with e-text
      and Plain ASCII e-text compressed in binary .zip format <49888 bytes> [See explanation of ".zip" here.]
    • The Watsons
      with e-text
      and Plain ASCII e-text compressed in binary .zip format <39035 bytes> [See explanation of ".zip" here.]
    • Sanditon
      Sir Edward Denham's sense and literary taste (or lack thereof)
    • The Plan of a Novel according to Hints from Various Quarters
      with e-text.
    • Her light verse
      with mini-e-texts.
  • Some poems on Jane Austen.
• Biography: Life (1775-1817) and Family.
  • Her childhood and early creative work (Steventon, 1775-).
  • Jane Austen's Brothers and Sister.
    • Austen family genealogical chart
  • Early adulthood at Steventon (-1801), and Bath (1801-1806).
  • Maturity in Southampton (1806-1809) and Chawton (1806-1817).
    • The Notorious "Creaking Door" and "Sofa" from James Edward Austen-Leigh's Memoir
    • A prayer composed by Jane Austen
  • Portraits of Jane Austen.
  • Map of England, showing important places in Jane Austen's life (and in the novel Pride and Prejudice).
  • E-text of Jane Austen's Letters (Brabourne edition)
    • Famous quotes from the letters (or quotes that should be famous)
• Notes on the society of Jane Austen's time (especially with respect to Pride and Prejudice).
  • Education, Women's Education, and "Accomplishments".
    • "Accomplishments".
  • Marriage and the Alternatives: The Status of Women.
    • Emma on Old-Maidhood.
    • The plight of governesses, from Charlotte Brontë's Shirley
    • Jane Austen's opinion on the infidelities of the Prince and Princess of Wales.
    • The wedding ceremony ("Form of Solemnization of Matrimony") from the Church of England Book of Common Prayer
    • Money and Marriage.
  • Other historical notes:
    • Illustrations of Regency clothing styles
    • Other Regency illustrations
• Jane Austen's Art and her Literary Reputation.
  • Jane Austen's literary classification, and definitions of chronological periods
  • Jane Austen's declarations on her own art.
    • Jane Austen's correspondence with Mr. Clarke.
    • Advice to her niece Anna on Novel-Writing.
    • December 16th 1816, to James Edward Austen.
  • Diagram of Jane Austen's literary influences
  • The "Defense of the Novel".
  • Jane Austen's Limitations.
    • A Men-only dialogue in Jane Austen's novels
  • Ellen Moody on Jane Austen's Heroes (from AUSTEN-L).
  • Feminism in Jane Austen.
    • Jane Austen quotes on gender differences
  • Jane Austen's literary reputation.
    • Notes on Jane Austen's relationship to the society of her day.
    • The ideal and the improbable vs. the real.
      • Quotes from Jane Austen on the "heroic" (i.e. falsely idealized) vs. the "natural".
      • Coincidences in Austen's Novels?
    • Sir Walter Scott, Review of Emma
    • Sir Walter Scott journal entry, March 14th 1826.
    • Trollope.
    • Charlotte Brontë's Letters.
• "Everybody loves their Jane Austen": occurrences of singular "their" etc. in Jane Austen's novels (Anti-pedantry page).
• On-line academic articles:
  • Articles by Eric Johnson:
    • Review of "The Oxford Electronic Text Library edition of The Complete Works of Jane Austen" by Eric Johnson.
    • How Jane Austen's characters Talk by Eric Johnson. [Computer analysis in the tradition of Burrows.]
  • Chronologies (calendars) of Jane Austen's works, by Ellen Moody.
  • Excerpts from "Jane Austen and Edward Said: Gender, Culture, and Imperialism" by Susan Fraiman, published in Critical Inquiry, Summer 1995 (Warning: extra heavy dose of academic jargon here)
  • Articles about Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park, from the Journal Nineteenth-Century Literature, are available on-line on a licensed basis. Abstracts of these articles are freely available.
• Other WWW pages on Jane Austen:
  • Goucher College Library Jane Austen collection (includes bibliography, illustrations).
  • James Dawe
  • Cathy Dean (juvenilia e-texts, scans of C.E. brock illustrations)
  • Essays by Dom Nicholas
  • "Callie"
  • Rachel Adelson, in connection with the showing of the 1995 Pride and Prejudice movie in the US
  • Sony studios (in connection with the movie version of Persuasion)
  • "Austenmania" by Laura Miller
  • Sherry Dean (CNN)
  • Prof. Matsuoka at the University of Nagoya, Japan (with some cute images)
  • "Jane Austen Country" (County of Hampshire, England)
  • The `Republic of Pemberley' (Jane Austen writings and adaptations discussion board site which hosts these Jane Austen pages)
• Jane Austen jokes:
  • The "Jane Austen top ten song list".
  • The "Jane Austen punishments list".
  • See also the "Photograph" of Jane Austen lounging at a Hollywood poolside <JPEG> (as seen in Entertainment Weekly).
• Selective bibliography.
  • Index of allusions to books and authors in Jane Austen's writings
  • Bibliography of Jane Austen Sequels
  • Full Bibliography of Books by Author.
  • Full Bibliography of Books -- Subject Index.
  • Bibliography of Articles and Dissertations: (A-G), (H-M), (N-?).
  • On-line Library Cataloging Information for the Jane Austen Information Page
• Some images:
  • Picture of Jane Austen <JPEG>
  • The original incomplete (and somewhat unsatisfying) sketch of Jane Austen by her sister Cassandra (on which the above picture is based) <JPEG>
  • Back-view portrait of Jane Austen by Cassandra (poor-quality greyscale JPEG; a poor-quality color JPEG is also available)
    (See the discussion of these portraits.)
  • Portraits of other members of Austen's family:
    • Silhouettes of Jane Austen's father and mother (taken at different ages)
    • Silhouette of Jane Austen's sister Cassandra
    • Cassandra Austen's portrait of their niece Fanny Knight <JPEG>
  • The Austen family coat of arms (Heraldic "blazon" or description: "Or, a chevron gules between three lions' gambs erect, erased sable armed of the second. Crest: on a mural crown or, a stag sejant argent, attired or."): original greyscale picture, rudimentary colorization. [Translation of Latin motto.]
  • Rough map of Bath ca. 1800
• The AUSTEN-L mailing list
  • The most controversial topic on AUSTEN-L (not for the faint of heart! -- this has caused great contention and debate on the list)
  • Some apparently common misconceptions of Jane Austen and her characters
• The Jane Austen Society
• An MSNBC article on Jane Austen's cyber-fandom (including AUSTEN-L and this web-site)
• Raw non-hierarchical menu of all HTML Files in this directory
• Caveats.
• How to use this document.
• Search these HTML pages and/or Jane Austen's writings.