For Darkness Shows the Stars: Jane Austen’s Persuasion in Science Fiction

For Darkness Shows the Stars is a beautifully written science fiction variation of Jane Austen's Persuasion.

Stoneleigh Abbey: The Big Picture

Stoneleigh Abbey is a lovely location where Jane Austen stayed. It seems to have influenced several of her novels.

The Stoneleigh Abbey chapel was likely the model for the chapel at Sotherton, where a key scene takes place in Mansfield Park.

The clergyman in Jane's mother's family may have given her patterns for the clergymen-heroes in Austen's novels.

Stories from Jane Austen's wealthy Leigh relatives are reflected in several of her novels.

The 1980 BBC Pride and Prejudice is not my favorite, but it has its beauties, and many people love it!

If wisdom comes with age, how much wisdom do Austen's older characters show?

The third and final season of PBS's Sanditon is now available.

Henry Tilney may not have been a typical clergyman, but he seems to have been modeled after the wittiest clergyman in England.

Surprisingly, Klara and the Sun, by Kazuo Ishiguro, is similar in some ways to Mansfield Park.