Sequels & Continuations

Resources on Sequels:  [in process]

• JASNA’s AGM in Chicago, October 2-5, 2008, is on “Austen’s Legacy: Life, Love, & Laughter”…  There are many planned talks and sessions on the mysteries, the continuations and sequels, all part of Austen’s legacy to us today.  For more information see the JASNA website. 
• On the JASNA-Southwest website, there are a number of terrific Austen-sequel book reviews by Natasha Zwick in the Spring 2008 newsletter.
• Head to Austenprose for a fine listing of sequels:  scroll down the sidebar to see all the links for “Austen-esque Prose” listing many if not all sequels.
• On the AustenFans site, see a complete list of sequels listed by Austen title; and a similar listing at The Republic of Pemberley sequels page.
• The Jane Austen Sequels Page, another list…
• Another list, but annotated, of Austen sequels at Eras of Elegance.
• On Jane Odiwe’s Blog, Jane Austen Sequels, you will find the ongoing online sequel “Lydia Bennett’s Story.” [the book is also available for purchase on Amazon.com]
• Amazon.co.uk listing of available Austen sequels.
• A Victorian Web article on “Mrs. Hubback’s ‘The Younger Sister’” a completion of The Watsons, published in 1850, and another on “Nostalgia and Mobility in Austen’s Sequels”
• Several sequel reviews at Jane Austen Today Blog, and at Jane Austen’s World Blog  Ms. Place offers a fine review of Birchall’s book, and at Austenblog there are also several sequel reviews.
• “A Jolt of Jane Austen” by Bette-Lee Fox for Library Journal, has some great links to sequels.

Book Reviews of Sequels:

1.  Mrs. Darcy’s Dilemma, by Diana Birchall, Sourcebooks 2007. 

• See our review at Jane Austen in Vermont
• Ellen Moody’s blog (scroll down past the sidebar as the article is below…)
• Diana Birchall’s Blog  Light, Bright & Sparkling, and her website listing of her other books.
• Amazon.com:  synopsis, reviews, etc.

2.  Lydia Bennett’s Story, by Jane Odiwe,

• see our review at Jane Austen in Vermont
• author Jane Odiwe’s Blog and her Jane Austen’s Sequels Blog.
• Amazon.com:  synopsis, reviews, etc. (including one by Ms. Place, author of the Jane Austen’s World Blog.)