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• The Murder of Mr. Wickham

  a Novel

  Gray, Claudia

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  "Mr. Knightley and Emma host a party at their estate, gathering beloved Jane Austen characters. Uninvited Mr. Wickham, with many enemies from his latest scheme, is found murdered as tempers flare and secrets emerge. Everyone is shocked, except the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Longbourn

  Baker, Jo

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  "A reimagining of Pride and Prejudice from the perspectives of its below-stairs servants captures the drama of the Bennet household from the sideline viewpoint of Sarah, an orphaned housemaid."

• Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Investigator

  a Novel

  Gardiner, Kelly, 1961-

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  "When Georgiana Darcy's maid disappears and Georgiana sets off to find her, Caroline races to find them in London, where she stumbles on a shocking, cold-blooded murder. Reunited with Georgiana and assisted by Caroline's trusty manservant, Gordon,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Miss Austen

  Hornby, Gill,

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  "Cassandra Austen hunts down a trove of letters written by her deceased sister, Jane, and confronts the buried secrets they hold, secrets not only about Jane but also about Cassandra herself."

• The Jane Austen Society

  Jenner, Natalie,

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  "A group of disparate bibliophiles bands together in the small English village of Chawton in the hopes of restoring the final home of Jane Austen, revealing their respective losses along the way."

• Jane Austen at Home

  a Biography

  Worsley, Lucy

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  "A profile of the life and times of Jane Austen by the author of Courtiers tours the classic author's childhood home, schools, holiday accommodations and grand and small family estates to reveal lesser-known aspects of Austen's character and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Real Jane Austen

  a Life in Small Things

  Byrne, Paula

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  "Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the original publication of Pride and Prejudice, this revealing portrait of the beloved novelist, drawn from the most up-to-date scholarship and unexplored sources, presents a modern take on this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Recipe for Persuasion

  a Novel

  Dev, Sonali,

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  "Persuasion is retold through the story of a chef who partners with her celebrity first love during a reality-show competition she hopes will save her restaurant."

• The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch

  Taub, Melinda,

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  "This lively retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, as told from the perspective of Lydia, the much-maligned youngest Bennet sister, is filled with enchantment, intrigue and boundless magic as she comes to learn that, for a witch, promises…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Other Bennet Sister

  a Novel

  Hadlow, Janice,

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  "A reimagining of the story of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice spinster, Mary Bennet, finds her navigating limited cultural expectations before embracing her intellectual identity and making her own choices about her future."

• Pride and Protest

  Payne, Nikki, 1982-

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  "A woman goes head-to-head with the CEO of a corporation threatening to destroy her neighborhood in this fresh and modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice by debut author Nikki Payne."

• Kamila Knows Best

  Heron, Farah,

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  "A matchmaker realizes her best friend has been her perfect match all along. Kamila has plenty of friends, a doting father, and her dog has more Instagram followers than most reality stars. But when she notices her longtime friend Rohan is spending…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Good Fortune

  Chau, C. K.

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  "Reimagines Pride and Prejudice, setting it in contemporary Chinatown, exploring contemporary issues of class divides, family ties, cultural identity and the pleasures and frustrations that come with falling in love."

• Mr. Darcy's Diary

  Grange, Amanda

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  "Presents the events of Pride and Prejudice from the viewpoint of Mr. Darcy, as his diary entries show his changing perceptions of himself and others, and his growing feelings for Elizabeth Bennett."

• Death Comes to Pemberley

  James, P. D.

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  "Pemberley is thrown into chaos after Elizabeth Bennett's disgraced sister Lydia arrives and announces that her husband Wickham has been murdered."

• Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas

  Barron, Stephanie

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  "Christmas Eve, 1814: Jane Austen has been invited to spend the holiday with family and friends at The Vyne, the gorgeous ancestral home of the wealthy and politically prominent Chute family. When one of the Yuletide revelers dies in a tragic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Anne of Avenue A

  a Novel

  Bellezza, Audrey,

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  "A decade after Anne and Freddie's fateful romance, the only thing they still have in common is a desire to leave their relationship firmly in the past, but between a disastrous off-Broadway show and a drunken Thanksgiving dinner, nosey neighbors…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Elizabeth of East Hampton

  a Novel

  Bellezza, Audrey,

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  "A modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice that transports you to summer in the Hamptons, where classes clash, rumors run wild, and love has a frustrating habit of popping up where you least expect it."

• Murder in Highbury

  Kelly, Vanessa,

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  "Emma Knightley may have let her imagination run away with her in the past, but the body in Highbury’s church is no flight of fancy. When Emma discovers the corpse of the vicar's wife, she begins to discreetly investigate to protect the innocent…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Against Every Expectation

  a Pride & Prejudice Variation

  Badgett, Paige,

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  "Amid the groves of Rosings Park, with Elizabeth by his side, Darcy had begun to hope for something different for his future than he had previously allowed himself to believe was possible - a love match. Just when it seems felicity is near, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation