Henry Carter Hull

Describes the life, times, writing style, and themes of English author Jane Austen, and discusses several of her novels including "Sense and Sensibility," "Pride and Prejudice," "Emma," and others.

A witty, engaging murder mystery featuring Jane Austen as an intrepid amateur sleuth--the first in a series. Jane Austen--sparkling, spirited, and incredibly clever--is suddenly thrust into a mystery when a milliner’s dead body is found locked inside a cupboard in the middle of a ball. When Jane’s brother Georgy is found with some jewelry belonging to the deceased, the local officials see it as an open-and-shut case: one which is likely to end...

Discusses Austen's six novels--"Sense and Sensibililty," "Pride and Prejudice," "Mansfield Park," "Emma," "Persuasion," and "Northanger Abbey"--plus her other works and the reason she has still remained popular.

Jane Austen and her family are looking forward to a peaceful summer vacation in the seaside village of Lyme Regis. When a man is found hanged from a makeshift gibbet by the sea, his death is linked to "the Reverend", the notorious ringleader of the midnight smuggling trade. Jane, who can never resist a puzzle, is determined to solve this one.

A sublime comedy of contemporary manners, this is the novel Jane Austen might well have written had she lived in twenty-first- century California. Nothing ever moves in a straight line in Karen Joy Fowler's fiction, and in her latest, the complex dance of modern love has never been so devious or so much fun. Six Californians join to discuss Jane Austen's novels. Over the six months they meet, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements...