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This Guide by Pat Levy attempts to dispel some of the myths that have accumulated through television and cinema adaptations and to deal with the criticisms that, although living through some of the most turbulent times in European history, she could do little more than write mannered comedies about young women finding suitable husbands. The book gives an account of her life and discusses each of her works, looking at themes of parenthood, civility and propriety, women, the ideology of the class that she cuts to the quick with her seemingly gentle irony and, of course, marriage. (100 pages) Level: Gymnasiet etc.

Student Guides:
This series introduces the major figures writing in English throughout the ages. The books provide an analytical and historical framework for understanding their subjects.

Jane Austen's novels have a background steeped in Regency atmosphere. This documentary explores the society which Jane Austen was very happy to be part of and give us Jane's personal impression of life at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth century. The growth of Bath and Brighton are examined together with the architecture of the time. An overview is taken of developments in the fields of medicine, religion, politics, painting and literature. The programme visits the places and discovers the people who may not have appeared in Jane Austen's novels but are fundamental to an understanding of her work and the place which her novels hold in the world of literature.

Runing time: 60 mins

Jane Austen. Penguin Popular Classics edition.
Level: A/B.

York Notes for GCSE (A4 format):
Introduction — Plot and Action — Characters — Key Contexts and Themes — Language and Structure — Grade Booster — Literary Terms. A4 format makes copying or scanning easy.

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Directed: Joe Wright

Starring: Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen

Widescreen

Running time: 121 minutes

Subtitle options: Danish, Norwegian, English

Extras: Documentary material – The Life and Time of Jane Austen etc.

Jane Austen. Penguin Popular Classics edition.
Level: B.

Based on Jane Austen's novel:
The BBC's 2008 adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel about love and marriage.

Directed by: John Alexander 

Starring: Hattie Morahan, Charity Wakefield, Dominic Cooper, Jean Marsh

Running time: 174 minutes

Subtitle option: English

Widescreen

Extras: Commentaries, Interviews etc.

Prepared especially for students, this full-length critical study of Jane Austen covers her six major works. It describes Austen's homelife in the English countryside and the social environment that was to be so much a part of Austen's stories and relates how historical context influenced the characters, events and themes that Austen developed. Austen does not overtly preach feminism in any of her novels, but the lack of legal protection for women is a vital theme in Sense and Sensibility. The discussion of the economic realities at the core of Austen's novels will help readers appreciate that works like Pride and Prejudice are more than just charming stories. In addition to analyzing the literary elements in each work of fiction, this Companion also gives students an overview of Austen's literary heritage — and identifies the literary influences on her: epistolary writing, the adventure novel, the gothic form, and Women's Rights novels. Extensive bibliography with biographical materials, historical documents, reviews, criticism etc. Author: Debra Teachman. Hardback. (190 pages)
Level: Library/Depot/Students' papers